Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Server

[Ing. Gerardo Rodriguez Gutierrez]

Hello FreeBSD Community

 

I am planning to buy a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC server

 

Does anyone has proven FreeBSD on this type of server?

 

FreeBSD works well on this platform?

 

thanks

 

FEATURES DESCRIPTION

Processors Dual IntelR XeonT at up to 3.2GHz

Cache from 512KB L2 up to 2MB L3 cache

Chipset ServerWorksR GC-SL chipset

Front side bus 533MHz

I/O channels Six total: 2 x PCI-X slots (2 x 64-bit/100MHz);

4 x PCI slots (2 x 64-bit/66MHz; 2 x 32-bit/33MHz)

Network interface card 10/100/1000 embedded NIC

Availability Hot-plug, redundant power (optional); hot-plug hard drives
(optional);

ECC memory; easy-access chassis

Maximum memory 4GB ECC DDR-266 SDRAM

Internal storage scalability Up to six hot-plug (or four non hot-plug) SCSI
drives, or up to four IDE drives.

Up to 876GB SCSI internal storage

Internal storage performance 10,000 and 15,000 rpm U320 SCSI drives or 7,200
rpm IDE drives

Hard Drive Controller Embedded single channel (U320) SCSI, Embedded dual
channel ATA100, up to

six (U320) SCSI hard drives plus 2 optical devices, optional PERC 3/SC,

PERC 4/SC, or optional 39160 Ultra3

RAID support PERC 4/SC single channel U320 or PERC3/SC single channel U160
RAID

controller (SCSI drives)

CERC quad-channel ATA RAID (IDE drives)

Tape support Internal: PowerVault 100T TR40, PowerVault 100T DDS4,
PowerVault 110T

DLT VS80

Video Embedded ATI Rage XL (8MB)

USB performance 1.1

Networking Embedded Intel Gigabit NIC

Optional add-in: Intel PRO/100 S NIC, Intel PRO/1000 XT NIC,

BroadcomR 5703 (10/100/1000) NIC, Broadcom ModemXtreme 56KB V.92

PCI modem

High availability clustering Not supported

Chassis Easy-access tower (not rackable)

Power supply 1 x 450W or optional 2 x 450W hot-plug redundant

Systems management Integrated server monitoring (ADM1026); OpenManageT
support

Remote management Optional Dell Remote Assistant Card (DRACIII/XT)

Dimensions (H xW x D) 17.61" x 8.57" x 22.53" (44.73cm x 21.77cm x 57.23cm)

Weight 73 lbs., maximum configuration

Rack support None