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Subject:    Re: [NFS] [Off-topic] Anyone have any experience with ServerWorks/RCC chipsets?
From:       Brian Pawlowski <beepy () netapp ! com>
Date:       2000-12-21 21:22:26
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Running 2.4 on a DP RCC with 1GHz processors, PC133 memory.
Supermicro board with SCSI.

Works fine.

Using Alteon GbE I can see 65MB/s sequential reads (using
it as an NFS client) from A NetApp box.

> [Off-topic] Anyone have any experience with ServerWorks/RCC
> chipsets?
> 
> Already did some basic research on the Beowolf list since their
> chipsets are popular, but I thought I'd hit everyone up here on
> them, since it is going into a file server (rather than a cluster
> node).  Feel free to respond _off_list_ and I thank everyone for
> putting up with the post here.
> 
> Bought the SuperMicro 370DLE (ServerSet IIILE chipset) and two
> Intel FC-PGA 850/100MHz CPUs to go in it (my memory is registered
> PC100 ECC, hence why I choose 100MHz CPU), made sure they were
> dual-CPU rated too (according to Intel's latest sheet, all
> 850-933MHz PIIIs are).  Went for the 370DLE since I didn't need
> on-board SCSI and the IIILE (rather than the IIIHE) chipset is
> probably all I need for now.
> 
> Going to put a NetGear GA620 card on the 64-bitx66MHz PCI channel
> (2 slots, is that PCI channel 0 or 1?), understand that I won't get
> 64-bit yet (until kernel 2.4), but will get 66MHz.  I might also
> put a secondary 10/100Mbps card in the other slot on the same
> channel.  Going to put all my other cards on the legacy
> 32-bitx33MHz PCI channel (4 slots, again, is that PCI channel 0 or
> 1?), my ICP-Vortex RAID controller (32-bitx33MHz), Advansys SCSI
> card (just for Mammoth2 tape drive, since the ICP-Vortex hated it,
> also easier to load/unload module when I have issues), and video
> card (dumb Trident PCI).  I understand the on-board i82559 (which I
> probably won't touch) is on the legacy PCI channel as well.
> 
> Anyone recommend for/against this arrangement?  Anybody see a
> problem with the booting ICP-Vortex card going on the 32-bit PCI
> channel (I assume that is PCI channel 0?).  Anyone had any problems
> with registered PC100 ECC memories in these mainboards (I heard of
> PC133 ECC incompatibilities, but not PC100, so I hoped my existing
> memory would work, 4 x registered 256MB PC100 ECC in an Asus i440BX
> board).
> 
> Any other suggestions or comments?  Thanx in advance ...
> 
> -- TheBS
> 
> CC:  ELUG-HARDWARE, ELUG-ELUGLIST
> 
> P.S.  Going to stick with HJL's 2.2.16-21.7.1 kernel for now. 
> Already compiled a SMP version of my in-use uP build.  Might upgrade
> to 2.2.18 when RedHat releases an RPM, only adding Ext3 to the mix,
> or when HJL produces RPMs (assumingly after RedHat releases theirs
> for 2.2.18).
> 
> --
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