Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:02:01 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer) Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Embedded SCSI controller on HP netserver LC Message-ID: <199603071802.LAA14319@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.90.960307103056.24742C@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> from "Terry Dwyer" at Mar 7, 96 10:43:34 am
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> I've been offered the chance to upgrade my hardware at work from a tired > old 486DX33 16MB ram to a new machine. This could well be a HP Netserver > LC (P100). > > I have some reservations about this machine, the main one being to do with > the embedded SCSI controller, (an aha7770 I've been told), on the EISA > bus, this is even though the machine has a PCI bus. > > Does anyone know if the embedded controller is, in fact a 7770 or has > someone made a typo, should it be a 7870 (please yes!) > > I've looked at the FAQ and the handbook (on minnie) and it says only 7870 > controllers are supported. Is this up to date info? > > Apart from the above, I'm also not very impressed by the SCSI controller > being attached to the EISA, not the PCI bus. > > If anyone could help me out with this I would be most appreciative, I > have to talk the boss around to speccing my own (ASUS 2940W) machine ASAP. If this is the machine I think it is, then it is an AIC 7770 chip on the motherboard. UnixWare had a significant problem running on these boxes because of the HIM layer being changed by HP and the download microcode needing to be slightly different. I know that at least one person was running FreeBSD on this hardware, but you will need to post a message, probably to -hackers, asking for the details about their experience. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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