HP BL460c

Greetings everyone,

 We are about to proceed to a major upgrade for our servers.
I was looking
at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch according to the
technical specs at:
http://h18004.www1.h
p.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specificatio
ns.htmlcomes
with the embedded NC370i network controller. However, after
a lot of
goggling I found out that there are compatibility problems
with that
controller. Any suggestions are kindly welcomed.

 Thanks,

 George
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On Friday 30 March 2007 09:46:53 am George Kontostanos
wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
> 
>  We are about to proceed to a major upgrade for our
servers. I was looking
> at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch according to the
technical specs at:
> 
http://h18004.www1.h
p.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specificatio
ns.htmlcomes
> with the embedded NC370i network controller. However,
after a lot of
> goggling I found out that there are compatibility
problems with that
> controller. Any suggestions are kindly welcomed.

If it's the bce(4) part with SerDes RELENG_6 will support
it, though 6.2 
doesn't.  6.3 will include fully support however.

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On Friday 30 March 2007 01:41:47 pm George Kontostanos
wrote:
> On 3/30/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday 30 March 2007 09:46:53 am George
Kontostanos wrote:
> > > Greetings everyone,
> > >
> > >  We are about to proceed to a major upgrade
for our servers. I was
> > looking
> > > at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch according
to the technical specs at:
> > >
> >
> > 
http://h18004.www1.h
p.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specificatio
ns.htmlcomes
> > > with the embedded NC370i network controller.
However, after a lot of
> > > goggling I found out that there are
compatibility problems with that
> > > controller. Any suggestions are kindly
welcomed.
> >
> > If it's the bce(4) part with SerDes RELENG_6 will
support it, though 6.2
> > doesn't.  6.3 will include fully support however.
> >
> > --
> > John Baldwin
> 
> 
> It is the :
> 
> Embedded NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
Network Processor
> Broadcom 5706
> 
> I saw that HP ships that adapter only in the AMD
platform which I'm
> considering of purchasing.
> Any ideas about that ?

That should work with bce(4) in 6.x-stable.

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Thanks John,
I'm downloading now the latest stable snapshot and I will
try it on Tuesday
probably. I have requested a demo blade from HP.
Thanks again.

On 3/30/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday 30 March 2007 01:41:47 pm George Kontostanos
wrote:
> > On 3/30/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Friday 30 March 2007 09:46:53 am George
Kontostanos wrote:
> > > > Greetings everyone,
> > > >
> > > >  We are about to proceed to a major
upgrade for our servers. I was
> > > looking
> > > > at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch
according to the technical specs
> at:
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
> http://h18004.www1.h
p.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specificatio
ns.htmlcomes
> > > > with the embedded NC370i network
controller. However, after a lot of
> > > > goggling I found out that there are
compatibility problems with that
> > > > controller. Any suggestions are kindly
welcomed.
> > >
> > > If it's the bce(4) part with SerDes RELENG_6
will support it, though
> 6.2
> > > doesn't.  6.3 will include fully support
however.
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Baldwin
> >
> >
> > It is the :
> >
> > Embedded NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server
Adapter Network Processor
> > Broadcom 5706
> >
> > I saw that HP ships that adapter only in the AMD
platform which I'm
> > considering of purchasing.
> > Any ideas about that ?
>
> That should work with bce(4) in 6.x-stable.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>
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Hi John,

I tested the blades on the AMD platform with the Embedded
NC370i Network
adapter and it works fine under 6-stable. I was wondering if
there is any
patch that I could apply under 6-2 release for that network
adapter. The
reason I'm asking is because we are talking for 3 servers
2ns and 1mail and
it would make me feel better following the release branch.

Thanks again,

George Kontostanos

On 3/30/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday 30 March 2007 01:41:47 pm George Kontostanos
wrote:
> > On 3/30/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Friday 30 March 2007 09:46:53 am George
Kontostanos wrote:
> > > > Greetings everyone,
> > > >
> > > >  We are about to proceed to a major
upgrade for our servers. I was
> > > looking
> > > > at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch
according to the technical specs
> at:
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
> http://h18004.www1.h
p.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specificatio
ns.htmlcomes
> > > > with the embedded NC370i network
controller. However, after a lot of
> > > > goggling I found out that there are
compatibility problems with that
> > > > controller. Any suggestions are kindly
welcomed.
> > >
> > > If it's the bce(4) part with SerDes RELENG_6
will support it, though
> 6.2
> > > doesn't.  6.3 will include fully support
however.
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Baldwin
> >
> >
> > It is the :
> >
> > Embedded NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server
Adapter Network Processor
> > Broadcom 5706
> >
> > I saw that HP ships that adapter only in the AMD
platform which I'm
> > considering of purchasing.
> > Any ideas about that ?
>
> That should work with bce(4) in 6.x-stable.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>
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On Thursday 05 April 2007 09:55, George Kontostanos wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> I tested the blades on the AMD platform with the
Embedded NC370i Network
> adapter and it works fine under 6-stable. I was
wondering if there is any
> patch that I could apply under 6-2 release for that
network adapter. The
> reason I'm asking is because we are talking for 3
servers 2ns and 1mail and
> it would make me feel better following the release
branch.

You can probably just use sys/dev/mii/* and sys/dev/bce/*
from 6.x-stable
with a 6.2 tree and it should work ok.

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Thanks, I will try that.

George

On 4/11/07, John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 05 April 2007 09:55, George Kontostanos
wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I tested the blades on the AMD platform with the
Embedded NC370i Network
> > adapter and it works fine under 6-stable. I was
wondering if there is
> any
> > patch that I could apply under 6-2 release for
that network adapter. The
> > reason I'm asking is because we are talking for 3
servers 2ns and 1mail
> and
> > it would make me feel better following the release
branch.
>
> You can probably just use sys/dev/mii/* and
sys/dev/bce/* from 6.x-stable
> with a 6.2 tree and it should work ok.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>
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