Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:46:59 -0500 From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> To: Martin Nilsson <martin@mullet.se> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro H8DAR-8 motherboard Message-ID: <43036A03.2030708@palisadesys.com> In-Reply-To: <42D68EDA.7050808@mullet.se> References: <42D66D84.9010701@palisadesys.com> <42D68EDA.7050808@mullet.se>
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Martin Nilsson wrote: > Guy Helmer wrote: > >> Has anyone on the list tried the new Supermicro H8DAR-8 or related >> motherboards for Opterons? If so, any issues? > > > I have a H8DAE running in a test-box before we start selling them. > > So far I have ony found one problem: > It is impossible to boot FreeBSD/i386 with the 1U IPMI card, the > kernel panics when loading the keyboard driver. This does not happen > with FreeBSD/amd64. I haven't tested how well the IPMI card works in > FreeBSD, there may be problems with the bge driver. > > Other than that I really like the board. If you have any more > questions I'll be happy to answer them. > We received the H8DAR-8 unit a little over a week ago with dual Opteron 275s and it has been running well since. I didn't have any problem installing FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1, and I ran "make -j12 buildworld" continuously on it over a weekend. It finally crashed on an sbfree call, but I'd chalk that up to BETA1. It's been solid under a lighter load since. I like the board and I'm glad Supermicro was able to cram it into a 1U case :-) Guy -- Guy Helmer, Ph.D. Principal System Architect Palisade Systems, Inc.
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