On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:05:31PM -0600, Tom Geman wrote: > I was hoping someone here could answer a few questions. > Can I install OpenBSD on this PV 220, or is it just a bunch of disks with > no processor?
This question is very ambiguous. You can't install OpenBSD on the PV220S itself however you can install OpenBSD on a machine that uses the PV220S as its disk storage device. To add more confusion the box does have a SCSI processor device thats supported by ses(4). > If so, does that mean I need another computer to install OpenBSD on, that > will use the PV 220 as it's storage? Yes. > Can this be any computer (what requirements, any recommended brands), or does > it have to be this Dell PowerVault 745N (which seems to come pre-install with > some Windows Storage Server OS)? It can be virtually any computer. Beck@ uses IBM amd64 boxes for this with a Dell PERC4 HBA. Some examples of well supported HBAs are PERC3/4, ahc/ahd and mpt. The 745N is a NAS box; don't get that.
