I am having a issues with adding a analog card to my dell 2800. I already have a t1 card installed and running fine but when I install the analog card asterisk will not start (ztcfg fails). I have determined it is because of a IRQ problem and have decided to get a new server. Can anyone suggest a server grade setup that supports this? I would rather not buy a machine that will be unstable. I am not opposed to building one if need be. Cards I have installed: Digium TE205P - 5v TDM410 Thanks for any suggestions Richard -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean.
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:55:32AM -0500, Cavanna, Richard wrote:> I am having a issues with adding a analog card to my dell 2800. I > already have a t1 card installed and running fine but when I install the > analog card asterisk will not start (ztcfg fails). I have determined it > is because of a IRQ problem and have decided to get a new server. Can > anyone suggest a server grade setup that supports this? I would rather > not buy a machine that will be unstable. I am not opposed to building > one if need be.You omit some obvious details, such as the actual error message you get, your /etc/zaptel.conf and the output of 'cat /proc/zaptel/*' . I figure that the driver for the analog card loads before the driver for the T1 card, hence invalidating your configuration.> > > Cards I have installed: > Digium TE205P - 5v > TDM410-- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest at local.xorcom.com/tzafrir
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Cavanna, Richard <RCavanna at sychip.com> wrote:> I am having a issues with adding a analog card to my dell 2800. I > already have a t1 card installed and running fine but when I install the > analog card asterisk will not start (ztcfg fails). I have determined it > is because of a IRQ problem and have decided to get a new server. Can > anyone suggest a server grade setup that supports this? I would rather > not buy a machine that will be unstable. I am not opposed to building > one if need be. > > > Cards I have installed: > Digium TE205P - 5v > TDM410 > > Thanks for any suggestions > > Richard >I hear rave reviews about Supermicro but no personal experience. I like the HP DL380. Thanks, Steve Totaro
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:55:32AM -0500, Cavanna, Richard wrote:> I am having a issues with adding a analog card to my dell 2800. I > already have a t1 card installed and running fine but when I installthe> analog card asterisk will not start (ztcfg fails). I have determinedit> is because of a IRQ problem and have decided to get a new server. Can > anyone suggest a server grade setup that supports this? I wouldrather> not buy a machine that will be unstable. I am not opposed to building > one if need be.You omit some obvious details, such as the actual error message you get, your /etc/zaptel.conf and the output of 'cat /proc/zaptel/*' . I figure that the driver for the analog card loads before the driver for the T1 card, hence invalidating your configuration.> > > Cards I have installed: > Digium TE205P - 5v > TDM410Thanks for the offer to help trouble shoot but I never even got that far. On boot it actually makes my Ethernet ports fail. I am thinking of disabling the internal ports and adding in a card. Might help but as this box is in production I do not have the ability to do that much testing on it. I am looking at some planned downtime next weekend to go further with this. Also this box is ~3 years old so I figure If I can find a box that is not "too" expensive I can migrate this to a FTP box and get a new * server. As added bonus I can use the reload to clean up my dial plan. If anyone has a TE205P-5v and TDM410 running is same box I would like to know the setup. Richard -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean.
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Cavanna, Richard <RCavanna at sychip.com> wrote:...>> >> Cards I have installed: >> Digium TE205P - 5v >> TDM410 >> > > I hear rave reviews about Supermicro but no personal experience. > > I like the HP DL380. >Me to, but beware: current DL380 G5 do not have internal molex power connectors for the TDM410 -- needed for FXS ports. -- exvito
Matt, Thanks for the input. I have done this. The issue is that the onboard network controllers share IRQ with the PCI slots. Although I have had 0 issues until now, because I moved everything so 1 PCI slot was independent, the box cannot support a second card and everything else. I am going to try a PCI network card and see if I can get it to work. For the record this is a Dell 2850 and there have been 0 issues until now. Richard> >You might want to see if you can change the IRQ assignments in yourservers >bios (might have to turn off the "PNP OS Installed" option if you have one)> >-- >Matt-- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean.