FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

[William]

Hello again,

Sorry to dig this up again. I'm in the position to order the server
now and the DL320 is within our price range. Is everyone still having
an enjoyable experience running FreeBSD on the DL3XX G4 range?

Regards,

William

On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to
> bring it up.
>
> Ted
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: William [mailto:willay at gmail.com]
> >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM
> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> >
> >
> >Hi Ted,
> >
> >Great news! but as per your patch you can only use the second nic?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Will
> >
> >On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >> Hi William,
> >>
> >>   I was able to create a patch that fixed the problem, see
> >> here:
> >>
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96806
> >>
> >> Ted
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William
> >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM
> >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >> >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are
> >> >very small! :(
> >> >
> >> >On 03/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1
> >> >> when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface.  I
> >> >> haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it.  Just make sure you can return it
> >> >> if it doesen't work.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ted
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William
> >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM
> >> >> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the
> >dl320 g4? I've
> >> >> >had a quote back on that model so could be near to
> >actually getting
> >> >> >some hardware for once :)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On 30/04/06, No at SPAM@mgEDV.net <nospam at mgedv.net> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and
> >> >> >> they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok).
> >> >> >> but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's
> >> >> >> a newer/different chipset in it.
> >> >> >> we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches
> >> >> >> monitor, this server also has bge interfaces and had no
> >> >> >> problem since 1 year capturing and analyzing more than
> >> >> >> 26GB/day (avg) of nw-data on the 2nd interface and serving
> >> >> >> more than 4GB/day (avg) on the primary one (both IPv4 only).
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> c ya ;-)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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