Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:18:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 2300 with Adaptec 7890 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809011214090.7035-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <35E46DE0.4069@echidna.com>
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On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Graeme Tait wrote: >We are considering the purchase of a Dell PowerEdge 2300 which has >integrated Adaptec 7890 and 7860 SCSI controllers. Go for it. They are fast. Very fast. > >The purchase decision is *urgent*, so I would appreciate any assistance, >in particular from those who have tried or investigated this combination. Hehe.. only took me 5 days to replay. :) > >I've read the archives, and get the impression that it should work with >FreeBSD, but all the posts have left me rather confused. Yes, I have 3.0 running just fine. > >I gather I need the CAM patches, plus a boot disc with CAM. Look at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/cam/3.0CAM-19980712-SNAP - this has floppies and your basic 3.0 with cam patches already. > >But which OS version do I need or should I use? Can I use 2.2.6-Release? You can, but I would recommend going with 3.0 since 3.0 will have cam integrated any time now and you then could just CVSup and make world. > >Discussion seems to have focussed on the 7890. Is there any issue with >the support for the 7860 that runs the cd-rom drive? 7860 is supported by your basic scsi code in FreeBSD (both 2.2.x and 3.0), 7890 is supported by CAM. See dmesg output below. > >Are there any outstanding problems with this setup? > Nop. Everything works fine here. Did I mention this box is fast yet? :) % dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 3.0CAM-19980712-SNAP #1: Fri Aug 28 21:28:18 GMT 1998 root@invisible.jkb.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/INVISIBLE Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz cost 3080 ns Timecounter "TSC" frequency 397331381 Hz cost 127 ns CPU: Pentium II (quarter-micron) (397.33-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x651 Stepping=1 Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,<b24>> real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) avail memory = 128012288 (125012K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0: <Intel 82443BX host to PCI bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.0.0 chip1: <Intel 82443BX host to AGP bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.1.0 chip2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=1011 device=0024)> rev 0x03 on pci0.2.0 chip3: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.7.0 chip4: <Intel 82371AB USB host controller> rev 0x01 int d irq 0 on pci0.7.2 chip5: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> rev 0x02 on pci0.7.3 fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 0x02 int a irq 14 on pci0.8.0 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:cf:e2:6c Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: vga0: <ATI model 4744 graphics accelerator> rev 0x5c on pci1.0.0 Probing for devices on PCI bus 2: ahc0: <Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci2.4.0 ahc0: aic7890/91 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs ahc1: <Adaptec aic7860 SCSI adapter> rev 0x03 int a irq 11 on pci2.6.0 ahc1: aic7860 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface ahc0:A:6: refuses synchronous negotiation. Using asynchronous transfers pass3 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 pass3: <DELL 1x6 U2W SCSI BP 4.1> Fixed Processor SCSI2 device pass3: 3.300MB/s transfers da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <SEAGATE ST34573LC 5702> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device da0: 80.0MB/s transfers (40.0MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da0: 4340MB (8888924 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 553C) da2 at ahc0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 da2: <SEAGATE ST34573LC 5702> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device da2: 80.0MB/s transfers (40.0MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da2: 4340MB (8888924 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 553C) da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 da1: <SEAGATE ST34573LC 5702> Fixed Direct Access SCSI2 device da1: 80.0MB/s transfers (40.0MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled da1: 4340MB (8888924 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 553C) changing root device to da0s1a cd0 at ahc1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 cd0: <NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:465 1.03> Removable CD-ROM SCSI2 device cd0: 20.0MB/s transfers (20.0MHz, offset 15) cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): tagged openings now 63 (da1:ahc0:0:1:0): tagged openings now 63 % uname -a FreeBSD invisible.jkb.org 3.0CAM-19980712-SNAP FreeBSD 3.0CAM-19980712-SNAP #1: Fri Aug 28 21:28:18 GMT 1998 root@invisible.jkb.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/INVISIBLE i386 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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