asterisk users - Feb 2004 - Dell 1750 server and Asteriks...

Has anyone tried the Dell 1750 server as an Asterisks server with one of
the 4 port Digium cards?
I'm just looking for a reference point on this.  Thanks.
 
Robert


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Yes,
works ok with TE410P and E400P.
The server has both slot types.


-- Pertti


Robert R. Randall wrote:
>  
> Has anyone tried the Dell 1750 server as an Asterisks server with one 
> of the 4 port Digium cards?
> I'm just looking for a reference point on this.  Thanks.
>  
>
> Robert
>

Thanks!  Any idea how many ports it can support as a gateway?

I was hoping it could support 2 4 port cards.
If configured with 2 CPUs and enough ram.

It has 2 PCI buses - one for each card.

Is this just too many ports for the CPUs to handle the 
encode/decode task?

Be gentle with me, I'm still learning ;-)

Robert
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pertti Pikkarainen [mailto:ppik@lanwan.fi] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:23 AM
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dell 1750 server and Asteriks...
> 
> 
> Yes,
> works ok with TE410P and E400P.
> The server has both slot types.
> 
> 
> -- Pertti
> 
> 
> Robert R. Randall wrote:
> 
> >  
> > Has anyone tried the Dell 1750 server as an Asterisks 
> server with one 
> > of the 4 port Digium cards?
> > I'm just looking for a reference point on this.  Thanks.
> >  
> >
> > Robert
> >
> 
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On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 13:02, Robert R. Randall wrote:
>  
> Has anyone tried the Dell 1750 server as an Asterisks server with one
> of the 4 port Digium cards?
> I'm just looking for a reference point on this.  Thanks.
If you use the SCSI raid, please go read dells website regarding linux
lockups and other problems when using their raid controller.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch@basesys.com>

> > Has anyone tried the Dell 1750 server as an Asterisks 
> > server with one of the 4 port Digium cards? I'm just 
> > looking for a reference point on this.  Thanks.
> 
> If you use the SCSI raid, please go read dells website 
> regarding linux lockups and other problems when using their 
> raid controller.
Is this an issue specific to Asterisk? I'm currently running Red Hat
Enteprise Linux 2.1 and 3.0 on a total of eight Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers
without any problems.  Granted, RHEL 2.1 won't install without a newer
MegaRaid driver.  All of these servers are using the PERC4 controller
(onboard) configured for RAID 1.  I have not encountered a single lock-up on
these systems nor any RAID-related problems.  Perhaps this is an issue that
was fixed in a previous firmware update?

--
Tony Kava
Senior Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa

> > Is this an issue specific to Asterisk? I'm currently 
> > running Red Hat Enteprise Linux 2.1 and 3.0 on a total 
> > of eight Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers without any 
> > problems.  Granted, RHEL 2.1 won't install without a 
> > newer MegaRaid driver.  All of these servers are using 
> > the PERC4 controller (onboard) configured for RAID 1.  
> > I have not encountered a single lock-up on these 
> > systems nor any RAID-related problems.  Perhaps this 
> > is an issue that was fixed in a previous firmware 
> > update?
> 
> I'm not sure what all it affects, but it is a linux problem, 
> not a asterisk problem. I was on the list for a while when I 
> thought my 2450s where affected. Eventually I found out they 
> aren't running the same controllers, and I don't have to worry.
If this was in the era of the 2450s then it probably was an issue with the
PERC 3 controller.  I do have a single PowerEdge 1650 with a PERC 3
controller, but I haven't had any problems with it either.  It is running
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.  Maybe this is why Red Hat back-patches older
kernels.  Well, I can say that I have been very stable using RHEL, but as
usual, your (the original writer's) mileage may vary.

--
Tony Kava
Senior Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa