On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 08:28:02AM +0100, Philippe Lang wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 08:43:06AM +0100, Philippe Lang wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is anyone using FreeBSD 6.X in production on SuperMicro 2U servers? > >> > >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/ > >> > >> Thanks for the info, > >> > >> Philippe Lang > > > > > > Yep, > > > > We are using them at Juniper Networks. We have had very good luck > > with them. However we use SCSI disk instead of SATA so I don't know > > how well SATA works with FreeBSD 6.x. Our setup is 2 - dual core > > CPUs, 4 gig of ram, a pair of Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers. The OS > > disk is a pair of 72 gig SCSI mirrored and the other 6 bays have some > > configuration of SCSI disk in RAID 10. We use FreeBSD 6.2-RC2 because > > these motherboards use the Intel network chips and there was a > > problem with the em device. The patch to fix this got committed > > sometime in late October. > > > > > > Josef > > Hi Josef, thanks for your answer. > > Are you using this motherboard? > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cfm > > I have just check on FreeBSD 6.2R hardware compatibility list, and they > don't mention the network controller. It's an > > - Intel(r) (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563EB Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller > > Hardware compatibility list says: > > - The em(4) driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel > 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, > 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572 and 82573 controller chips > > Does the documentation simply need to be updated maybe? > > Bye > > Philippe
I just looked at the specs, the servers we are currently ordering are Supermicros with the X6DHE-G2 motherboard. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DHE-G2.cfm We has had to use only 32bit processors because we are stuck we an old vendor library (Don't ask) Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca.
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