On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Robert Blayzor wrote: > I'd like to know if anyone has experience with the Dell PowerEdge 1855 > blade servers running on either FreeBSD_4 or FreeBSD_5. > > I'm looking to deploy several servers and I know that the 1850's will > run just fine. > > I have concerns over the PERC4/im and the ethernet controllers on the > 1855's. I assume since the 1855's have Intel Gig-E controllers they use > the em driver, which I've had good luck with in the past.
Dell generally used Broadcom Ethernet chips, but the support is good for those as well. > Apparently the 1855's integrated RAID uses the LSI (mpt) driver. I've > heard mixed results on this with earlier versions of 4.x and 5.x, but > nothing in the latest releases, 4.10+ and 5.3. > > Can anyone share their experiences with performance and stability on > these machines? I haven't had problems with the mpt-based machine I have, but reportedly the driver doesn't handle certain error conditions. I believe a new driver or fixes are working their way thorugh the legalitites. I had problems with an IBM machine a while back and IM just Not Working, but I haven't tried it recently. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
