Dell 2950 & 1950

[Bill Moran]

In response to "Peter Grigor" <peter.grigor at gmail.com>:
> 
> I looked through the archives and couldn't find much information on the
> megarc problem. Have you gotten any feedback on whether a megarc fix is
> forthcoming in the 6.x branch?

That's because megarc isn't relevant to the problem, really.  The x9xx
series uses a newer RAID controller that doesn't use the same driver and
is incompatible with megarc.  My point is that there's no equiv at this
time.

> BTW, are you in Pittsburgh too? :)

Yes.

> On 12/14/06, Bill Moran <wmoran at collaborativefusion.com> wrote:
> >
> > In response to "Peter Grigor" <peter.grigor at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > I've just gotten some quotes on a few dell machines and I was wondering
> > now
> > > if freebsd 6.x is able to run on them properly. Perc/5i cards and 64-bit
> > > Intel chips are my worries :)
> > >
> > > Anyone have any experiences they'd like to share? Anyone successfully
> > > running mysql on an IA64 architecture with Freebsd?
> >
> > We're in the early stages of deployment with these.  None of them are
> > actually in production yet, but we're in the final stages of putting
> > them there.
> >
> > 6.1 doesn't work with the onboard NICS -- you have to get a 6.2-RC
> > or wait for 6.2.  Otherwise, everything 64-bit works as far as we
> > can tell.  We're a little grumpy that we don't have any way to
> > monitor the RAID (our Dell x850 systems use megarc to automatically
> > signal us if a drive fails)  We've also had occasional problems
> > with the reboot and shutdown commands not completing, but it's been
> > so intermittent that we can't seem to isolate the cause.  Symptom
> > is that it gets to the final stage of reboot/shutdown and then waits
> > indefinitely without issuing the final ACPI command.
> >
> > Do some searches on my name and/or those topics on the stable@
> > list archives for more details.
> >
> > --
> > Bill Moran
> > Collaborative Fusion Inc.
> >
> > wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
> > Phone: 412-422-3463x4023
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Grigor
> Hoobly Inc
> http://www.hoobly.com
> 


-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.

wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
Phone: 412-422-3463x4023

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