Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:09:37 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Cc: Freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Richard Bates <rtbates@patmedia.net> Subject: Re: What current Dell Systems are supported/work Message-ID: <200801101109.38294.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4785616A.4070001@delphij.net> References: <DB4DDB04-1ADE-4C36-A846-BB6B7C12EB1B@patmedia.net> <4785616A.4070001@delphij.net>
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On Wednesday 09 January 2008 07:06:02 pm Xin LI wrote: > Richard Bates wrote: > > Sorry for the repost... > > I don't think the first one posted.. > > > > posted to freebsd.stable, freebsd-current, Freebsd-hardware > > > > I checked the hardware in the online documentation manual/hardware > > > > It only lists the bits and peices of the machine say the hard drive > > controller and so forth. but doesn't give you a particular system to > > look at as a working machine with FreeBSD 6.2 > > > > does anybody know if a Dell PowerEdge 1950 > > =95 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5400 series 3.16GHz > > =95 4GB Ram > > > > I am looking to attach 2 machines to a SAN to make a constantly up > > system. Is there a Dell San and San Switch that will work with this > > version of BSD? > > > > Thank you for your help >=20 > It has been observed that there is some interrupt related issue with > certain models of Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 on 6.2-RELEASE, to be more > specific, those which are configured without a RAID controller. The > symptom is that server will hang on boot after detected acd0, but this > is not reliably reproducible. If you use 'show intrcnt' in ddb do you see an interrupt storm on bce0? We have a local patch at work to fix an interrupt storm on boot with bce(4) that needs further refinement but I don't have any boxes handy to test on. =20 > At our company (we deploy hundreds of 1950/2950 online during last > year), our important local changes that is made for these boxes include: >=20 > - backport my bce(4) changes from RELENG_6. > - backport MSI support, and enable by default. (*) >=20 > *: This is the default behavior for 7.0, I have not encountered the > problem mentioned above on any 1950/2950 boxes so far I have tested. I will enable MSI by default on 6.x now (so will take affect for 6.4). We've also enabled it by default on 6.x at work. =2D-=20 John Baldwin
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