From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 21:22:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106F516A404 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC8713C4B7 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:22:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737AC114447; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:24:45 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -4.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.01 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.389, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from ly.sdf.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ly.sdf.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qdXhtJ+ONfmH; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:24:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81733114446; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:24:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7282791.151172957083431.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:24:43 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: Marko Lerota In-Reply-To: <86bqjfsfzj.fsf@sparrow.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [216.113.193.85] Cc: Martin , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable on Blade server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:22:19 -0000 ----- "Marko Lerota" wrote: > Martin writes: > > > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: > can > > anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc > > If you use FreeBSD don't look upon IBM blades at all. I've installed > few > freebsd 5.4 on IBM HS20 blades. If you need console, the only way to > get there is through java web interface that sucks, brakes and crashes > > constantly. Because the keyboard is not supported you have to use it. > > Everything else also sucked. We had two blade chassis with 28 blade > servers > and I have never been so frustrated like I was with them and IBM > people > that did not solve our problem. FreeBSD gets confused on IBM BladeCenter's and attaches to the PS/2 controller, while the actual keyboard is on USB. This is also a problem on many desktop systems, where users only have a USB keyboard. Anyways, FreeBSD is slowly growing a working keyboard mux, so FreeBSD will attach to all available keyboard controllers, and accept input for any attached keyboards. Linux and Windows have this ability already. In the mean time, it is possible to use device hints, and convince FreeBSD to attach the USB keyboard only. I quite like the IBM BladeCenter's. Way better than Dell blades for sure. Tom