From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 18:37:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB0716A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:37:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261F243D3F for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:37:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 183DD72DDB; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D5C72DD4; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Robert Blayzor In-Reply-To: <42383942.2000200@inoc.net> Message-ID: <20050316103435.J24083@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <42383942.2000200@inoc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1855 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:37:42 -0000 On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Robert Blayzor wrote: > I'd like to know if anyone has experience with the Dell PowerEdge 1855 > blade servers running on either FreeBSD_4 or FreeBSD_5. > > I'm looking to deploy several servers and I know that the 1850's will > run just fine. > > I have concerns over the PERC4/im and the ethernet controllers on the > 1855's. I assume since the 1855's have Intel Gig-E controllers they use > the em driver, which I've had good luck with in the past. Dell generally used Broadcom Ethernet chips, but the support is good for those as well. > Apparently the 1855's integrated RAID uses the LSI (mpt) driver. I've > heard mixed results on this with earlier versions of 4.x and 5.x, but > nothing in the latest releases, 4.10+ and 5.3. > > Can anyone share their experiences with performance and stability on > these machines? I haven't had problems with the mpt-based machine I have, but reportedly the driver doesn't handle certain error conditions. I believe a new driver or fixes are working their way thorugh the legalitites. I had problems with an IBM machine a while back and IM just Not Working, but I haven't tried it recently. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org