Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:38:58 +0200 From: lars <lars@gmx.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385? Message-ID: <42FB7112.4060402@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMECNFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMECNFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Did you send them e-mail about that model? They track all those > presales queries, it is what they use to determine new models to > add into testdrive. No, I will, thx. > The problem is there's more models of the DL385 and the DL360 > than you can shake a stick at. While someone here may be running a > DL385 it's a crapshoot if it is the same model of DL385 as you > want. Ok. I meant the latest model with Opteron processor(s). Model number 373545-421. > I doubt your going to get FreeBSD > to run on a SATA-equipped DL385. But, the scsi controller in the > DL360 and the DL385 are supported by the same FreeBSD device driver. We'll go with SCSI. > The big thing is the FreeBSD driver for the RAID array doesen't > support any kind of notification if a drive fails. You have to > depend on the blinky lights on the front of the server. Ok, thanks for the info. Do you happen to know whether the iLO has a monitoring/reporting function that would notice this and notify me? > This, by the way, is what VARs are for. Instead of trying to > save a miserable hundred bucks by buying the server off the > website, find a local Compaq/HP reseller and go through them, > and get them to guarentee FreeBSD will run on the thing to get > the sale. Unfortunately we can't go through a VAR. And which VAR would guarantee us FreeBSD will run perfectly? I doubt any would or could. But that doesn't matter anyway. > Ted Thank yor for your replies, so far. I take you have some experience with ProLiants and FreeBSD. Are you pleased with this combination? Lars.
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