From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 15:01:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3347116A41F for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:01:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ah@crypta.net) Received: from mail.crypta.net (mail.crypta.net [83.136.131.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C8F43D48 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:01:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ah@crypta.net) Received: by mail.crypta.net (cryptobank/eProtect-smtpd, from userid 1001) id 955F8ECD423; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:50:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:50:53 +0200 From: Andy Hilker To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050913145053.GA94101@mail.crypta.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-PGP-Key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xEC6E1071 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9B2E 5892 AD93 D5C5 FB8E 3912 35D6 951B EC6E 1071 Organization: cryptobank - Andy Hilker Subject: SCSI controller / disks for running fast DB Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:01:38 -0000 Hi, we need to build a mysql server mainly for huge number of small inserts (aprox. 500/sec). Now we are looking for a recommendation for SCSI controller. Disks should be 10/15krpm with 36-74 GB: 4 disks configured as RAID 10. Which controller runs (very) fine with SCSI-320 and FreeBSD? Thanks in advance, Andy From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 18:07:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F0616A41F; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:07:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B0143D4C; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:07:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0AB1B35202; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:07:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00A0934C1A; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:07:45 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:07:45 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] BIOS Beep Codes on Intel Server with AMI BIOS ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:07:46 -0000 I hate to ask, but am running out of places and would *really* like to get this server online sometime soon ... I have a new Intel SE7520JR2 DDR2 based server, FreeBSD 4-STABLE is installed on it and running great ... *but* ... whenever I boot up, I get beeps ... specifically, "beep-pause-beepbeepbeep" ... the first beep isn't a long one though, and I can't find anywhere that talks about all short beeps like that ... Does anyone have experience with Beep Codes that might be able to give some clue? I've upgraded the BIOS to the latest 8.10, and, as I say above, the server appears to run fine, but putting something into production that has a "questionable boot" tends to make me a bit nervous ... Thanks ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 18:10:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6962516A41F; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:10:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sclements@linkline.com) Received: from smtp1.linkline.com (smtp1.linkline.com [66.59.235.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A3E43D45; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:10:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sclements@linkline.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (host-66-59-225-129.lcinet.net [66.59.225.129]) by smtp1.linkline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CE309CD9F; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43271610.2000401@linkline.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:10:24 -0700 From: Samuel Clements User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] BIOS Beep Codes on Intel Server with AMI BIOS ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:10:30 -0000 That is probably the RAID controller... http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010720.htm That particular beep code means, "Controller startup was successful." -Sam Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > I hate to ask, but am running out of places and would *really* like to > get this server online sometime soon ... > > I have a new Intel SE7520JR2 DDR2 based server, FreeBSD 4-STABLE is > installed on it and running great ... *but* ... whenever I boot up, I > get beeps ... specifically, "beep-pause-beepbeepbeep" ... the first beep > isn't a long one though, and I can't find anywhere that talks about all > short beeps like that ... > > Does anyone have experience with Beep Codes that might be able to give > some clue? > > I've upgraded the BIOS to the latest 8.10, and, as I say above, the > server appears to run fine, but putting something into production that > has a "questionable boot" tends to make me a bit nervous ... > > Thanks ... > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 18:45:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F1E16A41F; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:45:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F36E43D45; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:45:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 20D9737AD2; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:45:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E6637A85; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:45:44 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:45:44 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Samuel Clements In-Reply-To: <43271610.2000401@linkline.com> Message-ID: <20050913154317.F1170@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> <43271610.2000401@linkline.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] BIOS Beep Codes on Intel Server with AMI BIOS ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:45:44 -0000 Oh my gawd! I've been going at this from a memory issue :( 'k, stupid question before I write off the memory issue perspective (since I have Kingston ready to take the whole server and do tests on it) ... I'm running the SE7520JR2ATAD2 motherboard, with an ICP-Vortex RAID controller .. the 'beeps' happen just after the 'BIOS Lan Console' pops on the screen, and *long* before the ICP-Vortex RAID controller BIOS does ... which is why I never thought RAID controller ... Is there an onboard RAID controller or something that these Beeps pertain to? On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Samuel Clements wrote: > That is probably the RAID controller... > http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010720.htm > > That particular beep code means, "Controller startup was successful." > -Sam > > Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> >> I hate to ask, but am running out of places and would *really* like to get >> this server online sometime soon ... >> >> I have a new Intel SE7520JR2 DDR2 based server, FreeBSD 4-STABLE is >> installed on it and running great ... *but* ... whenever I boot up, I get >> beeps ... specifically, "beep-pause-beepbeepbeep" ... the first beep isn't >> a long one though, and I can't find anywhere that talks about all short >> beeps like that ... >> >> Does anyone have experience with Beep Codes that might be able to give some >> clue? >> >> I've upgraded the BIOS to the latest 8.10, and, as I say above, the server >> appears to run fine, but putting something into production that has a >> "questionable boot" tends to make me a bit nervous ... >> >> Thanks ... >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) >> Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 20:09:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB23E16A41F; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:09:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sclements@linkline.com) Received: from smtp1.linkline.com (smtp1.linkline.com [66.59.235.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C47843D45; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:09:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sclements@linkline.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (host-66-59-225-129.lcinet.net [66.59.225.129]) by smtp1.linkline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF68E9CD5D; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:09:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <432731E6.2090504@linkline.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:09:10 -0700 From: Samuel Clements User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> <43271610.2000401@linkline.com> <20050913154317.F1170@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20050913154317.F1170@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] BIOS Beep Codes on Intel Server with AMI BIOS ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:09:12 -0000 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Oh my gawd! I've been going at this from a memory issue :( > > 'k, stupid question before I write off the memory issue perspective > (since I have Kingston ready to take the whole server and do tests on > it) ... I'm running the SE7520JR2ATAD2 motherboard, with an ICP-Vortex > RAID controller .. the 'beeps' happen just after the 'BIOS Lan Console' > pops on the screen, and *long* before the ICP-Vortex RAID controller > BIOS does ... which is why I never thought RAID controller ... > > Is there an onboard RAID controller or something that these Beeps > pertain to? As I understand it, it's the RAID controller initialization - like when it gets power and fires up the CPU, etc - not the 'lets POST now and give audible beeps during messages' bit. This happened on the Intel Controllers that were based off of the ICP-Vortex design. My guess is you have an actual ICP controller and I'd expect it to behave the same way. There is of course an easy way to confirm this - remove the controller and see if the beeps go away.. ;) -Sam From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 18:22:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7660616A41F; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:22:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BC3143D45; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:22:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D97CA384DD; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:22:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42C338497; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:22:32 -0300 (ADT) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:22:32 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050914145231.N1170@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Blade Servers w/ SAN backend ... anyone doing this? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:22:32 -0000 I'm talking to my supplier about going this root, and am having problems finding out if I can even do it :( I was pointed to jcagle's page on the HP Blade stuff (http://people.freebsd.org/~jcagle), but what I can't seem to find is how to connect the Blade<->SAN ... >From what little I've learnt so far, there is an HP Fiber Channel controller that is used to connect the Blade to the SAN, but I can't find anywhere that indicates that there is a FreeBSD driver for it ... Is anyone running such a configuration right now? Also, another thing that was mentioned to me was the ability to 'boot on SAN', instead of having drives in the Blade itself ... is this something that can be done with FreeBSD, and, if so, is there anywhere on the web I can read up on this? Thanks ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 08:41:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CEC116A41F; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:41:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC8143D45; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:41:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j8F8fXv1026940 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:41:36 +1000 Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (localhost.alcatel.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8F8fXSR045149; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:41:33 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au) Received: (from pjeremy@localhost) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id j8F8fW2D045148; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:41:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from pjeremy) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:41:32 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20050915084132.GC40237@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20050914145231.N1170@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050914145231.N1170@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Blade Servers w/ SAN backend ... anyone doing this? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:41:39 -0000 On Wed, 2005-Sep-14 15:22:32 -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >From what little I've learnt so far, there is an HP Fiber Channel >controller that is used to connect the Blade to the SAN, but I can't find >anywhere that indicates that there is a FreeBSD driver for it ... A model number, chipset or PCI ID would be helpful here. If it's integrated FC controller then what model blade is it? >Also, another thing that was mentioned to me was the ability to 'boot on >SAN', instead of having drives in the Blade itself ... is this something >that can be done with FreeBSD, and, if so, is there anywhere on the web I >can read up on this? Booting is reliant on the BIOS - if the BIOS supports booting off a disk-like device then you can (AFAIK) be sure that FreeBSD will boot. Getting beyond booting depends on the kernel having a suitable driver. -- Peter Jeremy