[OpenIndiana-discuss] rack server recommendation

[ken mays]

Hello,

Broadcom 57xx (i.e. namely 5719/5720) use the bge v15.3.4 driver.
Broadcom 5771x/578x0 series (10gb) use the bnxe 7.4.13 driver.  

The updated mr_sas and mpt_sas drivers from Nexenta works on most Dell servers with PERC adapters.

oi_151a7 does NOT include many of the recent Illumos kernel nor Nexenta/Joyent/Broadcom/Intel/other updates
which will resolve many of the installation issues and server implementations usually done manually.

Same issue for many Illumos-based distros not recently updated with the recent mpt_sas/mr_sas driver updates or
other driver updates (so it is not OI specific in nature).

Hope that helped,
Ken Mays




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 From: Roel_D <openindiana at out-side.nl>
To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rack server recommendation
 
I received a link to the mr_sas drivers from DELL, but for the broadcom nics there was no solution. 

Kind regards, 

The out-side

Op 13 dec. 2012 om 15:34 heeft "Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)" <openindiana at nedharvey.com> het volgende geschreven:

>> From: Mark Creamer [mailto:whitetr6 at gmail.com]
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> I've heard similar remarks before, and next time I'm planning to try precisely this.
> 
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