Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 06:31:59 +1000 From: Michael Still <mikal@stillhq.com> To: Kurt Seel <kseel@utcorp.com> Cc: "freebsd-smp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell poweredge anyone? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0206050629260.4912-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <3CFD02F4.75E748F1@utcorp.com>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Kurt Seel wrote: > I have used several Dell uniprocessors with FreeBSD. > Overall, I like them. I also like Dell's service and > support (relatively speaking). Is anyone using Dell > multi-proccessor boxes? Specifically we are considering > a poweredge 4600 like : > http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/model_pedge_1_pedge_4600.htm <advice mode="potentially-bogus"> About two years ago I worked for someone who had _many_ of Dells running FreeBSD. None of them were specifically your model, but we definately had SMP boxes going just fine (I think the models were mainly in the 2000, 4000 and 6000 series). > Does anyone know if: > * the onboard NIC works / is worth a damn? Yeah, ours were Intel EtherExpresses IIRC... > * the onboard SCSI works / is worth a damn Yes, but we had problems with the Dell RAID controllers. These have now been rectified I believe. > * SMP is flawless on this box? Worked for us. </advice> Cheers, Mikal -- Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com) UMT+10hrs To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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