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Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: Matt on September 16, 2003, 01:43:14 PM

Title: SME shipped by Compaq/HP
Post by: Matt on September 16, 2003, 01:43:14 PM

Does anyone know if there have been any specific tweaks to the version of SME Server shipped by Compaq (such as here: http://h18020.www1.hp.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001090401.html ) and here: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/Linux/enduser.html

I'm looking to buy a Compaq server on the second hand market and wanting to run SME Server but have read stories of people with RAID cards and Gb cards having a difficult time. I guess I'm wondering if the distribution that Compaq/HP shipped was tweaked to ensure a smooth ride.

Title: Re: SME shipped by Compaq/HP
Post by: Barry Fitzmaurice on September 16, 2003, 02:43:42 PM

It certainly doesn't have a problem on older models, such as Proliant 3000 with a smart 2 or 3 controller.  Not sure about the on-board network cards on some of the machines though.

Barry

Title: Re: SME shipped by Compaq/HP
Post by: dave on September 16, 2003, 09:30:57 PM

Matt,

I don't have any compaq servers running on my network right now but I do use a couple older compaq raid cards, the 2/P and 2/DH.  SME recognized the cards and loaded the correct drivers out of the box, no custom setups or anything like that.

Dave

Title: Re: SME shipped by Compaq/HP
Post by: Matt on September 18, 2003, 07:51:29 PM

Cheers for the replies. I'm looking at a server a little more recent, like a Xeon based ML350-G3 with a SmartRAID 530x series RAID controller. I guess it'll be a case of suck it and see.