FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

[William]

Ok, I think its best I just order a Intel MT card with the low profile
PCI-X adapter instead of flapping about with these riser cards and
then just use 6-stable. All getting quite confusing.

On 04/07/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>
> Correct, it will not fit - unless you order the PCI-X riser card from HP and
> replace the PCI-Express riser card that ships with the 320 with the PCI-X
> riser card.
>
> Ted
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William" <willay at gmail.com>
> To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions at mawer.org>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>; "Ted Mittelstaedt"
> <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
>
>
> > Did you guys say the card I've got in another box wont fit into a 320?
> >
> > On 03/07/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions at mawer.org> wrote:
> > > On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William wrote:
> > > >> Antony,
> > > >>
> > > >> I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the
> > > >> code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server
> > > >> Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do?
> > > >
> > > > That is a PRO/1000 MT card, which is a PCI-X adapter and is supported
> > > > by the standard em(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x,
> > > >
> > > > The PRO/1000 PT mentioned below is a PCI-Express adapter and is not
> > > > supported by the standard driver in 6.x, but (as mentioned) should
> > > > be supported by the driver available from Intel.
> > >
> > > If you wish to utilise the PCI Express expansion slots by using a
> > > Pro/1000 PT network adapter, the procedure to follow might be something
> > > like be this:
> > >
> > > 1. Install 6.1-RELEASE from CD, being sure to install the kernel source
> > > 2. Obtain the latest Intel driver for FreeBSD 6.x (if it is still not
> > > available on the website, email me and I will send it to you)
> > > 3. Burn the driver onto a CD or other media and copy it onto the server
> > > 4. Extract the driver source, and copy the if_em* files across into
> > > /usr/src/sys/dev/em/
> > > 5. Build a new kernel (GENERIC will suffice) which will utilise the new
> > > driver source (cd /usr/src && make buildkernel)
> > > 6. Install the kernel and reboot (make installkernel)
> > >
> > > You should now have a working network with your Pro/1000 PT...
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Antony
> > >
> > >
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