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Models covered
Dell ?PowerEdge 2970
Server Description:
- 2x Quad Core AMD Opteron
2x Intel 1Gb and 2x Broadcom ?NetExtreme II network cards
- 4x SAS 300GB 1500K RPM in hardware RAID5 via PERC6i
- 4x 4GB RAM DDR2 667Mhz
Requirements
- During the installation you are required to enter firmware for the broadcom drivers. The firmware is located in a libs folder of pkg:firmware-bnx2. You are requested to download that .deb file, unzip the file requested and put it on a flashdrive from which the installer will get the firmware.
- Everything else is perfect. The system will run in hardware raid5 configuration thinking it is a single drive.
Core Components |
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Boot Standard Kernel: |
[ ] |
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LAN network card: |
[ / ] |
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Detect CD/DVD: |
[ ] |
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Detect hard drives: |
[ ] |
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Extra Features |
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CPU Frequency Scaling |
[?] |
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Hibernation |
[-] |
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Sleep / Suspend |
[-] |
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Xorg |
[-] |
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- OpenGL |
[-] |
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- Resize-and-Rotate(randr) |
[-] |
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Switch to External Screen |
[-] |
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Mouse |
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- Built-in (Trackpoint) |
[-] |
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- Built-in (Touchpad) |
[-] |
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Modem |
[-] |
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Wireless/Wifi |
[-] |
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Keyboard's Hotkeys |
[-] |
Legend :
= OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; = Only works with a proprietary driver
System Summary
lspci
dmesg
dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
S
lsusb
lsusb -v | grep -E '\<(Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)' 2>/dev/null
USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.