I have run OpenBSD 3.6 and upgrade to OpenBSD 3.7 on Dell PowerEdge 750. Here was the hardware. em0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000CT (82547EI)" em1 at pci3 dev 2 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82541EI)" pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 6300ESB SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <ST380013AS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 76293MB, 156250000 sectors wd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
But it's on rack mounted server. I think the tower server which use the same hardware should not have any problem On 6/14/05, Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/13/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/13/05, Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - dc, em and sk seems to be the way to go, but what to for quad port > > > cards? where to find one, brand names, model numbers, revisions > > > > I have a number of machines deployed using the Intel PRO/1000 MT > > quad GigE PCI-X cards, mostly in Dell PowerEdge systems. They > > work great, though I'm not really pushing the limits. > > > > Which Dell server do you have? Are you doing port trunking with that > Quad GigE cards (i mean: a single I/O channel of 4 GigE?) > > Thanks for your feedback. > > > > > > Any one tried the low end on DELL servers (tower models)? > > > > TMK, no Dell server offers a supported SATA controller, this includes the > > low-end rackmount systems with an embedded SATA controller. Go SCSI. > > > > Many rackmount Dell products (e.g. PE1850) are available with hardware > > RAID on an ami "MegaRAID" controller, these work great with OpenBSD, > > as noted by Stuart Henderson. > > > > > > > or is it a better move to build your own by ordering parts, > > > if so, what is popular here? > > > > If you need a support contract on the hardware, rack-dense servers, > > or are looking for a highly available server with dual-power and a hot > > swap drive enclosure, then building your own may not be an option. > > > > > > > What I am looking for is HW mirroring of drives with hotswap for > > > webservers and quadport nic's > > > > The ability to hot-swap drives requires that everything in the chain > > must support hot swap -- the controller, the drive, and the SCSI > > enclosure or backplane. This is where buying an integrated server > > pays off -- if you blow something up in the process of hot-swapping > > drives, you just have one vendor to deal with, no finger-pointing. > > > > Kevin Kadow
