Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
Danny, A late reply, but I had some nasty trouble recently with some dual-Xeon SuperMicros. The install CD would crash and burn, unless I nooted in safe mode. Once I installed FreeBSD I'd have MASSIVE troubles with stability unless I booted in safe mode, which I would use to build an SMP kernel, after which, no stability troubles. Go figure, but I've taken experiences like this as a bad omen for contemporary FreeBSD. :/ -danny -- http://dannyman.toldme.com/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
I have numerous Dell 1850s all with 4gigs of ram and SCSI in mirror 1 raid. I feel I must of been very lucky because I have never had a single problem with these machines, 1 of them is under severe load. I setup these machines in a different way then most people. Because I run the machines in a remote hosting complex I order the Dell machines to the hosting complex and get the 'remote smart hands' to put the server in the my rack, enable the serial via bios then get them to plug in a serial cable into its single serial port and get them to drop in a i386 FreeBSD install disk so I can install remotely. They use a generic kernel and have usbd_enable="YES" set. I have one 1850 thats got an uptime of 125 days and thats only since I last rebooted it. Maybe because the USB ports have never really been used I have had better luck? Mike David Barnett wrote: Gary, I'm fighting the same battle on two new 2850's and two 1850's; "Interrupt storm detected on "irq18:uhci2"; throttling interrupt source". These machines have 2GB of ram and I using the i386 5.4Rel. version. This happens right after the reboot at the end of an install from CD. I've chosen to install "all", and bring up the ethernet interface. When I get the message, the machine is unresponsive to keyboard input or pings; basically frozen. I also tried 5.3 Rel. with the same results. From searching the lists I concluded disabling USB might be worth trying, so I did that in the BIOS. I'm still getting the same message and freeze. How are you disabling USB? It seems that has worked for you. One tidbit, they have the DRAC 4/I remote access controller cards in them, but I have no reason to believe they're involved at this point. Oh, and firmware is current throughout. Thanks for any hints. Dave Barnett Gary Schrock wrote: At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware and the 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. BIOS A02 Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still occur. On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the stability We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Regards Danny -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >With the kernel I removed all non-required devices > >Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. > >I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to >the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or >RedHat!!! > >DC > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >To: Danny Cooper >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > > PE2850. > > > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > > MPTable: > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs >
Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
Removing the DRAC cards let me log in. Now I can deal with the usb interrupt stuff. db Danny Cooper wrote: I have disabled usb via rc.conf usbd_enable="NO" But in the new custom kernel I have commented out all of the usb devices and firewire. However the machine managed to stay up for 22 hours without any problems. But I decided to put it underload, through multiple make de/install's of mysql, apache, php, net-snmp to get the load of the machine high but after 1 hour of load, the machine crashed once again. Now I have formatted one of the 2850's and put FreeBSD 5.4R (amd64) I still have disabled usb and nonessential parts of the kernel and placed the machine under heavy load, so far so good. DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Barnett Sent: 02 June 2005 17:52 To: Gary Schrock Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 Gary, I'm fighting the same battle on two new 2850's and two 1850's; "Interrupt storm detected on "irq18:uhci2"; throttling interrupt source". These machines have 2GB of ram and I using the i386 5.4Rel. version. This happens right after the reboot at the end of an install from CD. I've chosen to install "all", and bring up the ethernet interface. When I get the message, the machine is unresponsive to keyboard input or pings; basically frozen. I also tried 5.3 Rel. with the same results. From searching the lists I concluded disabling USB might be worth trying, so I did that in the BIOS. I'm still getting the same message and freeze. How are you disabling USB? It seems that has worked for you. One tidbit, they have the DRAC 4/I remote access controller cards in them, but I have no reason to believe they're involved at this point. Oh, and firmware is current throughout. Thanks for any hints. Dave Barnett Gary Schrock wrote: At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware and the 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. BIOS A02 Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still occur. On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the stability We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Regards Danny -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: With the kernel I removed all non-required devices Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or RedHat!!! DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL PE2850. FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) MPTable: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP):
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
I have disabled usb via rc.conf usbd_enable="NO" But in the new custom kernel I have commented out all of the usb devices and firewire. However the machine managed to stay up for 22 hours without any problems. But I decided to put it underload, through multiple make de/install's of mysql, apache, php, net-snmp to get the load of the machine high but after 1 hour of load, the machine crashed once again. Now I have formatted one of the 2850's and put FreeBSD 5.4R (amd64) I still have disabled usb and nonessential parts of the kernel and placed the machine under heavy load, so far so good. DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Barnett Sent: 02 June 2005 17:52 To: Gary Schrock Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 Gary, I'm fighting the same battle on two new 2850's and two 1850's; "Interrupt storm detected on "irq18:uhci2"; throttling interrupt source". These machines have 2GB of ram and I using the i386 5.4Rel. version. This happens right after the reboot at the end of an install from CD. I've chosen to install "all", and bring up the ethernet interface. When I get the message, the machine is unresponsive to keyboard input or pings; basically frozen. I also tried 5.3 Rel. with the same results. From searching the lists I concluded disabling USB might be worth trying, so I did that in the BIOS. I'm still getting the same message and freeze. How are you disabling USB? It seems that has worked for you. One tidbit, they have the DRAC 4/I remote access controller cards in them, but I have no reason to believe they're involved at this point. Oh, and firmware is current throughout. Thanks for any hints. Dave Barnett Gary Schrock wrote: > At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: > >> I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware >> and the >> 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. >> >> BIOS A02 >> Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 >> Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 >> LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 >> >> Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. >> >> I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still >> occur. >> On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the >> stability > > > We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, > although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 > verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether > I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my > low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on > perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that > controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with > it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that > system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run > flawlessly for about 6 months now. > >> Regards >> >> Danny >> >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello >> Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 >> To: Danny Cooper >> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 >> >> What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your >> firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell >> 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID >> controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some >> diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive >> utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download >> from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. >> >> At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >> >With the kernel I removed all non-required devices >> > >> >Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >> >controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. >> > >> >I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >> >hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a >> solution to >> >the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for >> Windows or >> >RedHat!!! >> > >> >DC >> > >> >-Original Message- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >> >Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >> >To: Danny Cooper >> >
Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
Gary, I'm fighting the same battle on two new 2850's and two 1850's; "Interrupt storm detected on "irq18:uhci2"; throttling interrupt source". These machines have 2GB of ram and I using the i386 5.4Rel. version. This happens right after the reboot at the end of an install from CD. I've chosen to install "all", and bring up the ethernet interface. When I get the message, the machine is unresponsive to keyboard input or pings; basically frozen. I also tried 5.3 Rel. with the same results. From searching the lists I concluded disabling USB might be worth trying, so I did that in the BIOS. I'm still getting the same message and freeze. How are you disabling USB? It seems that has worked for you. One tidbit, they have the DRAC 4/I remote access controller cards in them, but I have no reason to believe they're involved at this point. Oh, and firmware is current throughout. Thanks for any hints. Dave Barnett Gary Schrock wrote: At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware and the 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. BIOS A02 Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still occur. On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the stability We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Regards Danny -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >With the kernel I removed all non-required devices > >Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. > >I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to >the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or >RedHat!!! > >DC > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >To: Danny Cooper >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > > PE2850. > > > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > > MPTable: > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > > available. > > > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is >not > > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > > idle state. > >I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have >disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea >whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except >with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* >on i386. > >Claus >___ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
At 05:05 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote: I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware and the 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. BIOS A02 Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still occur. On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the stability We've been running a 2850 with dual processors for a while now, although we're only running 2G of ram. I'm also running the i386 verson of freebsd instead of amd64 (since I couldn't decide whether I'd really gain anything by running that version, especially with my low ram amount). We did initially have a problem with our add-on perc4 controller, but that was obviously a problem with that controller, but after that was resolved, the only issue I've had with it is the usb interrupt storms. Since we don't use usb on that system, I've just completely disabled it. After that, it's run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Regards Danny -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >With the kernel I removed all non-required devices > >Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. > >I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to >the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or >RedHat!!! > >DC > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >To: Danny Cooper >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > > PE2850. > > > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > > MPTable: > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > > available. > > > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is >not > > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > > idle state. > >I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have >disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea >whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except >with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* >on i386. > >Claus >___ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > >___ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
I have checked on the DELL site for any updates to the BIOS/Firmware and the 2 PE2850's are running the latest versions. BIOS A02 Dell Backplane Firmware, v.1.00, A00 Dell BMC Firmware, v.1.23, A03 LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di, v.516A, A01 Both machines have the same symptoms or the reboots at random times. I have now disabled the USB via rc.conf to see if the reboots still occur. On one machine I shall drop the PAE kernel and see if that increases the stability Regards Danny -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vinny Abello Sent: 01 June 2005 05:10 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: >With the kernel I removed all non-required devices > >Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI >controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. > >I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just >hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to >the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or >RedHat!!! > >DC > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen >Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 >To: Danny Cooper >Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > > PE2850. > > > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > > MPTable: > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > > available. > > > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is >not > > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > > idle state. > >I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have >disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea >whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except >with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* >on i386. > >Claus >___ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > >___ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
Hi, I have a Tyan based 1U computer with twin Xeon and 6Gb RAM which we recently installed 5.4 Release on. When we recompiled the kernel with the SMP and PAE options it would randomly reboot but so far (touch wood) using it with just 4Gb or RAM and removing the PAE kernel (just leaving the SMP one) it seems to be stable. We have yet to successfully get a PAE kernel to run consistently. While running the ACPI/HTT and SMP seem to work ok have you tried this? ALan > -Original Message- > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:58:53 +0100 > From: "Danny Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > PE2850. > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > MPTable: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > available. > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is not > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > idle state. > > I have tried to install other versions of FreeBSD. > > 4.11 Release (Doesn't see all available memory even with a kernel patch) > 5.4 Release (Crashes at random times, but mainly under load, running squid) > > > Does anyone have similar problems or have found a work around? > > > Danny C ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
What BIOS revision are you running in your 2850? Make sure all your firmware is up to date. I had problems with an slightly older Dell 2650 trying to install FreeBSD until I flashed the latest RAID controller firmware. If this doesn't help, try running some diagnostics on the hardware. Dell has some pretty extensive utilities. I think you can boot a Dell diagnostic CD you download from their web site. It's possible you have bad RAM. At 11:50 AM 5/31/2005, Danny Cooper wrote: With the kernel I removed all non-required devices Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or RedHat!!! DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > PE2850. > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > MPTable: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > available. > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is not > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > idle state. I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* on i386. Claus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management [EMAIL PROTECTED] (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
> Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI > controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. Yes, but if you do not change the usbd_enable="YES" to "NO" in /etc/rc.conf, it will load a kernel module which may trigger the panic. > I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just > hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to > the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or > RedHat!!! Doubt it, I have three 2850's at work. Claus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
With the kernel I removed all non-required devices Firewire, usb all the NIC's except em and removed all RAID and SCSI controllers to make sure nothing would interfere. I tried to boot with the AMD64 CD but with no success, the machine just hangs when it tries to load the CD, still trying to work out a solution to the problem, but it just seems these DELL 2850 machines are for Windows or RedHat!!! DC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen Sent: 31 May 2005 16:15 To: Danny Cooper Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4 > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > PE2850. > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > MPTable: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > available. > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is not > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > idle state. I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* on i386. Claus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DELL PowerEdge 2850 and FreeBSD 5.4
> I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE and upgraded to -STABLE on a DELL > PE2850. > > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Wed May 25 23:43:12 BST 2005 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz (3192.22-MHz 686-class CPU) > real memory = 5100273664 (4864 MB) > avail memory = 4189892608 (3995 MB) > MPTable: > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > amr0: Firmware 516A, BIOS H418, 256MB RAM > > I have disabled ACPI HTT and enabled PAE to make the whole system memory > available. > > However the problem I have is the system can crash at any moment, and is not > load related. As the crash info below is when the machine was in an 100% > idle state. I have the same hardware as well, running on the i386-port. I have disabled usb with usbd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I have no idea whether this helps but havent't had an issue with the 2850. Except with a qlogic-hba and the isp-driver (I suspect) *on* amd64, but *not* on i386. Claus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
