[OmniOS-discuss] illumos Compatible Server Configurations

[Liam Slusser]

Dell has partnered with Nexenta and provided blessed hardware which was
designed to run Illumos.  You can ask your Dell sales person to spec
hardware to "Nexenta Configurations."  I've ordered a few "Nexenta
Configuration" type systems and they've all worked great with OmniOS.

http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/dell-nexenta-storage

If you're having a problem finding somebody to help you, email me privately
and I can connect with you with somebody over at Dell that is in the know.

thanks!
liam



On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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