FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

You got 2 choices

Out of the box the DL 320 G4 ships with a riser card that has 2 pci express
slots.  At least that is what they are supposed to be, we haven't tried
them.

HP sells a riser card that has a single 64 bit PCI 133 slot on it.  You can
buy
that and replace the existing riser.

If you only do the pci express then the adapter you want is the Intel
Pro 1000 PT  either the single port or the dual port, and make sure
it is the "server adapter" not the "desktop adapter"  (the models carry
the same model number but different descriptions, which is infuriating)

If you do the riser card replacement then you can use a Pro 1000 MT
server adapter.

If you buy the optional hot-swap module (which I don't think works under
FreeBSD anyhow) then you have to buy the riser card with the pci 133 slot
since that module is not pci express.

Ted

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William" <willay at gmail.com>
To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4


> Wow thats a total pain in the arse, I'll put it through some stress
> testing before it gets shipped.
>
> Can you reccomend a card?
>
> On 23/06/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It is fine as long as you buy a 64 bit pc-express intel ethernet card.
> >
> > The patch I created makes the broadcom chip work without panicing
> > the kernel
> >
> > Unfortunately the chip periodically issues a timeout error message and
> > momentararily downs the interface.
> >
> > There are a number of complaints in the PR database about this
> > happening with this driver, with different models of the broadcom
> > chip in different machines.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William" <willay at gmail.com>
> > To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
> > Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 1:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> >
> >
> > > Hello again,
> > >
> > > Sorry to dig this up again. I'm in the position to order the server
> > > now and the DL320 is within our price range. Is everyone still having
> > > an enjoyable experience running FreeBSD on the DL3XX G4 range?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> > > On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try
to
> > > > bring it up.
> > > >
> > > > Ted
> > > >
> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >From: William [mailto:willay at gmail.com]
> > > > >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM
> > > > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> > > > >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Hi Ted,
> > > > >
> > > > >Great news! but as per your patch you can only use the second nic?
> > > > >
> > > > >Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > >Will
> > > > >
> > > > >On 05/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Hi William,
> > > > >>
> > > > >>   I was able to create a patch that fixed the problem, see
> > > > >> here:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=96806
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Ted
> > > > >>
> > > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of William
> > > > >> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM
> > > > >> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> > > > >> >Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > > >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are
> > > > >> >very small! :(
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >On 03/05/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >> I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under
6.1-RC1
> > > > >> >> when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface.
I
> > > > >> >> haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it.  Just make sure you can
return it
> > > > >> >> if it doesen't work.
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >> Ted
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > > >> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
William
> > > > >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM
> > > > >> >> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > > > >> >> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
> > > > >> >> >
> > > > >> >> >
> > > > >> >> >What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the
> > > > >dl320 g4? I've
> > > > >> >> >had a quote back on that model so could be near to
> > > > >actually getting
> > > > >> >> >some hardware for once :)
> > > > >> >> >
> > > > >> >> >On 30/04/06, No at SPAM@mgEDV.net <nospam at mgedv.net> wrote:
> > > > >> >> >>
> > > > >> >> >> just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and
> > > > >> >> >> they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok).
> > > > >> >> >> but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's
> > > > >> >> >> a newer/different chipset in it.
> > > > >> >> >> we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches
> > > > >> >> >> monitor, this server also has bge interfaces and had no
> > > > >> >> >> problem since 1 year capturing and analyzing more than
> > > > >> >> >> 26GB/day (avg) of nw-data on the 2nd interface and serving
> > > > >> >> >> more than 4GB/day (avg) on the primary one (both IPv4
only).
> > > > >> >> >>
> > > > >> >> >> c ya ;-)
> > > > >> >> >>
> > > > >> >> >>
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