From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 08:20:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org 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 A1C1F16A400 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:20:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from _pppp@mail.ru) Received: from f43.mail.ru (f43.mail.ru [194.67.57.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4204543D48 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:20:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from _pppp@mail.ru) Received: from mail by f43.mail.ru with local id 1FPxon-0002LR-00; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:20:17 +0400 Received: from [81.195.14.64] by koi.mail.ru with HTTP; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:20:17 +0400 From: dima <_pppp@mail.ru> To: samwun@telpacific.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 X-Originating-IP: [81.195.14.64] Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:20:17 +0400 In-Reply-To: <442F8018.7050600@telpacific.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Sun Fire X2100 Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dima <_pppp@mail.ru> List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:20:23 -0000 > >>I want to installl FreeBSD 6.x in this server. > >>Does anyone know whether FreeBSD Sparc version runs very well in this > >>machine? > >> > >> > > > >X2100 isn't a SPARC, but AMD64. You can install either i386 or amd64 version on it. It is based on desktop motherboard with nForce Pro chipset and the first ehternet adapter wouldn't work. > > > > > > > Thanks for the message. What s the first adaptor about? I know FreeBSD > supports variety of Ethernet Adaptor, including bge (boardcom). I > installed FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP proliant 10 months ago for my client, the > machine has bge ethernet adaptor and it works great. The first adapter is some kind of nForce. FreeBSD has nve(4) driver for adapters like this, but it doesn't support nForce Pro chipset yet. Linux treats this card like the following: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.48. ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] enabled at IRQ 23 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> Link [APCH] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0a.0 to 64 eth1: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 0108e:5348 bound to 0000:00:0a.0 The second adapter is actually Broadcom's Tigon3 [partno(BCM95721) rev 4101 PHY(5750)]. It is supported by bge(4). PS I failed to make SATA-RAID running. It's not an issue for me since I consider all the software RAIDs to be just evil. > > Thanks > Sam. > > >>Pls see below for more info: > >>http://store.sun.com/CMTemplate/CEServlet?process=SunStore&cmdViewProduct_CP&catid=138714 > >>