Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:50:56 -0700 From: David Barnett <davidb@santacruz.k12.ca.us> To: Danny Cooper <danny.cooper@uk.tiscali.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <429F8D50.3090800@santacruz.k12.ca.us> In-Reply-To: <auto-000014862461@santacruz.k12.ca.us> References: <auto-000014862461@santacruz.k12.ca.us>
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Removing the DRAC cards let me log in. Now I can deal with the usb interrupt stuff. db Danny Cooper wrote: >I have disabled usb via rc.conf > >usbd_enable="NO" > >But in the new custom kernel I have commented out all of the usb devices and >firewire. > >However the machine managed to stay up for 22 hours without any problems. > >But I decided to put it underload, through multiple make de/install's of >mysql, apache, php, net-snmp to get the load of the machine high but after 1 >hour of load, the machine crashed once again. > >Now I have formatted one of the 2850's and put FreeBSD 5.4R (amd64) > >I still have disabled usb and nonessential parts of the kernel and placed >the machine under heavy load, so far so good. > >DC > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David Barnett >Sent: 02 June 2005 17:52 >To: Gary Schrock >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > >Gary, > >I'm fighting the same battle on two new 2850's and two 1850's; "Interrupt >storm detected on "irq18:uhci2"; throttling interrupt source". > >These machines have 2GB of ram and I using the i386 5.4Rel. version. >This happens >right after the reboot at the end of an install from CD. I've chosen to >install "all", >and bring up the ethernet interface. When I get the message, the >machine is unresponsive >to keyboard input or pings; basically frozen. I also tried 5.3 Rel. >with the same results. > > From searching the lists I concluded disabling USB might be worth >trying, so I did that >in the BIOS. I'm still getting the same message and freeze. > >How are you disabling USB? It seems that has worked for you. > >One tidbit, they have the DRAC 4/I remote access controller cards in >them, but I have no >reason to believe they're involved at this point. Oh, and firmware is >current throughout. > >Thanks for any hints. > >Dave Barnett > > >Gary Schrock wrote: > > > >>At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware >>>and the >>>2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. >>> >>>BIOS A02 >>>Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 >>>Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 >>>LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 >>> >>>Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. >>> >>>I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still >>>occur. >>>On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the >>>stability >>> >>> >>We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, >>although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 >>verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether >>I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my >>low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on >>perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that >>controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with >>it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that >>system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run >>flawlessly for about 6 months now. >> >> >> >>>Regards >>> >>>Danny >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello >>>Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 >>>To: Danny Cooper >>>Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >>>Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 >>> >>>What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your >>>firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell >>>2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID >>>controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some >>>diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive >>>utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download >>>from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. >>> >>>At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >>> >>> >>>>With the kernel I removed all non-required devices >>>> >>>>Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >>>>controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. >>>> >>>>I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >>>>hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a >>>> >>>> >>>solution to >>> >>> >>>>the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for >>>> >>>> >>>Windows or >>> >>> >>>>RedHat!!! >>>> >>>>DC >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >>>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >>>>Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >>>>To: Danny Cooper >>>>Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >>>>Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a >>>>> >>>>> >>>DELL >>> >>> >>>>>PE2850. >>>>> >>>>>FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 >>>>>CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) >>>>>real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) >>>>>avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) >>>>>MPTable: <DELL PE 016D > >>>>>FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs >>>>> cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 >>>>> cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 >>>>>amr0: <LSILogic PERC 4e/Di> Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM >>>>> >>>>>I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system >>>>> >>>>> >>>memory >>> >>> >>>>>available. >>>>> >>>>>However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, >>>>> >>>>> >>>and is >>> >>> >>>>not >>>> >>>> >>>>>load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in >>>>> >>>>> >>>an 100% >>> >>> >>>>>idle state. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have >>>>disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea >>>>whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except >>>>with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* >>>>on i386. >>>> >>>>Claus >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> >>>> >>>"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> >>>> >>>"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>>Vinny Abello >>>Network Engineer >>>Server Management >>>vinny@tellurian.com >>>(973)300-9211 x 125 >>>(973)940-6125 (Direct) >>>PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A >>> >>>Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection >>>http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN >>> >>>"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of >>>fear" -- Mark Twain >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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