Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:14:41 -0600 From: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" <john.cagle@hp.com> To: "Geoff Buckingham" <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> Cc: <smp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: [alex.trull@hybyte.com: RE: HP/Compaq DL580 G2] Message-ID: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10476BE52@cceexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net>
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Geoff, First, make sure you're running the latest version of the BIOS, which for the DL580 G2 is dated 10/07/2002. Here's a link to that: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/16179.html Also, as suggested earlier, you may want to run ROM-Based Setup (by pressing F9 during POST) and set the OS Selection to Windows 2000 or Linux. The difference between the two are probably the APIC mode (which for Windows will be Full Table, and Mapped for Linux). In reality, you should be able to use the "Windows" selection for any 'modern' operating system that is APIC- and ACPI- aware. (Regarding SmartStart -- all of our newer ProLiant servers have ROM-Based Setup menus so you no longer need to boot off the SmartStart CD to configure the BIOS settings.) Regards, John -------------------------------- John Cagle john.cagle@hp.com Principal Member Technical Staff Industry Standard Servers Hewlett-Packard Company > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Buckingham [mailto:geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com]=20 > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:27 AM > To: smp@freebsd.org > Subject: [alex.trull@hybyte.com: RE: HP/Compaq DL580 G2] >=20 >=20 >=20 > Is the compaq DL 580 G2 or Serverworks HE chipset known=20 > rouge Hardware? >=20 > I ask as I seem to be unable to probe one of the (many) pci=20 > busses on this sytem, even in a uniprocessor kernel. (In fact=20 > I can't get SMP running on this either, however that is not=20 > my major concern=20 > ATM). >=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- Forwarded message from Alex Trull <alex.trull@hybyte.com> ----- >=20 > Reply-To: <alex.trull@hybyte.com> > From: "Alex Trull" <alex.trull@hybyte.com> > To: "'Geoff Buckingham'" <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> > Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: RE: HP/Compaq DL580 G2 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:25:24 -0000 > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) > Importance: Normal > In-Reply-To:=20 > <8E86DC478BA14B43A60F8F6B8CBF316417B52F@exchange1.london.hybyte.com> > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 >=20 > Hmmm! Looks like you're getting somewhere interesting. >=20 > I recalled that in your special compaq bios, can you specify=20 > the operating system which will be running on the system. I=20 > was advised to take 'linux'. You may need to use the smartcd=20 > which comes with the system (Some compaqs need it to access=20 > the bios). This option apparently alters the architecture to=20 > be more sensible with various OSes. (You can pick from a=20 > variety, but bsd is not in the list) >=20 > Good Luck! > Alex Trull >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Buckingham [mailto:geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com] > Sent: 04 February 2003 16:42 > To: Alex Trull > Cc: 'Ruslan Ermilov'; stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: HP/Compaq DL580 G2 >=20 >=20 > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:22:57PM +0000, Geoff Buckingham wrote: >=20 > Stranger and Stranger, having read some the documentation for=20 > this machine, the three em NICs that are detected are in the=20 > PCI-X hotplug slots, on two seperate PCI busses. The missing=20 > fxp0 and bge0 are in the non-hotplug slots which=20 > seem to be on the same bus. It looks like that bus is not=20 > being probed for some reason.=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- End forwarded message ----- >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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