From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 23 12: 3: 0 2002 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 973BB37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0305643E4A for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:02:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 82732 invoked by uid 106); 23 Jul 2002 19:02:04 -0000 Received: from 24-90-121-13.nyc.rr.com (HELO station1) (24.90.121.13) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 19:02:04 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:03:57 -0400 Reply-To: "Simon" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;2) In-Reply-To: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-Id: <20020723190255.0305643E4A@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Speaking of ValueRAM, I would not recommend it to anyone for a server use, I had nothing but nightmare with it, so much for its value. -Simon On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28 -0600, C.J. wrote: >> I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. >> Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from >> ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), >> etc. >> >> They all have the same hardware configuration: >> * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec >> AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. >> >> * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. >> >> * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. >> >> * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. >> >> * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). >> >> >> Here's what I've done: >> * Swapped power supplies between boxes. >> >> * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. >> >> * Removed one processor. >> >> * Swapped RAM between boxes. >> >> * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). >> >> * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software >> (passed every time). >> >> * Tried a different brand of RAM. >> >> So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that >> SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more >> ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with >> FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non >> option :-) >> >> Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or >> are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD >> and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions >> would be greatly appreciated :) > >I've used FreeBSD on a P4DC6+ system with dual 1.5GHz Xeons, 1GB (and 512MB >RAM, both with 256MB DIMMs), and random SCSI disks hooked up to the onboard >7899. > >It worked fine. > >There is nothing inherently wrong with SuperMicro boards. They don't suck, >although I have had failures before. (One 370DE6 board came with a bad >serial EEPROM hooked up to the onboard 7899, so the Adaptec bios settings >wouldn't stick. We got it replaced by the reseller without any hassles.) > >Is your RAM ECC or not? Do you have parity checking turned on? > >The RAM I have in the P4DC6+ is Kingston ValueRAM, and they're 256MB PC800 >ECC rambus modules. > >Ken >-- >Kenneth Merry >ken@kdm.org > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message