Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:12:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: vallo@matti.ee Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-stable on IBM Netfinity Message-ID: <199909101712.KAA03165@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:55:00 %2B0300." <19990910145500.B61411@myhakas.matti.ee>
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> On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 09:51:57AM -0700, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au= > wrote: > = > > > One of my customer ask me, if we could install a FreeBSD-stable on > > > an IBM Netfinity 5500(or 5005 ?) with 2 processors and if the ether= net and > > > RAID-5 card is supported ? > > = > > The onboard ServerRaid controller is not supported; the rest of the = > > system works OK. You'll need a supported SCSI controller. > = > Does FreeBSD support the Reliance chipset used in NF5000? You seem to b= e > the most knowledgeable about IBM PC servers. For what it's worth I thin= k > the NF5000 is better suited, it has two-channel AIC-7895 onboard which > seems supported. No need for additional SCSI card. Well expandable in > the RAID case, it has 5 hot-swap bays, just plug the ServeRaid card. It's hard to be sure, since IBM change the innards of the system = massively but leave the same label on the box. However, I can see no = reason why the current NF5000 wouldn't work just fine. -- = \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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