Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-03-03 Thread Tom Samplonius
- "Marko Lerota" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: > can > > anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc > > If you use FreeBSD don't look upon IBM blades at all. I'v

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-27 Thread Marko Lerota
Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can > anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc If you use FreeBSD don't look upon IBM blades at all. I've installed few freebsd 5.4 on IBM HS20 blades. If you need co

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-24 Thread Alex Hayward
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, John Nielsen wrote: > On Friday 23 February 2007 07:12, Marian Hettwer wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:06:54 +0100, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to > > > sustain th

Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Martin
Hi, I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to sustain the growinng demand of our customers. We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc bye __

Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Martin
Hi, I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to sustain the growinng demand of our customers. We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc bye __

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 06:05:54PM +, Pete French wrote.. > > How did you install FreeBSD on them? Using RDP? > > RDP ? I installed using iLo - just connect the ISO image of Remote Deployment Pack. Software from Altiris. Really neat. > the CD as virtual media and you can then boot and ins

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Pete French
> How did you install FreeBSD on them? Using RDP? RDP ? I installed using iLo - just connect the ISO image of the CD as virtual media and you can then boot and install as if it was a normal PC with a drive in the front of it. -pete. ___ freebsd-stable@

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 04:38:16PM +, Pete French wrote.. > > which type of hp blade work with 6.2? > > Ours are BL20p G3 and BL20p G2 blades according to the iLo. How did you install FreeBSD on them? Using RDP? -- Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Pete French
> which type of hp blade work with 6.2? Ours are BL20p G3 and BL20p G2 blades according to the iLo. -pete. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROT

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Martin
Il giorno Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:12:48 + Pete French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > Assume you refer to the older hp-blades and *not* the newer c-class > > ones. The c-class-blades do *not* currently support the build-in NIC > > due to a SerDes-issue. > > Ah, thats worth knowing! yes, our b

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Pete French
> Assume you refer to the older hp-blades and *not* the newer c-class > ones. The c-class-blades do *not* currently support the build-in NIC > due to a SerDes-issue. Ah, thats worth knowing! yes, our blades are a couple of years old so would be b-class ones. ___

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Claus Guttesen
> Maybe HP is your way to go if you want to use FReeBSD on blades :) I run FreeBSD on a lot of HP blades and can confirm that it works very nicely and is rock solid stable. have been doing this since 5.X and am now running 6.2 Assume you refer to the older hp-blades and *not* the newer c-class

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Pete French
> Maybe HP is your way to go if you want to use FReeBSD on blades :) I run FreeBSD on a lot of HP blades and can confirm that it works very nicely and is rock solid stable. have been doing this since 5.X and am now running 6.2 -pcf. ___ freebsd-stable@f

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Claus Guttesen
> > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can > > anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc > I can also recommend HP blades in general. I haven't had a chance to play with FreeBSD on one, but the hardware is solid and the management interface

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread John Nielsen
On Friday 23 February 2007 07:12, Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hi there, > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:06:54 +0100, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to > > sustain the growinng demand of our customers. > > > > We're 100% Fre

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:04:25 +0100 Philipp Ost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have any particular experience with Blade servers in general, > but perhaps this article is some help for you: > http://wiki.bsdforen.de/IBM_Blade_-_english Here is a little bit more info as well: http://www.ibm

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Ísak Ben.
Message --- From: Marian Hettwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sent: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:12:49 +0100 Subject: Re: Stable on Blade server > Hi there, > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:06:54 +0100, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Marian Hettwer
Hi there, On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:06:54 +0100, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to > sustain the growinng demand of our customers. > > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can > anyone r

Re: Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Ost
Martin wrote: Hi, I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to sustain the growinng demand of our customers. We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc I don't have any part

Stable on Blade server

2007-02-23 Thread Martin
Hi, I work for a little web agency/isp and we are going to buy new hw to sustain the growinng demand of our customers. We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc bye signature.asc Description: PGP s