From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 29 18:31:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C21116A574 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4A143D5F for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:31:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from collaborativefusion.com (mx01.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.201]) (TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:31:04 -0400 id 00056441.451D6668.00011194 Received: from Internal Mail-Server (206.210.89.202) by mx01 (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2006 14:28:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:31:03 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: stas@edpausa.com Message-Id: <20060929143103.1868de7a.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <451D62A0.7010603@edpausa.com> References: <451D62A0.7010603@edpausa.com> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dell poweregde 2900/2950 and FreeBSD 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: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:31:10 -0000 In response to Stas Khromoy : > hey folks > > we're planing to expand, which of course requires us to buy another server. > so here is the question are there any known problems with dell PowerEdge > 2900/2950 > and FreeBSD ? Yes. Search the various lists and you'll see lots. To summarize our personal experience: 1) Dell's DRAC5 client now works _only_ with Windows/IE -- which means I can't use it from my FreeBSD workstation. 2) The USB drivers in FreeBSD 6.1 don't work right with the DRAC5, which means that you can DRAC in from a Windows workstation, but you have neither keyboard nor mouse. I worked with some developers and the fix is in 6-STABLE, so it will be in 6.2. 3) We're having intermittent problems with the onboard NICs on these units. I have some testing to do Monday to narrow the problem down, but for now, don't trust the onboard NICs to work reliably. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.