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From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com>
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Subject: RE: Dell 1900 and SATA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alex Zbyslaw
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: freebsd-hardware
> Subject: Dell 1900 and SATA
> 
> 
> Does anyone know what the standard SATA controller is on on a 
> Dell 1900 
> and if it is supported by FreeBSD?  Browsing the Dell website 
> has left 
> me goggle eyed and none the wiser :-(
> 
> What about the SAS 5/iR?  Is that the same as the Dell PERC5/i listed 
> under the mfi driver  or is there some other driver which 
> supports it?  
> And does it really support SATA as well as SAS disks as the 
> Dell website 
> implies?
> 
> Are there any other show stopping issues with these machines? 
>  (I know 
> that the ethernet driver had some issues - resolved in 6.2? - 
> and that 
> the DRAC5 probably doesn't work well).
> 
> All information gratefully received.
> 
> --Alex
> 
Alex,

Have you looked at
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/1900_specs.pdf

It is NOT a good specification, but it does give some clues that may
help.  

Note the PERC5 is an option board for RAID support. 

-gayn

Bristol Systems Inc.
714/532-6776
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