Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:02:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jason J. Horton" <jason@intercom.com> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP LPr & FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010161657470.2811-100000@kaon.intercom.com> In-Reply-To: <39EB6B8A.8B65C4FA@partitur.se>
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> > > Any sucess stories using Hewlett Packard's LPr rackmountable > > > server with FreeBSD? It has a NetRaid 1Si Disk Array > > > Controller. Has FreeBSD any support for this in 4.1.1-RELEASE? > > > > I have a pair of them, havent had any problems. The builtin SCSI > > is supported, shows up as: > > sym0: <895> port 0x9000-0x90ff mem 0xfa201000-0xfa201fff,0xfa202000-0xfa2020ff irq 10 at device 4.0 on pci1 > > sym0: Symbios NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, SE, parity checking > > sym0: open drain IRQ line driver, using on-chip SRAM > > sym0: using LOAD/STORE-based firmware. > > I guess, I will not need it, since there is raid, right? Will > it boot off the amr0? Yeah, I am booting off of amrd0 (RAID array). I dont even use the built-in Symbios card, but its nice to know its there if you need it. > > The NetRAID 1Si and disk array shows up as: > > amr0: <AMI MegaRAID> mem 0xfa800000-0xfabfffff irq 7 at device 9.1 on pci0 > > amr0: firmware \^C\^AF bios \^D\^AB 16MB memory > > amr0: s/g table too low (0x1000), reallocating > > amrd0: <MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0 > > amrd0: 8677MB (17770496 sectors) RAID 1 (optimal) > > cool. > > > The disk array is pretty speedy, never tested the hot swap or tried to > > break the array and rebuild it. The only problem we have had is that the > > server doesnt easily mount in a standard 19" cabinet. You either need an > > HP rack, or you need to put the servers on shelves. > > Hmm. This is a problem for me. Is it too wide, or why will it > not mount? No, widthwise it will fit into a standard 19" rack, its the depth and the provided rails that make it difficult. Its kind of like Compaqs and Dells, unless you have a cabinet made by them, you are stuck with putting the server on a shelf in your cabinet. -J To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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