I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: 3 PCI-X (1x64-bit/133MHz, and 2x64-bit/100MHz) Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? Thanks for help. bartek
Bartek- It looks like the TE405P 5V cards will work in two of the slots, but I can't find the technical spec's for the motherboard on the Dell site to be sure. (Dell site is weak on technical specifics.) But the big question in my mind is whether you can really support two TE410P's or two TE405P's in one system. I went down this road based on advice I got here on the forum, and found that it wasn't even close - a dual-Xeon could only support one TE410P maximum, and just barely. (also confirmed later on a TE405P) But my environment is heavy IVR with lots of call volume. If you're running VoIP, then I think the maximum depends on how much transcoding you are doing in your system. Be kind to yourself - use two chassis/motherboards - one for each 4-span board! Just my advice and experience - your's may be different! Cheers Scott Scott M. Stingel President, Emerging Voice Technology, Inc. Palo Alto California & London England www.evtmedia.com -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bartosz Jozwiak Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:16 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dell server for asterisk question! I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: 3 PCI-X (1x64-bit/133MHz, and 2x64-bit/100MHz) Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? Thanks for help. bartek _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
The TE410P works with the 2650, I had 1 in there for months. One other thing, avoid the PERC RAID. The Linux driver in kernel 2.4 series is not very stable. FYI. Bartosz Jozwiak wrote:>I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. >And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. > >This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: >3 PCI-X >(1x64-bit/133MHz, and >2x64-bit/100MHz) > >Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? >Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? > >Thanks for help. >bartek > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >
Steven Critchfield
2004-May-12 19:46 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Dell server for asterisk question!
On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 18:16, Leo Ann Boon wrote:> The TE410P works with the 2650, I had 1 in there for months. One other > thing, avoid the PERC RAID. The Linux driver in kernel 2.4 series is not > very stable.The driver is stable, the hardware is suspect. I have PERC raid controllers with 2.4 kernels pushing out to a year of uptime in demanding roles. The difference is they are the older 2450 based machines.> Bartosz Jozwiak wrote: > > >I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. > >And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. > > > >This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: > >3 PCI-X > >(1x64-bit/133MHz, and > >2x64-bit/100MHz) > > > >Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? > >Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? > > > >Thanks for help. > >bartek > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
I had a problem with ext3 and the aacraid driver specifically on 2650's when running RHEL 3 with the stock 2.4.21-9 kernel; boxes would hang with ext3 faults every day or two. The RedHat bugzilla info is as follows: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92129 It seems that this is related to the ext3 code, and possibly that of all journaling filesystems, in the 2.4.21 series kernels, there's a post to this end in the Bugzilla thread. I pulled and recompiled the default 2.4.22 Fedora kernel SRPM for RHEL 3 and have had no problems since. Your milage may vary... -Curt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com on behalf of Leo Ann Boon Sent: Wed 5/12/2004 10:30 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dell server for asterisk question! IIRC, they'd a change in the hardware when I got my 2650 - nearly a year ago. Steven Critchfield wrote:>On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 18:16, Leo Ann Boon wrote: > > >>The TE410P works with the 2650, I had 1 in there for months. One other >>thing, avoid the PERC RAID. The Linux driver in kernel 2.4 series is not >>very stable. >> >> > >The driver is stable, the hardware is suspect. I have PERC raid >controllers with 2.4 kernels pushing out to a year of uptime in >demanding roles. The difference is they are the older 2450 based >machines. > > > >>Bartosz Jozwiak wrote: >> >> >> >>>I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. >>>And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. >>> >>>This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: >>>3 PCI-X >>>(1x64-bit/133MHz, and >>>2x64-bit/100MHz) >>> >>>Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? >>>Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? >>> >>>Thanks for help. >>>bartek_________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married
I second that warning to stay away from the perc raid, I have one that continuously deals me fits. Leo Ann Boon wrote:> The TE410P works with the 2650, I had 1 in there for months. One other > thing, avoid the PERC RAID. The Linux driver in kernel 2.4 series is > not very stable. > > FYI. > > Bartosz Jozwiak wrote: > >> I am planning to buy Dell 2650 server with dual Xeon processors. >> And I would like to buy two TE410P cards for PCI with 3,3v. >> >> This is on Dell site about PCI slots for Dell 2650 server: >> 3 PCI-X (1x64-bit/133MHz, and 2x64-bit/100MHz) >> Does that mean I will be able to buy two TE410P cards ? >> Or I need to buy two TE405P cards ? >> >> Thanks for help. >> bartek >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 08:55, Jeff Roberts wrote: > > I second that warning to stay away from the perc raid, I > > have one that continuously deals me fits. > > Please take this to the actual PERC mailing list and see > where you get. Dell is nice enough to host the list to try > and fix the problem. Last I cared to look at it, it was just > some 2650's and 1750's that had problems, and that was > limited sometimes to certain firmwares on the drives.I think I've said it before on this list or another, but I've have not experienced any problems with the PERC3 or PERC4 controllers on our Dell PowerEdge 1650, 1750, 2600, and 2650 machines. All but three of our servers are running RHEL 3 including ten 1750 servers. Previously these same machines ran RHEL 2.1. Aside from the fact that RHEL 2.1 did not support the PERC out of the box (needed to use a driver disk from Red Hat during install) everything has been fine. -- Tony Kava Senior Network Administrator Pottawattamie County, Iowa