The Dell R410 is a 1U server class machine. Dell has a list of operating systems for the R410 that it supports and tested with all which are server class operating systems. Why would you expect Dell to support or integration test with an unsupported desktop class OS?
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 01:42, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:12:45PM -0700, Dave Close wrote: > > This box has two on-board Broadcom NICs > > and we added an Intel quad-port NIC sold by Dell. > > ... > > > Strange interactions should > > be expected if the combination hasn't been explicitly tested. > > > Yeah, that's why people do things like pay extra to get a dell-branded > intel nic. Personally, my experience, like the one above, has been that > it doesn't seem to help much. paid support is great for obvious (box > won't boot, etc...) problems but is generally worthless for subtle stuff. > > It's irritating, 'cause I imagine dell could do a much better job of > integration testing than I can. > > > -- > Luke S. Crawford > http://prgmr.com/xen/ - Hosting for the technically adept > http://nostarch.com/xen.htm - We don't assume you are stupid. > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- The best compliment you could give Pythian for our service is a referral.
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