Re: Compaq ProLiant server

Zow (zow@pensive.llnl.gov)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:41:39 -0700


> > Integrated SCSI-3 & 10/100 Ethernet controller, but no make or models.
> >
>
> Proliants tend to use Symbios Logic 876's as their integrated scsi
> controllers.

Correct, AFAIK.

> 10/100 Ethernet, if it's on the mobo, is most likely a Intel 82557 o 82558
> (i think those are the numbers).
>
The Proliants I know of are like my Pro Workstation and use a TI Thunder
Lan (TLan) chip.

Fair warning: I have not been able to get 2.1.x running on my professional
workstation 5000 with dual processors: it runs fine, but fails POST on
reboot with a processor failure. A few ProLiant owners have reported the
exact same symptoms, so if your machine has multiple processors on it,
you will need to run 2.0 on it. This has worked fine for me except that
the 8xx (SCSI) driver in the 2.0 line is running my SCSI bus at half the
speed it can do with the 2.1 driver, so disk performance kind of hurts.
I'm just hoping that a future 2.0 will have a better driver in it b/c I
don't think I'll be able to do 2.2 .

> > Aaron Turner | Either which way, one half dozen or another.

-"Zow"

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