Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:46:30AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote: I am trying to install an Endace DAG card for traffic capture on a new machine with 8 drives installed using a PERC 5i controller. Due to support limitations for the DAG software, I have to install FreeBSD 5.4 on this machine.

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:17:24 am Jerry McAllister wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:46:30AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote: I am trying to install an Endace DAG card for traffic capture on a new machine with 8 drives installed using a PERC 5i controller. Due to support limitations for the

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Jay Aikat
Thanks for your response. Yes, unfortunately, the DAG software for the DAG card we wish to use on this machine supports 5.4, but has not been thoroughly tested for more recent versions of FreeBSD. We could use Linux, but I prefer FreeBSD. I am exploring switching the PERC 5i with a PERC 4

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Jay Aikat
Thanks. It's very helpful to know for sure that it was never backported to 5.x So, I'll stop looking for the driver for 5.x and look for other options to get this machine up and running with the DAG card. Thanks. Josh Paetzel wrote: On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:17:24 am Jerry

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Jay Aikat wrote: Thanks for your response. Yes, unfortunately, the DAG software for the DAG card we wish to use on this machine supports 5.4, but has not been thoroughly tested for more recent versions of FreeBSD. We could use Linux, but I prefer FreeBSD. I am exploring switching the PERC

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 and PERC 5i controller

2007-11-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:43:34PM -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:17:24 am Jerry McAllister wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:46:30AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote: I am trying to install an Endace DAG card for traffic capture on a new machine with 8 drives installed