Dell Servers and FreeBSD

Wed Sep 26 10:07:11 PDT 2007

Tim Kellers writes:
> Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with any of the newer
> Dell servers (2900, 2950 for example) and FreeBSD 6.2 in a production
> environment?

	We recently installed Dell 2950's for DNS and DHCP
server applications. They work great but some of their
horsepower never gets used. one of the boot messages we see is
that all memory above 4 gigs is ignored or something to that
effect.

	Here is part of a dmesg capture.

FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Tue Mar 13 15:09:34 CDT 2007
    root at --:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/-
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE_SC3  >
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5160  @ 3.00GHz (2992.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6f6  Stepping = 6
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4e3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,<b9>,CX16,<b14>,<b15>,<b18>>
  AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  Cores per package: 2
real memory  = 3489300480 (3327 MB)
avail memory = 3414794240 (3256 MB)
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 3
ioapic1: WARNING: intbase 64 != expected base 24
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 64-87 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <DELL PE_SC3> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci6
pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci7
pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci8
pci9: <PCI bus> on pcib4
bce0: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci9
bce0: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz
miibus0: <MII bus> on bce0
brgphy0: <BCM5708C 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0
brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
bce0: Ethernet address: 00:19:b9:af:94:b4
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci7
pci10: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
pcib6: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.3 on pci6
pci11: <PCI bus> on pcib6
pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8
mfi0: <Dell PERC 5/i> mem 0xd80f0000-0xd80fffff,0xfc4e0000-0xfc4fffff irq 78 at device 14.0 on pci2
mfi0: 1513 (242761804s/0x0020/0) - Shutdown command received from host
mfi0: 1514 (4278190080s/0x0020/0) - PCI 0x041028 0x0415 0x041028 0x041f03: Firmware initialization started (PCI ID 0015/1028/1f03/1028)
mfi0: 1515 (4278190080s/0x0020/0) - Type 18: Firmware version 1.00.02-0157
mfi0: 1516 (4278190097s/0x0008/0) - Battery Present
mfi0: 1517 (4278190115s/0x0004/0) - PD 08(e1/s255) event: Enclosure (SES) discovered on PD 08(e1/s255)
mfi0: 1518 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - PD 08(e1/s255) event: Inserted: PD 08(e1/s255)
mfi0: 1519 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - Type 29: Inserted: PD 08(e1/s255) Info: enclPd=08, scsiType=d, portMap=00, sasAddr=500180b052f14500,0000000000000000
mfi0: 1520 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - PD 00(e1/s0) event: Inserted: PD 00(e1/s0)
mfi0: 1521 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - Type 29: Inserted: PD 00(e1/s0) Info: enclPd=08, scsiType=0, portMap=01, sasAddr=1221000000000000,0000000000000000
mfi0: 1522 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - PD 01(e1/s1) event: Inserted: PD 01(e1/s1)
mfi0: 1523 (4278190115s/0x0002/0) - Type 29: Inserted: PD 01(e1/s1) Info: enclPd=08, scsiType=0, portMap=02, sasAddr=1221000001000000,0000000000000000
mfi0: 1524 (242772342s/0x0020/0) - Adapter ticks 242772342 elapsed 36s: Time established as 09/10/07 20:45:42; (36 seconds since power on)
pcib9: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci1
pci3: <PCI bus> on pcib9
pcib10: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci12: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib10
pcib11: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
pci13: <PCI bus> on pcib11
pcib12: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci14: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib12
pcib13: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
pci15: <PCI bus> on pcib13
pcib14: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.0 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib14
pcib15: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci4
pci5: <PCI bus> on pcib15
bce1: <Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B1), v0.9.6> mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci5
bce1: ASIC ID 0x57081010; Revision (B1); PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz
miibus1: <MII bus> on bce1
brgphy1: <BCM5708C 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus1
brgphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
bce1: Ethernet address: 00:19:b9:af:94:b2
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xdce0-0xdcff irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xdcc0-0xdcdf irq 20 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xdca0-0xdcbf irq 21 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfc600400-0xfc6007ff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
uhub4: vendor 0x413c product 0xa001, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2
uhub4: multiple transaction translators
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ukbd0: Dell DRAC5, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
kbd2 at ukbd0
ums0: Dell DRAC5, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
ums0: X report 0x0002 not supported
device_attach: ums0 attach returned 6
umass0: DELL  INC. DRAC5 VIRTUAL  MEDIA, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 4
umass1: DELL  INC. DRAC5 VIRTUAL  MEDIA, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 4
uhub5: vendor 0x04b4 product 0x6560, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.0b, addr 5
uhub5: multiple transaction translators
uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
pcib16: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci16: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib16
pci16: <display, VGA> at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel 63XXESB2 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: does not respond
device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A, console
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: does not respond
device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcb7ff,0xec000-0xeffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2992510746 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
acd0: CDRW <TSSTcorpCD-RW/DVD-ROM TSL462D/DE01> at ata0-master UDMA33
mfi0: 1525 (242772398s/0x0008/0) - Battery temperature is normal
mfi0: 1526 (242772398s/0x0008/0) - Current capacity of the battery is above threshold
mfid0: <MFI Logical Disk> on mfi0
mfid0: 237824MB (487063552 sectors) RAID volume '' is optimal
cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <Dell Virtual  CDROM 123> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device 
cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Dell Virtual  Floppy 123> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Unretryable error
Opened disk da0 -> 6
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Unretryable error
Opened disk da0 -> 6
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Unretryable error
Opened disk da0 -> 6
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a
ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to deny, logging disabled