Intel SR1500/S5000PAL/Xeon 5050

Hi,

Further to my question a couple of weeks ago, I've now had a chance to play with these beasts. Pretty impressive.

Some points to note: 6.1R doesn't grok the onboard SATA controller (sysinstall hangs), RELENG_6 as of last week is OK although in RAID1 mode I had to do an 'atacontrol create' before sysinstall would recognise it as a RAID1.

Even in a diskless box, you have to include the passive (SATA) backplane because that also carries fan power and the interface for the front control panel. Also that 600W PSU is not a joke, a diskless unit pulls over 500W.

The optional Remote Management Module works pretty well, basically it gives a web interface to the IPMI functionality in the BMC. Some frobbing may be required if your LAN is not /24 or you want to access it over an SSH tunnel. I haven't had a chance yet to investigate the IPMI/serial-over-LAN overlaid on to the main NICs.

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