[OpenIndiana-discuss] rack server recommendation

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I think we both must update the wiki. I also bought these servers(2 pcs) and OI wont work. A tiny little bit difficult to explain to the management ;-) 

Kind regards, 

The out-side

Op 12 dec. 2012 om 16:13 heeft Mark Creamer <whitetr6 at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:

> I like the SuperMicro-based servers that Silicon Mechanics sells. Not
> because there's anything different about them from a supermicro server you
> can buy elsewhere, but because the support (pre and post-sale) at Silicon
> Mechanics is outstanding. All I have had to do is ask them to spec a server
> for me that will work with Solaris/Illumos operating systems and their
> engineers knew exactly how to set it up.
> 
> Otherwise, you just have to research what storage controllers will work
> properly in JBOD mode (I use LSI), along with the other pertinent drivers.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Achim Wolpers <achimwo7 at googlemail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> we bought a Dell PowerEdge R420 as an OI Box. Even though it is listed in
>> der HCL in the OI wiki, neither the broadcom network interface nor the hba
>> is supported by OI drivers. So we had to attach a new network interface and
>> have to boot from an external jbod box, since the internal hdd slots are
>> not accessible.
>> 
>> Because I don't feel like testing all kinds of servers I am asking for a
>> couple of recommendations for 1 hu rack servers that work out of the box
>> with OI.
>> 
>> Thanx in advance!
>> 
>> Achim
>> 
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> 
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