From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 21:09:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AF7E16A50C for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:09:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (humpty.finadmin.Virginia.EDU [128.143.87.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCD513C44B for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:09:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from localhost (d-137-145-148.bootp.Virginia.EDU [137.54.145.148]) (authenticated bits=0) by humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l04KscBa039260 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:54:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:54:36 -0500 From: Mike Galvez To: David Robillard Message-ID: <20070104205436.GI260@virginia.edu> References: <226ae0c60701041229k5d7aa426vefecfc73b09e53e0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <226ae0c60701041229k5d7aa426vefecfc73b09e53e0@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Darwin Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Sun Fire x2100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:09:08 -0000 On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 03:29:05PM -0500, David Robillard wrote: > >Just finished searching the archives and net and turned up a few > >answers. I also checked the AMD64 release notes for FBSD 6.1. > > > >Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire X2100? Any caveats I should know > >about? Looks like it should be a simple install and run. We will be > >using these servers as outbound SMTP servers so they will be running > >just the minimum mail services, smtp-auth, and clamAV. > > Hi DAve, > > I had a Sun Fire X2100 in here a year ago to test it. It installed ok > using FreeBSD/amd64 RELEASE-6.0. My guess is that it should be alright > with 6.1 or the upcoming 6.2. > > Your best bet is to get a Sun rep loan you one of them so that you can > try it out. If they refuse, the sometimes have some in their own > offices which you usually can go to and try it. > > Here are the ifconfig(8) and (rather long) dmesg(8) output from the > Sun Fire X2100 running a GENERIC FreeBSD/amd64 RELEASE-6.0 kernel on > January 8th, 2006. > David, I also have a few of these machines. They are running FreeBSD 6.2-BETA2 and have been in service since October with no problems. I plan to bring them up to Stable as soon as it's ready. I am only using the bge ethernet adapters. HTH -Mike -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n Information Technology Specialist University of Virginia Manager Comptroller Systems Support Office: 434-982-2975 USENIX Member This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. -- Dorothy Parker