zfs discuss - Mar 2009 - Trying to determine if this box will be compatible with Opensolaris or Solaris

http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage-systems/ssr212mc2/ssr212mc2-overview.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ssr212mc2/index.htm

It''s hard to use the HAL sometimes.

I am trying to locate chipset info but having a hard time...

Looks like I may have slightly answered my question.

I found that it uses the server board S5000PSL, which is in the HCL:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/2944.html

It''s not listed in the OpenSolaris one, only the Solaris one. I would
think something this old (dated 2007) would be forward compatible...


On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:14 PM, mike <mike503 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage-systems/ssr212mc2/ssr212mc2-overview.htm
> http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ssr212mc2/index.htm
>
> It''s hard to use the HAL sometimes.
>
> I am trying to locate chipset info but having a hard time...
>

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:55:23 -0700
mike <mike503 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like I may have slightly answered my question.
> 
> I found that it uses the server board S5000PSL, which is in the HCL:
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/2944.html
> 
> It''s not listed in the OpenSolaris one, only the Solaris one. I
would
> think something this old (dated 2007) would be forward compatible...
Just because it hasn''t been specifically mentioned in the
OpenSolaris or SX hcl, doesn''t mean that it isn''t supported.
Neither does it necessarily mean that support was dropped.


James C. McPherson
--
Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp	http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog

On Mar 11, 2009, at 20:14, mike wrote:
>
http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage-systems/ssr212mc2/ssr212mc2-overview.htm
> http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ssr212mc2/index.htm
>
> It''s hard to use the HAL sometimes.
>
> I am trying to locate chipset info but having a hard time...
If you know someone who already has the hardware, you can ask them to  
run the Sun Device Detection Tool:

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp

It runs under other operating system (Windows, Linux, BSD) AFAIK, so a  
re-install or reboot isn''t necessary to see what it comes up with.

doesnt it require java and x11?

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>
wrote:
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 20:14, mike wrote:
>
>>
>>
http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage-systems/ssr212mc2/ssr212mc2-overview.htm
>> http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ssr212mc2/index.htm
>>
>> It''s hard to use the HAL sometimes.
>>
>> I am trying to locate chipset info but having a hard time...
>
> If you know someone who already has the hardware, you can ask them to run
> the Sun Device Detection Tool:
>
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp
>
> It runs under other operating system (Windows, Linux, BSD) AFAIK, so a
> re-install or reboot isn''t necessary to see what it comes up with.
>
>

On Mar 11, 2009, at 21:59, mike wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, David Magda <dmagda at
ee.ryerson.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>
>> If you know someone who already has the hardware, you can ask them  
>> to run
>> the Sun Device Detection Tool:
>>
>> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp
>>
>> It runs under other operating system (Windows, Linux, BSD) AFAIK,  
>> so a
>> re-install or reboot isn''t necessary to see what it comes up
with.
>>
>
> doesnt it require java and x11?
Yes, it requires Java 1.5+; a GUI is needed, but I don''t think X11 is  
specifically required (X is the GUI on Unix-y systems of course). Java  
doesn''t specifically need X, it simply uses whatever the OS has.

Looking at the page a bit more, you can run commands on the system and  
save the output  to a file that can be processed by the tool on  
another system:
> Apart from testing the current system on which Sun Device Detection  
> Tool is invoked, you can also test the device data files that are  
> generated from the external systems. To test the external device  
> data files, print the PCI configuration of the external systems to a  
> text file by using the following commands:
>
> 	? prtconf -pv on Solaris OS.
> 	? lspci -vv -n on Linux OS.
> 	? reg query hklm\system\currentcontrolset\enum\pci /s on Windows OS.

yeah i really wish the HCL was easier to work with, and allowed comments.

for instance that HCL entry was updated in 2007 sometime. since then
like you''ve said it could have been better or dropped altogether. some
sort of more "community" oriented aspect might help beef it up some.
also making the tools simpler - absolutely no UI for instance. does it
really need one to dump out things? :)

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM, David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>
wrote:
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 21:59, mike wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, David Magda <dmagda at
ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> If you know someone who already has the hardware, you can ask them
to run
>>> the Sun Device Detection Tool:
>>>
>>> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp
>>>
>>> It runs under other operating system (Windows, Linux, BSD) AFAIK,
so a
>>> re-install or reboot isn''t necessary to see what it comes
up with.
>>>
>>
>> doesnt it require java and x11?
>
> Yes, it requires Java 1.5+; a GUI is needed, but I don''t think X11
is
> specifically required (X is the GUI on Unix-y systems of course). Java
> doesn''t specifically need X, it simply uses whatever the OS has.
>
> Looking at the page a bit more, you can run commands on the system and save
> the output ?to a file that can be processed by the tool on another system:
>
>> Apart from testing the current system on which Sun Device Detection
Tool
>> is invoked, you can also test the device data files that are generated
from
>> the external systems. To test the external device data files, print the
PCI
>> configuration of the external systems to a text file by using the
following
>> commands:
>>
>> ? ? ? ?? prtconf -pv on Solaris OS.
>> ? ? ? ?? lspci -vv -n on Linux OS.
>> ? ? ? ?? reg query hklm\system\currentcontrolset\enum\pci /s on Windows
>> OS.
>
>
>