hi all i'm fighting a little bit with a new intel server. i bought an intel SE7210TP1-E server with integrated RAID controller (SATA) and thought: nice, one box everything inside ,-) but it seems that the raid controller is not supported by any freebsd version (i would love to see it running on 5.x). on some posts i saw that the onboard controller is some kind of 'software-raid' - but i don't care ,-) anyhow, i didn't got this onboard raid controller (which seems to be an adaptec hostraid) working. (if someone knows how to do it: please mail! *beggin*).
anyhow, i had the fabulous idea to buy an high point 1520 SATA raid controller which is working fine in other servers. but i didn't expected intel to NOT work with this controller ;-( i tried several hours (incl. bios upgrades, etc.) to just BOOT from this raid controller (with and without any raid). even when in the amibios is set: primary boot device -> "RocketRaid 1520 SATA controller" nothing will ever boot from this device (and yes, i set the disk to 'active' - it will boot if i put the disc directly to the on-board plug). i contacted intel and they told me: "Unfortunately we have not validated any High Point RAID controller on Intel(R) Entry Server Board SE7210TP1-E For a list of tested and validated hardware for this board please visit the following URL: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7210tp1-e/sb/cs-00992 0.htm " well, nice isn't it? ;-) (if someone knows how to get this controller running on that specific board: let me know). after reading the tested-hardware list (see link from intel) i found out that the "FastTrak S150 TX4" should boot ;-) but after looking on google and the mailinglist i couldn't figure out if freebsd 5.X would recognize it. does anyone want to share some of his experience how to get a raid running with either the on-board controller, the hightpoint controller or an fasttrak S150 TX4? ;-) (otherwise i would prepare a software raid) greetings! & many thanks in advance ,-) -steven _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
