DL380G2 instability

[Per olof Ljungmark]

Hi Bjorn,

Yes, I have tried "Linux" from the BIOS setup. As for 5.5, yes it would 
probably work but the 5 series will not get any further in development 
and there are things done for 6- and -current that I would like to 
benefit from.

Seems like the only solution is running single processor...

kama wrote:
> Have you used "Linux" as the OS configuration in the bios?
> 
> I had to switch from "Other" to "Linux" to get SMP to work properly.
> 
> Also try to use 5.x to see if it runs better. I have had a G3 that runs
> solid on 5.5, but when installing 6.1 I get reboots when loaded.
> 
> /Bjorn
> 
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have tried now for some time to get FBSD running on a couple of
>> DL380G2 with dual PIII 1.4G but never got it right. The boxes are
>> identical in both hw setup and the way they behave so I figured this may
>> be FreeBSD related, not a hardware fault.
>>
>> Proliant DL380G2, 1G RAM, RAID5, built-in controller and nic's.
>> Tried 6.1-REL, 6-STABLE and -current as of a couple of weeks ago.
>>
>>
>> To sum it up:
>>
>> 1) ACPI and SMP enabled. The systems will do spontaneous reboots, the
>> more work they do the more often it happens.
>>
>> 2) ACPI disabled, SMP enabled. Systems will lock up hard as soon as any
>> serious work is done like compiling. Requires power cycling.
>>
>> 3) Uniprocessor seems ok at all times.
>>
>> Have tried aslo various settings for MPTable+OS in BIOS but not much of
>> a change. Changed IRQ's. Reset BIOS.
>>
>> Anyone out there who has this model running SMP OK?
>>
>> TIA for any help,
>>
>> Per olof
>>
>>
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