From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 21 08:34:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3836F16A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:34:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.uk.psi.com (mail.uk.psi.com [154.8.2.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A135D43D2D for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:34:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alan.barrow@psineteurope.com) Received: from ip12.vpn.uk.psi.com ([154.8.4.12] helo=psineteurope.com) by mail.uk.psi.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BnCY0-0003Y1-00; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:33:56 +0100 Message-ID: <40FE2A55.9010001@psineteurope.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:33:25 +0100 From: alan barrow User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Macintosh/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenneth Stailey References: <20040721024812.89751.qmail@web50605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040721024812.89751.qmail@web50605.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: anybody try a Newisys box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:34:02 -0000 As far as I understand newisys make board level changes to add specific functionality to the system. But the system is based on a tyan 2882 mobo, with the IPMI card. We have the 2882 mobo working with the IPMI card using consolue redirect. Full functionality of the IPMI can be achieved by deploying a windows box in the same LAN as the IPMI enabled servers, you can then connect to the controller and manage the servers. We prefer the serial option, as this still gives you BIOS level remote control, and boot -restart visability from the worse case "system freeze" (which we have never had.) The 2882's sent out by tyan do require a BIOS upgrade to V2nnn and above to work properly with RAID cards and an IPMI properly. yours a.r.b. Kenneth Stailey wrote: >Has anybody tried running FreeBSD/amd64 on a Newisys box? > >The Sun Fire v20z is a Newisys 2100 > >http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/ > >http://www.newisys.com/products/2100_specifications.html > >The Sun Fire v40z is a Newisys 4300 > >http://dns-gmbh.de/promo_db/fl/index.jsp?slider=7 > >http://www.newisys.com/products/4300.html > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >