Proliant ML115 compatible?

I'm going to buy an HP Proliant server ML115. This is the
exact model:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/521-5
25-358265-358265-12083521-13153988-80068674.html?jumpid=reg_
R1002_UKEN

I'm wonderint particularly if the raid controller and the
network ethernet
controller will work fine with FreeBSD 6.2

Thanks,
Frankk
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owner-freebsd-proliantfreebsd.org wrote on 16.04.2007 16:09:37:

> I'm going to buy an HP Proliant server ML115. This is
the exact model:
> http:/
/h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/
> 
521-525-358265-358265-12083521-13153988-80068674.html?jumpid
=reg_R1002_UKEN
> 
> I'm wonderint particularly if the raid controller and
the network 
ethernet
> controller will work fine with FreeBSD 6.2

While we haven't tested this series in particular, we have
tested the 
ML350 and the DL360(G4p) and DL380(G4). Both the network
controllers and 
the raid controllers are detected and work fine.

There is one caveat, and that is the fact that we have
experienced 
deadlocks on these machines under high network stress, as
discussed on 
this mailinglist earlier. Wether this is a driver problem
related to the 
NIC, or some generic problem in the 6.1 and 6.2 kernels
under high network 
load(we typically have 100k+ states in pf simultaneously) is
uncertain at 
the moment. With more normal load, and in other roles than
the router/fw 
role, the servers perform as expected.

brgrds
Oystein Kaldhol
BOFH-in training
County of More & Romsdal
Norway
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2007/4/26, Øystein Kaldhol <Oystein.Kaldholmrfylke.no>:
>
> owner-freebsd-proliantfreebsd.org wrote on
16.04.2007 16:09:37:
>
> > I'm going to buy an HP Proliant server ML115. This
is the exact model:
> > http:/
/h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/
> >
> 521-525-358265-358265-12083521-13153988-80068674.html
> ?jumpid=reg_R1002_UKEN
> >
> > I'm wonderint particularly if the raid controller
and the network
> ethernet
> > controller will work fine with FreeBSD 6.2
>
> While we haven't tested this series in particular, we
have tested the
> ML350 and the DL360(G4p) and DL380(G4). Both the
network controllers and
> the raid controllers are detected and work fine.
>
> There is one caveat, and that is the fact that we have
experienced
> deadlocks on these machines under high network stress,
as discussed on
> this mailinglist earlier. Wether this is a driver
problem related to the
> NIC, or some generic problem in the 6.1 and 6.2 kernels
under high network
> load(we typically have 100k+ states in pf
simultaneously) is uncertain at
> the moment. With more normal load, and in other roles
than the router/fw
> role, the servers perform as expected.
>
> brgrds
> Oystein Kaldhol
> BOFH-in training
> County of More & Romsdal
> Norway
>


Thank you for the informations.
About the NIC I think I will not have so high load (I never
reached 100k
states even on very high network load).

About the RAID controller i found this thread:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/
freebsd-questions/2007-January/140790.html
I suppose that ml115 and ml110 have the same raid
controller, maybe
different from the ML350, DL360(G4p) and DL380(G4) you
mentioned.
The RAID controller is only referred as Embedded Raid
controller.
Do you know what kind of embedded raid controller use HP?

Thanks again,
Frankk
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"Francesco Comi" <frankk.mlgmail.com> wrote on 02.05.2007 11:32:31:

> 
> 
> Thank you for the informations.
> About the NIC I think I will not have so high load (I
never reached 
> 100k states even on very high network load). 

In that case you should be fine. 
 
> About the RAID controller i found this thread:
> 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/
freebsd-questions/2007-January/140790.html 

> I suppose that ml115 and ml110 have the same raid
controller, maybe 
> different from the ML350, DL360(G4p) and DL380(G4) you
mentioned.
> The RAID controller is only referred as Embedded Raid
controller.
> Do you know what kind of embedded raid controller use
HP? 

With regards to the raid controllers, the DL360 and DL380
use the Compaq 
SmartArray 64xx series, and they use the ciss driver. We
haven't had any 
problems with these, either with FreeBSD or OpenBSD.

I don't know what the ML115/110 use though, you'd just have
to ask HP I 
suppose.

brgrds
Oystein Kaldhol
BOFH-in training
County of More & Romsdal
Norway
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On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 02:49:19PM +0200, ?ystein Kaldhol
wrote:
> With regards to the raid controllers, the DL360 and
DL380 use the Compaq 
> SmartArray 64xx series, and they use the ciss driver.
We haven't had any 
> problems with these, either with FreeBSD or OpenBSD.

Me neither: Camcontrol is happy showing me failing disks now
and then 

Only question which was raised today.... Is there a
non-destructive
way to resize disks?

Edwin
-- 
Edwin Groothuis      |            Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org
edwinmavetju.org    |              Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org
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