What socket AM2 motherboards out there work well with xen (i.e. support > 4G ram, sata and lan chipsets work). I''m looking to probably run one of the lowpower Athlon 64 X2 4200''s in it. I''d also like to see atleast 4 ram slots. Anyone have any recomendations? Thanks, Doug _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Petersson, Mats
2006-Nov-02 15:58 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Any recomendations for Motherboards?
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Doug > Sent: 02 November 2006 15:19 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] Any recomendations for Motherboards? > > What socket AM2 motherboards out there work well with xen > (i.e. support > > 4G ram, sata and lan chipsets work). > > I''m looking to probably run one of the lowpower Athlon 64 X2 > 4200''s in it. > I''d also like to see atleast 4 ram slots.The are motherboards that are listed on the AMD "Recommended Motherboards" page, with links to the manufacturers product site: ASUS M2V: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1171&l1=3&l2=101&l3 =0 GIGABYTE GA-M55S-S3: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?P roductID=2384 MSI K9N Platinum http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php? UID=730 All of the above are ATX motherboards, supporting Cool&Quiet, Rev F2 processors and according to the manufacturers pictures have 4 slots for memory. As the processor supports addressing of 16GB modules [no manufacturers available for 16GB modules tho''] and up to 4 in unbuffered mode (buffered support in Opteron processors allow up to 8 slots per processor), you shouldn''t have any problem getting 8GB or more out of a motherboard with 4 slots. All have SATA and LAN hardware on board. N.B: I haven''t actually tried ANY of the above motherboards, I just listed my three favourite "known to generally be good suppliers" and the motherbaords I could find that matches your specifications. -- Mats> > Anyone have any recomendations? > > Thanks, > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Doug wrote:> What socket AM2 motherboards out there work well with xen (i.e. support > > 4G ram, sata and lan chipsets work). > > I''m looking to probably run one of the lowpower Athlon 64 X2 4200''s in it. > I''d also like to see atleast 4 ram slots. > > Anyone have any recomendations?Asus M2N-E with a particular BIOS version is working well for us (we have 3 machines running that motherboard). The memory that we use is: KINGSTON VALUE RAM KVR533D2E4K2/2G 2GB KIT (1GB x 2) MATCH PAIR PC24200 533MHZ CL4 ECC 240-PIN DDR2 DIMM We use a cheap PCI video card or a PCIe GeForce 6200 LE and insert Intel PRO/1000 dual-NIC PCI-X or PCIe cards into the system for networking. (Although I''m still working on getting bonding working...) The onboard NIC is supported in the linux kernel but we''re using the Intel cards instead. Base OS is 64bit Gentoo with the Xen kernel. All of our DomUs are also Gentoo, but we could run other stuff. I''m also working on setting up an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with the 0706 BIOS (prior versions were not compatible) and the Kingston memory. But I haven''t gotten that up and running yet so I can''t vouch for it like the M2N-E. Ask me in another hour... These are all headless servers, so I can''t speak to things like sound support. Or graphics quality or Wireless LAN support (although there are quite a few Gentoo users who are trying to get such things working, so you can use their knowledge to get things working on other distros). _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users