[OmniOS-discuss] illumos Compatible Server Configurations

[Dan McDonald]

Thanks John for answering this!

> On Jun 22, 2015, at 8:04 PM, John D Groenveld <jdg117 at elvis.arl.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> In message <afbd6ce9173349f192a843c4dffbdd1b at Perses.usurf.usu.edu>, Josh Barton
> writes:
>> I am looking for information on possible server configurations that will wo=
>> rk with OmniOS. One server I have looked at is the: Power Edge R320 by Dell=
>> , but they don't always provide all the information needed to determine if =
>> illumos will run on it.
> 
> Tell Dell's salescritter you want the Intel NIC in place of the
> stock Broadcom

The Broadcoms actually are somewhat better-supported now thanks to recent pushes in illumos-gate, which are also in r151014.

Still, generally speaking the Intel NICs are better if you can get 'em.

> and the LSI SAS HBA in place of the stock H310 
> hardware RAID  controller.

Amen here --> And the last bit:

> If Dell's salecritter is clueless, tell him you want to talk to
> a sales engineer who worked the Nexenta partnership.

A Nexenta-happy box will run OmniOS just fine as well.

Dan