Dell 1900 and SATA
Gayn Winters
gayn.winters at bristolsystems.com
Tue Dec 5 12:16:12 PST 2006
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alex Zbyslaw
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: freebsd-hardware
> Subject: Dell 1900 and SATA
>
>
> Does anyone know what the standard SATA controller is on on a
> Dell 1900
> and if it is supported by FreeBSD? Browsing the Dell website
> has left
> me goggle eyed and none the wiser :-(
>
> What about the SAS 5/iR? Is that the same as the Dell PERC5/i listed
> under the mfi driver or is there some other driver which
> supports it?
> And does it really support SATA as well as SAS disks as the
> Dell website
> implies?
>
> Are there any other show stopping issues with these machines?
> (I know
> that the ethernet driver had some issues - resolved in 6.2? -
> and that
> the DRAC5 probably doesn't work well).
>
> All information gratefully received.
>
> --Alex
>
Alex,
Have you looked at
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/1900_specs.pdf
It is NOT a good specification, but it does give some clues that may
help.
Note the PERC5 is an option board for RAID support.
-gayn
Bristol Systems Inc.
714/532-6776
www.bristolsystems.com
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