Supermicro X6DVL-EG-2 Compatibility

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/6/06, Mark Kane <mark at mkproductions.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone. Quick hardware question here...
>
> We're looking to move a dedicated server to a new datacenter with new
> hardware. The Dual Xeon boards in the new datacenter are the Supermicro
> X6DVL-EG-2 with the Intel E7320 chipset. I see the E7320 listed on
> the hardware page for 6.1-RELEASE/amd64 but not for i386. Would this
> work with i386? I want to run i386 on this machine just to make sure all
> third party software we need will still work, since it is an important
> production server, and one application we use is binary only for i386.
>
> I also don't see the SATA controller (6300ESB) or the onboard NIC
> (82541GI) on either hardware lists. I see similar models for the NIC
> on the list, but not the "GI". The motherboard spec page does show
> different models though, since at the top it says it's the "GI", but
> down below it says it's the "PI" on that board. Does neither the SATA or
> NIC being listed mean that this board will not work? Is anyone out there
> running this board with FreeBSD, and what are your experiences with it?
>
> I don't know much about Intel hardware since I run AMD on all other
> machines, and most any hardware I've ever used with FreeBSD has worked,
> but I wanted to check on this before ordering the new server because
> we're needing to switch fast and get moved out of the old datacenter
> by mid-week. The only other hardware option I see from this datacenter
> is an Opteron 170, but I'd like to stick with the Dual Xeons as we
> currently have now if at all possible.
>
> Thanks very much in advance for any info or suggestions.
>
> -Mark
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7320/X6DVL-EG.cfm
>

I have a X7DBE that mostly works with FreeBSD 6.x/i386.

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cfm

The Ethernet controllers (Intel PRO/1000 EB) don't work with FreeBSD
6.1 but this is being fixed on -STABLE as we speak, there is a em(4)
patch waiting for commit... I have not tried to use the 6 port onboard
SATA RAID controller... From experience I just assume it not support
at all. Your motherboard is a generation behind my board so things
should probably work out pretty good for you. here's my dmesg:

Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Mon Aug  7 00:13:42 UTC 2006
    root at raidbackup1.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X7DBE
ACPI APIC Table: <PTLTD          APIC  >
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz (2666.68-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf64  Stepping = 4
  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=0xe4bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,CNTX-ID,CX16,<b14>,<b15>>
  AMD Features=0x20000000<LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  Cores per package: 2
  Logical CPUs per core: 2
real memory  = 1073086464 (1023 MB)
avail memory = 1036750848 (988 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  2
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <PTLTD   RSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.MBRD - AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle1: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu1
acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT
device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6
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
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci3
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci3
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci2
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.0.5> port
0x2000-0x201f mem 0xc8200000-0xc821ffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci6
em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:30:99:c8
em0: [FAST]
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.0.5> port
0x2020-0x203f mem 0xc8220000-0xc823ffff irq 19 at device 0.1 on pci6
em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:30:99:c9
em1: [FAST]
pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.3 on pci1
pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8
pcib9: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib9
pcib10: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci9
pci10: <PCI bus> on pcib10
arcmsr0: <Areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
Driver Version 1.20.00.12> mem
0xc8300000-0xc8300fff,0xc8800000-0xc8bfffff irq 16 at device 14.0 on
pci10
ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.41 2006-5-24
arcmsr0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcib11: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci9
pci11: <PCI bus> on pcib11
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
pcib12: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci12: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib12
pci12: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x1800-0x181f irq 17 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 0x1820-0x183f irq 19 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 0x1840-0x185f irq 18 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 0xc8000000-0xc80003ff
irq 17 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
pcib13: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci13: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib13
pci13: <display, VGA> at device 1.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <GENERIC ATA controller> port
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1860-0x186f at device 31.1 on
pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ichsmb0: <SMBus controller> port 0x1100-0x111f irq 19 at device 31.3 on pci0
ichsmb0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
smbus0: <System Management Bus> on ichsmb0
smb0: <SMBus generic I/O> on smbus0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
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: [FAST]
ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7
drq 3 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcbfff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ad0: 6149MB <WDC AC36400L 08.09L08> at ata0-master UDMA33
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
da0 at arcmsr0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Areca ARC-1220-VOL#00 R001> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da0: 166.666MB/s transfers (83.333MHz, offset 32, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing Enabled
da0: 2002715MB (4101561856 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 255310C)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a



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