From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 9 19:25:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gras-varg.worldgate.com (gras-varg.worldgate.com [198.161.84.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AF914CC5 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:25:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from skafte@gras-varg.worldgate.com) Received: (from skafte@localhost) by gras-varg.worldgate.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id UAA02058; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:23:03 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:23:03 -0600 From: Greg Skafte To: Jesse Ahrens , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 6350 Message-ID: <19990409202302.C28555@gras-varg.worldgate.com> References: <4.1.19990409083536.00a0b100@rocket.centtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:21:53PM -0700 Organization: WorldGate Inc. X-PGP-Fingerprint: 42 9C 2C A8 4D 2B C9 C4 7D B6 00 B0 50 47 20 97 X-URL: http://gras-varg.worldgate.com/~skafte Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Most of the DELLS i've worked with have a "custom" adaptec bios ie it says its a 7860 but its a DELL adaptec 7860 .... its a PITA because you need to get the DELL patches and firmware instead of Adaptec Quoting Doug White (dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) On Subject: Re: Dell Poweredge 6350 Date: Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:21:53PM -0700 > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Jesse Ahrens wrote: > > > Hi, I have a Dell Poweredge 6350 rackmount server and am having hardware > > difficulties with Solaris. Does FreeBSD supports the Adaptec 7860 SCSI > > controller, > > The AIC7860 chip is listed on the supported list for 3.1, under the ahc > driver. (Note that you're looking at the chip ID, not the card model # > that's listed. You have to look at the ahc man page to confirm.) > > > Perc2 RAID controller, > > The only RAID HBA supported is the DPT. > > > and the Adaptec 6922A dual NIC? > > This is 2 Digital chips on a PCI sub-bus; we have the quad-port cards and > they work fine. > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Email: skafte@worldgate.com Voice: +780 413 1910 Fax: +780 421 4929 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message