Subject: (Fwd) Infor on PE 750 and 1750
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Joe Lim <Joe.Lim@sit.edu.my>
List: current-users
Date: 03/05/2004 12:27:41
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Hi,
I am going to using DELL PowerEdge 750 and PowerEdge 1750 for NetBSD
installation. May I know anyone using the same machine?
Or, any experts please suggest if I can the hardware are compatible for in=
stallaing
NetBSD. The hardware spec are as below:
Features PowerEdge 750 PowerEdge 1750
Processors Single Intel Pentium 4 processor (up to 3.4GHz) or single Intel=
Celeron processor
(2.4GHz) Dual Intel Xeon=AE processors (up to 3.2GHz)
L2 cache 1MB for P4 Prescott
512K for P4 Northwood
128K for Celeron Up to 2MB
Chipset Intel 7210 ServerWorks GC-LE
Front Side Bus 800MHz for P4, 400MHz for Celeron 533MHz
I/O Channels 4 total: 1 x 64- bit/66MHz PCI-X slot, 1 x 32-bit/33MHz PCI s=
lot, and 2 x Gigabit
embedded NICs 6 total: 2 x 64-bit/133MHz PCI slots, 2 x Gigabit embedded N=
ICs, 1 management port,
1 SCSI port
Starting/
Maximum Memory 256MB/4GB DDR400 SDRAM
Support for dual channel memory architecture 256MB/8GB DDR266 SDRAM
Availability ECC memory
Optional SATA and SCSI RAID solutions
Tool-less chassis Hot-plug hard drives; ECC memory and Spare Row (optional=
); Hot-plug,
redundant power (optional); embedded RAID (optional); Tool-less chassis; c=
luster support
Internal Storage Scalability 2 x 1=9D SATA or U320 SCSI drives
Up to 500GB SATA and 292GB SCSI 3 x 1=9D U320 SCSI drives; Up to 292GB
Internal Storage Performance 10K and 15K RPM U320 SCSI drives; 7200 RPM SA=
TA drives 10K
and 15K RPM U320 SCSI drives
External Hard Drive Storage PowerVault=A2 22XS PowerVault 2XXS
Dell/EMC
Embedded SCSI N/A Dual channel U320 SCSI
RAID support Optional CERC SATA 1.5Gb/6 Ch. for SATA hard drives;
PERC 4/SC and PERC 4/DC for SCSI hard drives Optional dual channel ROMB (P=
ERC 4/Di), and
optional PERC 4/SC or PERC 4/DC (external storage only)
Video Embedded ATI Rage XL with 8MB memory Embedded ATI Rage XL with 8MB m=
emory
Networking Dual embedded Gigabit NICs, single and dual port Intel PRO/1000=
MT Gigabit Adapter
(copper), single port, Intel PRO/100S Dual embedded Gigabit NICs, single a=
nd dual port Intel
PRO/1000 MT Gigabit Adapter(copper), single port Intel PRO/1000 MF Adapter=
(optical); Intel
PRO/100S
Chassis 1U, Tool-less access
Active ID LED, System ID (front and rear) 1U, Tool-less access
Active ID Cyclops, System ID (front and rear)
Power Supply 1 x 280W non-redundant 1+ 1 325W redundant
Systems Management Dell OpenManage OpenManage
Rack Support New Rapid Rail kit (stationary, require removal of the server=
from the rack to service)
for 4-post (Dell rack), 2-post center mount, and 2-post flush mount, & 3rd=
party VersaRails. Using Velcro
tie straps for cables (no Cable Management Arm) Rapid Rail and Cable Manag=
ement Arm for 4-
post (Dell rack), 2-post center mount, and 2-post flush mount, & 3rd party=
VersaRails
Best regards,
Hee Leong, Ong
Enterprise Technical Consultant
DELL HSMB - BSDT
Direct Line: 604 6335178
Fax : 604 6337178
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<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Hi,</span></font></=
p>
<p><br/>
</p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">I am going to using=
DELL PowerEdge 750 and PowerEdge 1750 for NetBSD
installation. May I know anyone using the same machine? </span></font></p>
<p><br/>
</p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Or, any experts ple=
ase suggest if I can the hardware are compatible for installaing
NetBSD. The hardware spec are as below: </span></font></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b>Features&=
#160;      </b></span></font><font face=3D"A=
rial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b> </b></span></font><font
face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b>PowerEdge 750 =
; </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10p=
t"><b> </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span
style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b>PowerEdge 1750 <br/>
Processors     </b></span></font><font face=3D"Ar=
ial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Nar=
row"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Single
Intel Pentium 4 processor (up to 3.4GHz) or single Intel Celeron processor=
(2.4GHz)      Dual Intel Xeon® processors (u=
p to 3.2GHz)     <br/>
<b>L2 cache       </b></span></font><fo=
nt face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=
=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">1MB
for P4 Prescott</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">512K for P4 =
Northwood</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">128K for Cel=
eron        Up to 2MB    =
;  <br/>
<b>Chipset</b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:=
10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:=
10pt">Intel 7210     
ServerWorks GC-LE      <br/>
<b>Front Side Bus </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D=
"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D=
"font-size:10pt">800MHz for P4,
400MHz for Celeron       533MHz <br/>
<b>I/O Channels   </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt">4 total:
1 x 64- bit/66MHz PCI-X slot, 1 x 32-bit/33MHz PCI slot, and 2 x Gigabit
embedded NICs</span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
0pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:1=
0pt">6 total: 2 x 64-bit/133MHz PCI
slots, 2 x Gigabit embedded NICs, 1 management port,
1 SCSI port<br/>
<b>Starting/</b></span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><b>Maximum M=
emory </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size=
:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span
style=3D"font-size:10pt">256MB/4GB DDR400 SDRAM</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Support for =
dual channel memory architecture    256MB/8GB DDR266 SDRAM&=
#160;<br/>
<b>Availability   </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt">ECC
memory </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Optional SAT=
A and SCSI RAID solutions</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Tool-less ch=
assis       Hot-plug hard drives; ECC memory=
and Spare Row (optional); Hot-plug,
redundant power (optional); embedded RAID (optional); Tool-less chassis; c=
luster support  <br/>
<b>Internal Storage Scalability   </b></span></font><font face=3D=
"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial =
Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">2
x 1” SATA or U320 SCSI drives </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Up to 500GB =
SATA and 292GB SCSI 3 x 1” U320 SCSI drives; Up to 292GB   =
;<br/>
<b>Internal Storage Performance   </b></span></font><font f=
ace=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"=
Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">10K
and 15K RPM U320 SCSI drives; 7200 RPM SATA drives  10K
and 15K RPM U320 SCSI drives       <br/=
>
<b>External Hard Drive Storage    </b></span></font><font f=
ace=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"=
Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">PowerVault™
22XS        PowerVault 2XXS </span></fo=
nt></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Dell/EMC=
0;      <br/>
<b>Embedded SCSI  </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:10pt">N/A    
Dual channel U320 SCSI <br/>
<b>RAID support   </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt">Optional
CERC SATA 1.5Gb/6 Ch. for SATA hard drives;</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">PERC 4/SC an=
d PERC 4/DC for SCSI hard drives    Optional dual channel R=
OMB (PERC 4/Di), and
optional PERC 4/SC or PERC 4/DC (external storage only)   &=
#160;<br/>
<b>Video  </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"=
font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"=
font-size:10pt">Embedded ATI Rage
XL with 8MB memory    Embedded ATI Rage XL with 8MB memory&=
#160;  <br/>
<b>Networking     </b></span></font><font face=3D=
"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial =
Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Dual
embedded Gigabit NICs, single and dual port Intel PRO/1000 MT Gigabit Adap=
ter
(copper), single port, Intel PRO/100S      &=
#160; Dual embedded Gigabit NICs, single and dual port Intel
PRO/1000 MT Gigabit Adapter(copper), single port Intel PRO/1000 MF Adapter=
(optical); Intel
PRO/100S</span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">=
<b>    <br/>
</b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10p=
t"><b>Chassis        </b></span></font>=
<font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font
face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">1U, Tool-less access<=
/span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Active ID LE=
D, System ID (front and rear)       1U, Tool=
-less access </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Active ID Cy=
clops, System ID (front and rear)  <br/>
<b>Power Supply   </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt">1 x
280W non-redundant  1+ 1 325W redundant    <br/>
<b>Systems Management     </b></span></font><font=
face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D=
"Arial Narrow"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Dell
OpenManage OpenManage     <br/>
<b>Rack Support   </b></span></font><font face=3D"Arial"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt"> </span></font><font face=3D"Arial Narrow"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:10pt">New
Rapid Rail kit (<b>stationary</b>, require removal of the server from the =
rack to service)
for 4-post (Dell rack), 2-post center mount, and 2-post flush mount, &=
3<sup>rd</sup> party VersaRails. Using Velcro
tie straps for cables (<b>no Cable Management Arm</b>)   &#=
160;   Rapid Rail and Cable Management Arm for 4-
post (Dell rack), 2-post center mount, and 2-post flush mount, & 3<sup=
>rd</sup> party VersaRails</span></font></p>
<p><a NAME=3D""><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Best r=
egards,</span></font></a></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Hee Leong, Ong</spa=
n></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Enterprise Technica=
l Consultant</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">DELL HSMB - BSDT</s=
pan></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Direct Line: 604 63=
35178</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Fax  =
0;       : 604 6337178</span></font></p>
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