Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:55:16 -0000 From: "Andrew Tulloch" <andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com> To: "'Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)'" <john.cagle@hp.com>, <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE Message-ID: <004101c2ee51$769c9490$0100a8c0@Elrond> In-Reply-To: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10440E44E@cceexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net>
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John, Very handy, I assume this is what you need: BIOS Information Vendor: HP Version: P29 Release Date: 01/08/2003 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 2048 kB Thanks, Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) [mailto:john.cagle@hp.com] > Sent: 19 March 2003 18:02 > To: Andrew Tulloch; freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > > > Andrew, > > Could you run this utility and send me the output? > > http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ > http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/dmidecode/dmidecode.pkg/2. > 0/dmidecod > e-2.0.tar.bz2 > > This utility will show the ROM BIOS version without having to > reboot the server. (Complements to Paul Saab for finding > this utility.) > > Thanks, > John > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Tulloch [mailto:andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:23 AM > > To: Cagle, John (ISS-Houston); freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > > > > > > John, > > I tried installing from a 4.7 cd, but was left without any > > NICs, the Broadcom 5703X weren't supported, so I used a > > 4.8-RC1 cd, which worked perfectly. Unfortunately they're in > > a datacenter a couple of hours away and afraid I'm unsure of > > the bios version, we've only got them in the last month or so > > though. The bios did have Hyperthreading enabled, I tried > > disabling, but didn't seem to help. > > > > Incidentally I actually have two of them, both running UP for > > the moment with MySQL replicating between them and they don't > > seem to have any trouble with me throwing full dumps of our > > content database at them. > > > > I've attached the pciconf and mptable output as well as going > > through the messages and finding the last SMP boot I have. > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) [mailto:john.cagle@hp.com] > > > Sent: 19 March 2003 15:10 > > > To: Andrew Tulloch; freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > > > Subject: RE: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > > > > > > > > > Andrew, > > > > > > I have one of these running -stable without any problems. > My setup > > > is a bit different: I don't have 2GB of RAM and I'm only > using the > > > internal storage (ie. I don't have a Smart Array 5302-128 > board). I > > > originally installed from a 4.7 CD and have cvsup'd to -stable. > > > > > > Do you have the BIOS set to Hyperthreading Enabled? Can > you send me > > > the output of 'mptable -verbose' and 'pciconf -lv'? > > > Also, what is the date of your BIOS? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > John > > > -------------------------------- > > > John Cagle john.cagle@hp.com > > > Principal Member Technical Staff > > > Industry Standard Servers > > > Hewlett-Packard Company > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Andrew Tulloch [mailto:andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 8:26 AM > > > > To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org > > > > Subject: Compaq/HP DL380G3 SMP and FreeBSD-STABLE > > > > > > > > > > > > I've got a new compaq DL380G3 with dual 2.8Ghz xeons and > > 2GB of ram > > > > installed from a FreeBSD 4.8-RC1 cd and cvsup'd and > make world to > > > > -stable, which all worked fine. However as soon as I SMP > > support to > > > > the kernel and reboot the machine dies. It boots and starts > > > > services, but after a short time of doing anything it > > dies, I tried > > > > doing a make buildkernel and it lasted about a minute before it > > > > couldn't seem to access the disk, eventually the > machine seems to > > > > lock altogether. The disk in question is a RAID5 array of > > 3x36.4GB > > > > SCSI disks connected to a 5302-128 board. > > > > > > > > I've searched and found only one reference to FreeBSD and SMP on > > > > these machines and it mentioned having the OS Selection > > in the bios > > > > set to Linux, which I did have. > > > > > > > > The only kernel messages I've seen at the time were: > > > > > > > > Mar 17 14:25:53 gandalf /kernel: bge0: watchdog timeout > > -- resetting > > > > > > > > Which is the interface currently in use. It almost > seems like the > > > > machine is just losing interrupts. > > > > > > > > Everything seems to work fine with a UP kernel, completed > > > > buildworlds without any issue. > > > > > > > > Has anyone got one of these and has it working? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > Please CC me in any responses as I am currently not subscribed. > > > > > > > > Dmesgs attached. > > > > > > > > Andrew Tulloch > > > > Systems Administrator > > > > Slipstream Interactive Ltd > > > > Email : andrewt@slipstreaminteractive.com http://www.itv-f1.com > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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