From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 23 9:22:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from zaphon.llamas.net (zaphon.llamas.net [207.203.36.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A2B937B402 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:22:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 94167 invoked by uid 1001); 23 Jan 2001 17:22:37 -0000 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:22:37 -0800 From: Greg Rumple To: Mike Smith Cc: Alfred Perlstein , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PERC 3 support? Message-ID: <20010123092236.C84940@zaphon.llamas.net> References: <20010123012109.O26076@fw.wintelcom.net> <200101231715.f0NHF1S00658@mass.dis.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101231715.f0NHF1S00658@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:15:01AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So if I was buying a Dell 2450, I can get the Perc 3/Si upgrade for it and use 4.2-STABLE? Or would I have to goto current? I had steared away from this due to messages I had seen in December regarding these controllers. And was instead looking at just getting an Adaptec 3200S instead. But if I can buy it all from Dell, life would be a lot easier. Thanks, Greg * Mike Smith (msmith@freebsd.org) [010123 17:00]: > > A friend just asked me if we support the PERC 3 cards shipped in > > Dell servers. If not, anyone have a recommendation for a controller > > in the same price performance category that is supported? > > Yes; these are either AMI (3DC) or Adaptec (3Si/Di) controllers, > supported by the amr and aac drivers respectively. > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Greg Rumple grumple@zaphon.llamas.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message