From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 18:37:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B271065675 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (progress.isafeelin.org [84.244.146.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ADAA8FC18 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B47130DDA; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:37:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl (s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl [85.145.154.3]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 88157130DD7; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:37:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.15] (unknown [192.168.1.15]) by s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCB0103B55; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:37:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A2D5A7E.7030907@isafeelin.org> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:37:50 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ericr References: <7fc6c27a0906081056u161731c6m298efcf2aa471d38@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7fc6c27a0906081056u161731c6m298efcf2aa471d38@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What server hardware are you buying from the big companies these days? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:37:54 -0000 ericr wrote: > I need to buy some new servers, and mgmt has decreed that we get them from > someplace which will provide service contracts with on-site h/w suppport, > which means HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, etc. We use Dell almost exclusively. Although Dell doesn't officially support FreeBSD, Dell hardware is tier-1 for FreeBSD. I think their hardware is quite OK. The machines are built well. Haven't had too much to deal with their onsite service (which is a good sign), but the times that I did I think they handled it quite well, the parts were in house within 4 hours and in a case where a motherboard had to be replaced, a Dell technician was sent in as well and did his job fine. Dell's RAID controllers (Perc/5i and Perc/6i) work fine in BSD, and some tools are available although with Linux emulation which kind of sucks. Here's a sample dmesg of a 1950: > Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Apr 3 10:28:13 CEST 2009 > root@hostname:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5148 @ 2.33GHz (2327.52-MHz K8-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6fb Stepping = 11 > Features=0xbfebfbff > Features2=0x4e3bd > AMD Features=0x20100800 > AMD Features2=0x1 > Cores per package: 2 > usable memory = 4276400128 (4078 MB) > avail memory = 4114935808 (3924 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 > ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2 > ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > kbd1 at kbdmux0 > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > acpi0: on motherboard > acpi0: [ITHREAD] > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 > acpi_hpet0: iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0 > Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900 > pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: on pcib0 > pcib1: at device 2.0 on pci0 > pci4: on pcib1 > pcib2: at device 0.0 on pci4 > pci5: on pcib2 > pcib3: at device 0.0 on pci5 > pci6: on pcib3 > pcib4: at device 0.0 on pci6 > pci7: on pcib4 > bce0: mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci7 > miibus0: on bce0 > brgphy0: PHY 1 on miibus0 > brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto > bce0: Ethernet address: 00:22:19:82:e8:45 > bce0: [ITHREAD] > bce0: ASIC (0x57081020); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); F/W (0x04000305); Flags( MFW MSI ) > pcib5: at device 1.0 on pci5 > pci8: on pcib5 > pcib6: at device 0.3 on pci4 > pci9: on pcib6 > pcib7: at device 3.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib7 > mfi0: port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc480000-0xfc4bffff,0xfc440000-0xfc47ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 3.00 > mfi0: 2031 (292323270s/0x0020/info) - Shutdown command received from host > mfi0: 2032 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware initialization started (PCI ID 0060/1000/1f0c/1028) > mfi0: 2033 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 1.11.82-0473 > mfi0: 2034 (boot + 3s/0x0008/info) - Battery Present > mfi0: 2035 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Package version 6.0.3-0002 > mfi0: 2036 (boot + 21s/0x0004/info) - Enclosure (SES) discovered on PD 20(c None/p0) > mfi0: 2037 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: Encl PD 20 > mfi0: 2038 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 20(c None/p0) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=d, portMap=09, sasAddr=5001e090e8810900,0000000000000000 > mfi0: 2039 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 00(e0x20/s0) > mfi0: 2040 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 00(e0x20/s0) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0, portMap=00, sasAddr=5000c5000d253121,0000000000000000 > mfi0: 2041 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 01(e0x20/s1) > mfi0: 2042 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 01(e0x20/s1) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0, portMap=01, sasAddr=5000c5000d25eb55,0000000000000000 > mfi0: 2043 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 02(e0x20/s2) > mfi0: 2044 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 02(e0x20/s2) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0, portMap=02, sasAddr=5000c5000d2420ed,0000000000000000 > mfi0: 2045 (292323299s/0x0020/info) - Time established as 04/06/09 8:54:59; (29 seconds since power on) > mfi0: 2046 (292323338s/0x0008/info) - Battery temperature is normal > mfi0: [ITHREAD] > pcib8: at device 4.0 on pci0 > pci10: on pcib8 > pcib9: at device 5.0 on pci0 > pci11: on pcib9 > pcib10: at device 6.0 on pci0 > pci12: on pcib10 > pcib11: at device 7.0 on pci0 > pci13: on pcib11 > pcib12: at device 28.0 on pci0 > pci2: on pcib12 > pcib13: at device 0.0 on pci2 > pci3: on pcib13 > bce1: mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3 > miibus1: on bce1 > brgphy1: PHY 1 on miibus1 > brgphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto > bce1: Ethernet address: 00:22:19:82:e8:43 > bce1: [ITHREAD] > bce1: ASIC (0x57081020); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); F/W (0x04000305); Flags( MFW MSI ) > uhci0: port 0xcce0-0xccff irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0 > uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > uhci0: [ITHREAD] > usb0: on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: on usb0 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci1: port 0xccc0-0xccdf irq 20 at device 29.1 on pci0 > uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] > uhci1: [ITHREAD] > usb1: on uhci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: on usb1 > uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci2: port 0xcca0-0xccbf irq 21 at device 29.2 on pci0 > uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] > uhci2: [ITHREAD] > usb2: on uhci2 > usb2: USB revision 1.0 > uhub2: on usb2 > uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci3: port 0xcc80-0xcc9f irq 20 at device 29.3 on pci0 > uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED] > uhci3: [ITHREAD] > usb3: on uhci3 > usb3: USB revision 1.0 > uhub3: on usb3 > uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > ehci0: mem 0xfc500400-0xfc5007ff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0 > ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > ehci0: [ITHREAD] > usb4: EHCI version 1.0 > usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3 > usb4: on ehci0 > usb4: USB revision 2.0 > uhub4: on usb4 > uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered > uhub5: on uhub4 > uhub5: multiple transaction translators > uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered > pcib14: at device 30.0 on pci0 > pci14: on pcib14 > vgapci0: port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff,0xfc2d0000-0xfc2dffff irq 19 at device 13.0 on pci14 > isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.1 on pci0 > ata0: on atapci0 > ata0: [ITHREAD] > ata1: on atapci0 > ata1: [ITHREAD] > fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: does not respond > device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6 > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0: port may not be enabled > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0: port may not be enabled > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio0: [FILTER] > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 > sio1: type 16550A > sio1: [FILTER] > cpu0: on acpi0 > est0: on cpu0 > est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. > est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 71f071f0600071f > device_attach: est0 attach returned 6 > p4tcc0: on cpu0 > cpu1: on acpi0 > est1: on cpu1 > est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. > est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 71f071f0600071f > device_attach: est1 attach returned 6 > p4tcc1: on cpu1 > fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: does not respond > device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6 > cryptosoft0: on motherboard > orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xec000-0xeffff on isa0 > atkbdc0: at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > atkbd0: [ITHREAD] > ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range > sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > acd0: DVDROM at ata0-master UDMA33 > mfi0: 2047 (292323338s/0x0008/info) - Current capacity of the battery is above threshold > mfid0: on mfi0 > mfid0: 952832MB (1951399936 sectors) RAID volume '' is optimal > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a > ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, nat loadable, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to deny, logging disabled