Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:04:28 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "William" <willay@gmail.com>, "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Message-ID: <001b01c69f27$7a58f8f0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <a24358fb0605050239y1550f5d1o6bc461b4d3cc9472@mail.gmail.com><000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645><a24358fb0606230108r7e7a3fa3l4909cec6da8a2792@mail.gmail.com><002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645><44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org><a24358fb0606292253h55590f33y9fe7828f1126d94e@mail.gmail.com><44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org><a24358fb0606292356p517ee8ccj239a1be8c0ecc62b@mail.gmail.com><20060630072718.GA69997@owl.midgard.homeip.net><44A862F5.80203@mawer.org> <a24358fb0607031056o2dce9049ufe020702d1c1f7f1@mail.gmail.com>
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Correct, it will not fit - unless you order the PCI-X riser card from HP and replace the PCI-Express riser card that ships with the 320 with the PCI-X riser card. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "William" <willay@gmail.com> To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > Did you guys say the card I've got in another box wont fit into a 320? > > On 03/07/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> wrote: > > On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William wrote: > > >> Antony, > > >> > > >> I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > > >> code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > > >> Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? > > > > > > That is a PRO/1000 MT card, which is a PCI-X adapter and is supported > > > by the standard em(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x, > > > > > > The PRO/1000 PT mentioned below is a PCI-Express adapter and is not > > > supported by the standard driver in 6.x, but (as mentioned) should > > > be supported by the driver available from Intel. > > > > If you wish to utilise the PCI Express expansion slots by using a > > Pro/1000 PT network adapter, the procedure to follow might be something > > like be this: > > > > 1. Install 6.1-RELEASE from CD, being sure to install the kernel source > > 2. Obtain the latest Intel driver for FreeBSD 6.x (if it is still not > > available on the website, email me and I will send it to you) > > 3. Burn the driver onto a CD or other media and copy it onto the server > > 4. Extract the driver source, and copy the if_em* files across into > > /usr/src/sys/dev/em/ > > 5. Build a new kernel (GENERIC will suffice) which will utilise the new > > driver source (cd /usr/src && make buildkernel) > > 6. Install the kernel and reboot (make installkernel) > > > > You should now have a working network with your Pro/1000 PT... > > > > Regards > > Antony > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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