Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:56:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a Compaq Proliant DL360 with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020524125603.V8148@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020523061133.GA47850@elvis.mu.org>; from ps@mu.org on Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:11:33PM -0700 References: <20020523160848.M8148@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20020523061133.GA47850@elvis.mu.org>
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On 2002-May-22 23:11:33 -0700, Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> wrote: >Which DL360? I managed to find one locally which I believe is identical to the one I want to use (which is ~4000km away). It's a DL360 R01 P1266. >There is the DL360 which has the ida controller on it with a fxp for the >ethernet. Having checked, this is the one I've got. And I have confirmed that it will mostly run 4.5-RELEASE. (The floppy didn't work - it kept whinging about "direction bit not set", but I seem to recall seeing some fdc fixes recently). > The DL360g2 is supported by the ciss and bge for ethernet.. >You will really need a really recent 4.5 or use a 4.6-RC on it. I was fairly certain it wasn't a G2. To answer my questions >Peter Jeremy (peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) wrote: >> I would like to install FreeBSD (probably 4.5) on a Compaq Proliant >> DL360 but I'm not sure if it's supported. My two concerns are: >> 1) The "Integrated Smart Array Controller". Is this the same as >> either the "Compaq Smart RAID" (supported by ida) or "SmartRAID >> 5* series" (supported by ciss)? This is an "ida" controller as far as FreeBSD is concerned. >> 2) The embedded NC3163 ethernet. According to pci_vendors, this >> is 0E11:B134 - and I can't find that PCI id in any of the >> drivers. And this is a re-badged 82557 or similar. The card is 0E11:B134, but the chup is 8086:1229. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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