Re: Several issues on Dell 1950/2950 servers (6-STABLE and 7-CURRENT)

From: Morten A. Middelthon <morten_at_freenix.no>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:11:39 +0200
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 07:47:21AM +0200, Morten A. Middelthon wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 04:23:21AM -0500, Alex Salazar wrote:
> > Apologies for the long message, and thanks in advance for any response.
> > 
> > I've just bought one of those new generation Dell servers, specifically,
> > the PowerEdge 1950.
> > 
> > This is a dual Intel Dual Core Xeon 5050, 3.0 GHz, 667MHz FSB,
> > 1GB 533MHz RAM, system.
> > 
> > This server has a LSI Logic SAS 5/i integrated adapter and dual embedded
> > Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC.
> <snip>
> 
> Just wanted to say that I'm running FreeBSD/i386 6.1-STABLE on two Dell PE 1950's
> without any problems. The only thing I had to do was update the bce driver for
> the NIC, but other than that the mfi RAID controller is detected properly, as well
> as the SAS disks and RAID array. The only difference I can think of is perhaps
> the firmware and BIOS versions
> 
> Attached is the dmesg output from one of the two 1950's I've got.

And here's the dmesg output :)

mvh,

-- 
Morten A. Middelthon

Always borrow money from a pessimist;
he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Received on Mon Sep 04 2006 - 04:13:49 UTC

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