Digium's site now lists the Dell 1850 as a potential problem server, as it uses the intel ee1000 Ethernet chipset (as do a majority of servers in the market!). To my knowledge, ALL dell servers with Gigabit interfaces now use the same chipset. Does this mean the Digium cards can't be used in Dell servers unless you disable the onboard ethernet? I don't want to disable the onboard interface, as I use the IPMI management facility for lights-out management. I have a 2850 that doesn't have any audio problems (the reason that I contacted Digium in the first place), so I'm wondering if Digium are simply guessing at problems. Does anyone know anything specific about the supposed incompatibilities with the ee1000 kernel module? There seems to be an ever-growing list of situations where you can't use the Digium cards. This is a concern to me.
Rod: We just purchased a poweredge 1850 and encountered the conflict with the card. we did get the card and the system working. however, the solution was to disable the onboard nics and use a 3com server nic we had in the office. also, we were not able to use red hat enterprise because of the onboard nics. we are not to pleased with the solution as we wanted to use both PCI slots for the te410. however, one is better than none. hope this helps.>From: Rod Bacon <rod.bacon@empoweredcomms.com.au> >Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion ><asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> >To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] ee1000 Ethernet in Dell 1850 >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:14:34 +1000 > >Digium's site now lists the Dell 1850 as a potential problem server, as it >uses the intel ee1000 Ethernet chipset (as do a majority of servers in the >market!). > >To my knowledge, ALL dell servers with Gigabit interfaces now use the same >chipset. Does this mean the Digium cards can't be used in Dell servers >unless you disable the onboard ethernet? > >I don't want to disable the onboard interface, as I use the IPMI management >facility for lights-out management. I have a 2850 that doesn't have any >audio problems (the reason that I contacted Digium in the first place), so >I'm wondering if Digium are simply guessing at problems. > >Does anyone know anything specific about the supposed incompatibilities >with the ee1000 kernel module? > >There seems to be an ever-growing list of situations where you can't use >the Digium cards. This is a concern to me. >_______________________________________________ >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
Does anyone know what the reason why Dell servers cause so many problems for the digium hardware? Better question any Dell models that don't have any these problems with the digium hardware? Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Zoa Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:40 AM To: andres@telesip.net; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ee1000 Ethernet in Dell 1850 Hmm, i dont think thats the reason they dont recommend the dell server. The problems with the ee1000 kernel module are easily resolved, compile the module into the kernel. Zoa, Andres wrote:> >>> >>> >>> Digium's site now lists the Dell 1850 as a potential problem server, >>> as it uses the intel ee1000 Ethernet chipset (as do a majority of >>> servers in the market!). >>> >>> To my knowledge, ALL dell servers with Gigabit interfaces now use >>> the same chipset. Does this mean the Digium cards can't be used in >>> Dell servers unless you disable the onboard ethernet? >>> >>> I don't want to disable the onboard interface, as I use the IPMI >>> management facility for lights-out management. I have a 2850 that >>> doesn't have any audio problems (the reason that I contacted Digium >>> in the first place), so I'm wondering if Digium are simply guessing >>> at problems. >>> >>> Does anyone know anything specific about the supposed >>> incompatibilities with the ee1000 kernel module? >> >> > I am not sure where you got that chipset reference but all our > PowerEdge 1850s come with: > Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit EthernetController> > ...and they work fine with the TE410. > >>> >>> There seems to be an ever-growing list of situations where you can't >>> use the Digium cards. This is a concern to me. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> >> >> >
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > John Cianfarani > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:16 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ee1000 Ethernet in Dell 1850 > > Does anyone know what the reason why Dell servers cause so > many problems for the digium hardware? > Better question any Dell models that don't have any these > problems with the digium hardware?I've got a PowerEdge 1400SC (old, P4 1gHz, upgradable to dual proc) that's been a absolute tank. Got 2 TDM400P's in it and it supports a very small office with mixed SIP and POTS inbound/outbound. Running Debian, of course. Daryl
I am having this exact problem today. I have two Dell 1850's running Asterisk 1.07. Both had TDM400P cards running just fine. I replaced the TDM400P in both machines with TE410P. Server One works just fine with just a new modprobe. Server 2 does not even see the card upon reboot. Swapped cards between servers, and the problem stayed with Server 2. Disabled the ee1000 on the Server 2 - still does not see the card. Now recompiling the kernel with ee1000 module, but am very skeptical. Why one, but not the other? Both machines were built by Dell on the same day and have the same OS (Redhat Enterprise 386 Release 3) -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of John Cianfarani Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:16 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ee1000 Ethernet in Dell 1850 Does anyone know what the reason why Dell servers cause so many problems for the digium hardware? Better question any Dell models that don't have any these problems with the digium hardware? Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Zoa Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:40 AM To: andres@telesip.net; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ee1000 Ethernet in Dell 1850 Hmm, i dont think thats the reason they dont recommend the dell server. The problems with the ee1000 kernel module are easily resolved, compile the module into the kernel. Zoa, Andres wrote:> >>> >>> >>> Digium's site now lists the Dell 1850 as a potential problem server,>>> as it uses the intel ee1000 Ethernet chipset (as do a majority of >>> servers in the market!). >>> >>> To my knowledge, ALL dell servers with Gigabit interfaces now use >>> the same chipset. Does this mean the Digium cards can't be used in >>> Dell servers unless you disable the onboard ethernet? >>> >>> I don't want to disable the onboard interface, as I use the IPMI >>> management facility for lights-out management. I have a 2850 that >>> doesn't have any audio problems (the reason that I contacted Digium >>> in the first place), so I'm wondering if Digium are simply guessing >>> at problems. >>> >>> Does anyone know anything specific about the supposed >>> incompatibilities with the ee1000 kernel module? >> >> > I am not sure where you got that chipset reference but all our > PowerEdge 1850s come with: > Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit EthernetController> > ...and they work fine with the TE410. > >>> >>> There seems to be an ever-growing list of situations where you can't>>> use the Digium cards. This is a concern to me. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ 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 contents of this email message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply email and delete this message and its attachments, if any.