Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Thanks Ted, Server got here, FreeBSD 6.1 went on easy as you like and then I installed the intel card when it got here... I havent had to recompile a thing and its detected the card fine. I've appied an IP address, cvsup/install a few ports

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-07 Thread William
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:26 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Thanks Ted, Server got here, FreeBSD 6.1 went on easy as you like and then I installed the intel card when it got here... I havent had to recompile a thing

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-06 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
04, 2006 2:47 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Ted, Apoligises for being difficult, I must be suffering from my super early mornings and information overload. Thank you for explaining it, my dealer has picked up on the fact that I'll require the PT instead of MT card that I

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-06 Thread William
to /usr/src/sys/dev/em/ and recompile the kernel. Ted - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 2:47 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-06 Thread Antony Mawer
On 6/07/2006 4:26 PM, William wrote: Server got here, FreeBSD 6.1 went on easy as you like and then I installed the intel card when it got here... I havent had to recompile a thing and its detected the card fine. I've appied an IP address, cvsup/install a few ports without any issues.. dmesg

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-04 Thread William
, 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-04 Thread William
. Ted - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Ok, I think its best I just order a Intel MT

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-03 Thread William
Did you guys say the card I've got in another box wont fit into a 320? On 03/07/06, Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
@freebsd.org; Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-02 Thread Antony Mawer
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?

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:07 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 On 30/06

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-01 Thread William
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I install -STABLE from CD? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
How will you cvsup without a network connection? Ted - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:51 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Will i get the updated

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-07-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Bloody good point. On 01/07/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How will you cvsup without a network connection? Ted - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread William
Thanks for the email Antony, I'm awaiting delivery of the server so I might have to order an intel card sharpish. What can I do the server+fbsd 6.x to prove the lock up? Regards, Will On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/06/2006 6:24 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Out of the

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread Antony Mawer
On 30/06/2006 3:53 PM, William wrote: Thanks for the email Antony, I'm awaiting delivery of the server so I might have to order an intel card sharpish. What can I do the server+fbsd 6.x to prove the lock up? Regards, Will Configure the network card (bge0) and then do something to pass traffic

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread William
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? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/06/2006 3:53 PM, William wrote: Thanks for the

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread Antony Mawer
On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: 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? The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless you

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread Erik Trulsson
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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-30 Thread William
Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I install -STABLE from CD? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-29 Thread Antony Mawer
On 23/06/2006 6:24 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: 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. ... If you only do the pci express then the adapter you want is the Intel Pro 1000 PT either

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-23 Thread William
. Ted - Original Message - From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
PROTECTED] To: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-06-21 Thread William
, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to bring it up. Ted -Original Message- From: William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Hi Ted

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-05 Thread William
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 The chances of getting it returned because fbsd doesnt work are very small

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Yes, for some reason the first nic locks the system up when you try to bring it up. Ted -Original Message- From: William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:39 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
You may get lucky and get a DL320 G4 that does not have the specific Broadcom chip in it. not sure, but maybe you can specify at least the chipset you DON'T want in your order (hp should be able to figure it out using the serial#, and this no. is on the boxes. the order way would be: check

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
chipsets, and this isn't in the FreeBSD driver. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:55 AM To: 'William' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
: freebsd-questions@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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1 when more than a few K

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@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

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
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. did you ever try to install win2k/2k3 on it and apply all fw-patches from

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread William
on it. Just make sure you can return it if it doesen't work. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 What was your

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:25 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: 'William' 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

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:25 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: 'William' 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

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
giving the same error message. Read the PR's cited, it's all there. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:47 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: 'William' Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:41 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-02 Thread William
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, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and they

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
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 :) we didn't really run 6.0-RELEASE on the system, as the 6.1-BETAs had been out when we bought the server. therefore not really man

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:58 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 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

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
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

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-29 Thread William
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:05 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Will this stop me using the drives without RAID? Regards, William On 28/04/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RAID support

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
this is the case. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 4:27 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Ted, Is that the same with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE? Cheers

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-29 Thread William
:27 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Ted, Is that the same with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE? Cheers, Will On 28/04/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, but you must make sure to turn OFF raid in the BIOS settings or FreeBSD 6.1

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Hi Ted, Thanks for the information regarding the Ethernet chipset, does the same thing happen if you configure the interface via rc.conf/ifconfig once the system is up and running

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
RAID support on the DL320 G4 is broken. HP uses Adaptec firmware and Adaptec has not provided Soren programming info on their metadata format, as he requested. hi, we're using 6.1-RC1 on a DL320 G4 with raidctl, which perfectly fit's our needs. the metadata being written by the bios-fw of

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-28 Thread William
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 5:38 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Our vendor preference is HP

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-28 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
@freebsd.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Ted Mittelstaedt' Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 RAID support on the DL320 G4 is broken. HP uses Adaptec firmware and Adaptec has not provided Soren programming info on their metadata format, as he requested. hi, we're using 6.1-RC1

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-28 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
format, as he requested. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 5:38 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Our vendor preference is HP, if anyone could share their experience with the following products (in regards of network/sata support and anything else mentioning): HP DL140 G2 HP DL145 G2 HP DL320 G4 HP DL360 G4 we tried dl320 g2, g3, g4, dl380 g3 with sata/ciss drives, 1-4gb ram,

Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-27 Thread William
Thanks for your email, I'm really happy to hear about the support, I'm looking at using the sata disks! I'm not sure else to ask you have covered pretty much everything. Regards, William On 27/04/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our vendor preference is HP, if anyone

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-27 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
, April 27, 2006 5:38 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Our vendor preference is HP, if anyone could share their experience with the following products (in regards of network/sata support and anything else mentioning): HP