[OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC

[Matt Connolly]

On 05/12/2011, at 6:41 AM, Geoff Flarity wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Harry - You may be getting into SuperMicro mobo space at this point... (others here will have some specific recommendations for you).
>> 
>> On the other hand - the latest Sandy Bridge Architectures will support 32 GB even on lower-end boards.
>> 
> 
> Be aware that there's bug withSandy Bridge + KVM that will require
> using a kernel parameter change work around. I forget the exact
> details, see the SmartOS archives.

I just set up a Sandy Bridge Xeon E3-1230 on an Intel S1200BTL which supports 32GB ECC memory. It's a bit fussy about what memory it supports - make sure you get the right type. There appears to be no BMC driver at present, but other than that, it's running well.

To get KVM to load without crashing, you need to add "set apix_enable=0" in /etc/system and reboot before installing kvm. It's also mentioned in an issue for illumos-kvm on github:

https://github.com/joyent/illumos-kvm/issues/1

> 
> 
>> Lou Picicano
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harry Putnam" <reader at newsguy.com>
>> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 2:57:19 PM
>> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC
>> 
>> Hoping to save any more googling and pawing thru specs etc by letting
>> someone that knows just name motherboards that allow 24 gb max ram and
>> have option for ECC memory too.
>> 
>> This will be for a zfs server but will also be the home of many
>> installed guest vms... hence the high ram spec.
>> 
>> I've looked at quite a few asus boards which seem to have ECC option
>> more or less by default (unlike most others). But then finding the
>> 24 GB max is another matter...
>> 
>> Or possibly my google stings are poorly thought out or arranged. Is
>> anyone else noticing that google seems NOT to honor quotations in
>> search string any more?