[OpenIndiana-discuss] rack server recommendation

[Roel_D]

So how to get these nexenta drivers? 
Here is the link i received from DELL
http://www.lsi.com/Pages/user/eula.aspx?file=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lsi.com%2fdownloads%2fPublic%2fMegaRAID%2520Common%2520Files%2f5.06_Solaris_Driver.tgz&Source=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lsi.com%2fproducts%2fstoragecomponents%2fPages%2fMegaRAIDSAS9266-8i.aspx

Kind regards, 

The out-side

Op 13 dec. 2012 om 21:05 heeft ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> het volgende geschreven:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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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