Gateway 980 server freeze?

[rjent at rjent.pair.com]

Greetings,

More information:

It seems that the problem is with SMP enabled. If I use just a snigle
processor all is well. The problem can be reproduce merely by enabling SMP
in the kernel. I have tested and I can not reproduce in 5.1 . So currently
the solutions are to use FreeBSD 5.1 or Move either the RAID controller or
the NIC from the pci-x slot to a standard pci slot.

> Greetings,
>
> Additional information:
>
> If I enable the 82544GC onboard nic and place the PCI-X Intel 82544Ei
> card a pci standard slot (not pci-x) then the box hangs on boot at the
> megaraid controller after sees raid5 stripe.
>
> If I disable the 82544GC onboard nic and place the PCI-X Intel 82544Ei
> card a pci standard slot (not pci-x) then the box functions great.
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am having trouble with a new Gateway 980 server. I am running fresh
>> cvsup RELENG_4, kernel is stock except for maxusers set to 512, ipfw
>> enabled, and smp enabled. System information is as follows:
>>
>> Motherboard information is located at:
>>
>> http://support.gateway.com/s/Servers/COMPO/MOTHERBD/4000791/4000791mv.shtml
>>
>> The raid card is a LSI U320 LVD 2-Channel SCSI Array Controller. Box
>> configure with raid5 +hotswap
>>
>> Symptoms:
>>
>> Box doing internal operations all well. Upon placing load on device
>> through NIC box freezes. Reproducible via a scp of tar files from any
>> server on same switch. After box freezes you can eject a drive from
>> the raid5 array and no alarms no trigger hot swap, no nothing.
>>
>> Additional information:
>>
>> Have replaced all components with RAID as well as disabled motherboard
>> nic and added Intel® 82544 Gigabit Ethernet Controller card.
>>
>> Have upgraded to latest motherboard bios.
>>
>> Solutions that seem to cause the problem to go away:
>>
>> If you plug server box with stock nic into a 10mb port no freeze
>> occurs.
>>
>> Replace nic with a standard pci (I used 3com905b) and not use a pci-x
>> type nic all well and no freeze.
>>
>> I believe that it is an issue with the pci-x on motherboard.
>>
>> Any known issues or ideas on how to resolve?
>>
>> Many thanks.
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>> RJEnt
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>>
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