From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 21:51:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F2416A46D for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:51:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org) Received: from mail.digitalfreaks.org (arbitor.digitalfreaks.org [216.151.95.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E496313C448 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.digitalfreaks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C52F171C4; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:35:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.digitalfreaks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digitalfreaks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 59131-11; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:35:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.2.161] (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digitalfreaks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C0B171EF; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:35:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Brian A. Seklecki" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:35:07 -0500 Message-Id: <1199741707.5046.54.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 (2.12.2-2.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2 Cc: "todora "@scorec.rpi.edu, ebbe@bornholmermail.dk, jcmichot@usenet-fr.net Subject: PowerEdge 860 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: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:51:54 -0000 Hi all: There are scattered reports in late 2006 / early 2007 of success using the PE 860 w/ the SAS RAID, but not w/o the RAID (normally paired with a non-Xeon). Would anyone be willing to share some dmesg(8) output? W/ or w/o the RAID PERC SAS5iR mfi(4)? RELENG_6 or RELENG_7? Post your dmesg(8) to dmesgd at NYCBUG? Here's an 850 w/o RAID: http://www.nycbug.org/?NAV=dmesgd;f_dmesg=;f_bsd=;f_nick=;f_descr=poweredge;dmesgid=1724#1724 I'm curious how far the 860 is from the 850? Presumably they replaced with bge(4) with bce(4) (They offer both add on "BC NetXtreme II 5708 1-Port" as well as "NetXtreme 5721") and also replaced ICH7 with ICH8 or ICH9, but I'd like to check with other satisfied customers. An OpenBSD dmesg(8) suggests "Intel 82801GB IDE" http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2007-02/0571.html ...But that's in a model with a SAS5iR installed where the optical disk is attache. The IDE controller may be different with no RAID. The lower-end 850 w/ the Core2 or genuine P4 non-Xeon is essentially desktop-class hardware, so I don't imagine anything too exotic. TIA, ~BAS