Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:01:48 -0600 From: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" <john.cagle@hp.com> To: "Andrew Tulloch" <andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com>, <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE Message-ID: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10440E44E@cceexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net>
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Andrew, Could you run this utility and send me the output? http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/dmidecode/dmidecode.pkg/2.0/dmidecod e-2.0.tar.bz2 This utility will show the ROM BIOS version without having to reboot the server. (Complements to Paul Saab for finding this utility.) Thanks, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Tulloch [mailto:andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com]=20 > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:23 AM > To: Cagle, John (ISS-Houston); freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE >=20 >=20 > John, > I tried installing from a 4.7 cd, but was left without any=20 > NICs, the Broadcom 5703X weren't supported, so I used a=20 > 4.8-RC1 cd, which worked perfectly. Unfortunately they're in=20 > a datacenter a couple of hours away and afraid I'm unsure of=20 > the bios version, we've only got them in the last month or so=20 > though. The bios did have Hyperthreading enabled, I tried=20 > disabling, but didn't seem to help. >=20 > Incidentally I actually have two of them, both running UP for=20 > the moment with MySQL replicating between them and they don't=20 > seem to have any trouble with me throwing full dumps of our=20 > content database at them. >=20 > I've attached the pciconf and mptable output as well as going=20 > through the messages and finding the last SMP boot I have. >=20 > Thanks, > Andrew >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) [mailto:john.cagle@hp.com] > > Sent: 19 March 2003 15:10 > > To: Andrew Tulloch; freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > >=20 > >=20 > > Andrew, > >=20 > > I have one of these running -stable without any problems. My > > setup is a bit different: I don't have 2GB of RAM and I'm=20 > > only using the internal storage (ie. I don't have a Smart=20 > > Array 5302-128 board). I originally installed from a 4.7 CD=20 > > and have cvsup'd to -stable. > >=20 > > Do you have the BIOS set to Hyperthreading Enabled? Can you > > send me the output of 'mptable -verbose' and 'pciconf -lv'? =20 > > Also, what is the date of your BIOS? > >=20 > > Thanks, > > John > > -------------------------------- > > John Cagle john.cagle@hp.com > > Principal Member Technical Staff > > Industry Standard Servers > > Hewlett-Packard Company > >=20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrew Tulloch [mailto:andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:26 AM > > > To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > I've got a new compaq DL380G3 with dual 2.8Ghz xeons and=20 > 2GB of ram=20 > > > installed from a FreeBSD 4.8-RC1 cd and cvsup'd and make world to=20 > > > -stable, which all worked fine. However as soon as I SMP=20 > support to=20 > > > the kernel and reboot the machine dies. It boots and starts=20 > > > services, but after a short time of doing anything it=20 > dies, I tried=20 > > > doing a make buildkernel and it lasted about a minute before it=20 > > > couldn't seem to access the disk, eventually the machine seems to=20 > > > lock altogether. The disk in question is a RAID5 array of=20 > 3x36.4GB=20 > > > SCSI disks connected to a 5302-128 board. > > >=20 > > > I've searched and found only one reference to FreeBSD and SMP on=20 > > > these machines and it mentioned having the OS Selection=20 > in the bios=20 > > > set to Linux, which I did have. > > >=20 > > > The only kernel messages I've seen at the time were: > > >=20 > > > Mar 17 14:25:53 gandalf /kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout=20 > -- resetting > > >=20 > > > Which is the interface currently in use. It almost seems like the=20 > > > machine is just losing interrupts. > > >=20 > > > Everything seems to work fine with a UP kernel, completed=20 > > > buildworlds without any issue. > > >=20 > > > Has anyone got one of these and has it working? > > >=20 > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Andrew > > >=20 > > > Please CC me in any responses as I am currently not subscribed. > > >=20 > > > Dmesgs attached. > > >=20 > > > Andrew Tulloch > > > Systems Administrator > > > Slipstream Interactive Ltd > > > Email : andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com http://www.itv-f1.com > > >=20 > >=20 >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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