No, what happens if you configure it via rc.conf is the server stays up for about a minute then panics, rather than panicing immediately.
Perhaps if you e-mailed the bge maintainer and referenced the PRs on the Ethernet, they might be willing to fix the driver. Otherwise I'm going to look at it next week since I have one of these servers and I can't return it. :-( Another possibility is installing another ethernet card in the server's expansion slot. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William >Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:47 AM >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? > >If the ethernet chipset support at the moment is flakey then I might >have to look at a different vender, ethernet being one of the most >important devices I need working for what I'm after! :( > >Cheers, > >Will > >On 29/04/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi William, >> >> No. Soren added a bunch of error checking code in the ata driver >> for 6.1 to reject oddball cases and one of the things it does >is ignore >> the >> disks on this particular server if the RAID functionality is turned >> on in the BIOS. However, even though FreeBSD 6.0 sees the >disks if the >> RAID setup is switched on in BIOS, it does not see the RAID array so >> it is pretty much an error to have this BIOS option turned on. >> >> Until support for the Adaptec metadata format is added, the >> RAID firmware in this server is useless. >> >> But you still can get RAID going on the server now by doing this: >> >> Turn off SATA Raid in the BIOS. Install a scratch version of >> FreeBSD. Login as root issue the command "atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 >> ad6" >> Immediately reboot. Reinstall FreeBSD on disk "ar0" >> >> This will give you chipset RAID just you can't rebuild the array from >> the BIOS. >> >> More importantly, though, is trouble with the Ethernet chipset. >> >> During the install it will ask if you want to configure the >> Ethernet interface. Do not do this. If you do the system will >> immediately panic. >> >> Once the system is up and running, recompile the kernel to use the >> fix discussed in PR kern/94307. A discussion of how you might >> go about implementing this fix is in PR kern/94863 >> >> Unfortunately the bge maintainers) are very loath to believe that >> they are going to have to make exceptions in their code for all >> the different hacked up variants of this Ethernet chipset, but >> in reviewing the PR database I suspect 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, >> > >> >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 will not recognize the drives. >> >> >> >> Ted >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >[mailto:[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 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> 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, P4/XEON, DUAL-XEON with freebsd 5 and 6. >> >> >> >as of the *bsd's, freebsd has the best support for the >> >> >> >hp DL*s. sata support is not given for all embedded raid- >> >> >> >controllers but you can still use raid 1 functionality >> >> >> >using raidctl. hdd failures can render the system hang for >> >> >> >3-5sec's on sata devices but after this timeout, everything's >> >> >> >fine. rebuild is sometimes only possible by >os-command, pluggin' >> >> >> >in the new drive is sometimes not enough ;-) >> >> >> > >> >> >> >nw/chipset support is working (at least on all >machines we use). >> >> >> >no performance issues, except you configure as router >and you use >> >> >> >many different irq's for all interfaces (only occurred on >> >a machine >> >> >> >with 8 interfaces). >> >> >> > >> >> >> >thermal zone / ipmi support is not really >> >> >> >close to the vendors ideas and sometimes produces wrong >> >> >> >numbers, but if you don't want to set fan-speed or check >> >> >> >temp. on all mentioned devices, it's fine. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >also, system management like (red-power fail, red-fan >> >fail, etc...) >> >> >> >is not really talking to the os and vice versa, >therefore you'll >> >> >> >have to check for errors like this on your own. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >furthermore, bios/fw upgrades can sometimes be really annoying, >> >> >> >if you don't have usb-boot-support you'd run into >troubles because >> >> >> >hp only delivers them for some specific os's and >freebsd is not on >> >> >> >the list. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >btw. if somebody reads this and thinks: hey, bullshit >i know a way >> >> >> >of doing this better and it works fine with my DL, >please let me >> >> >> >know! >> >> >> > >> >> >> >best regards and good luck w. the hw :-) >> >> >> > >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >> >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >> >> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> >> >> > >> >> >> >-- >> >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message. >> >> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> >> >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release >> >> >Date: 4/26/2006 >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >No virus found in this incoming message. >> >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/326 - Release >> >Date: 4/27/2006 >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> > >> >-- >> >No virus found in this incoming message. >> >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release >Date: 4/28/2006 >> > >> >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
