[TriLUG] Redhat and Proliant DL380G3 - any issues?

Wed Dec 31 11:46:49 EST 2003

let me guess: they are 3com nics, probably using the 3c59x module.  i 
spent an hour the other day trying to get the exact same thing working 
on a dell optiplex.  the only thing that worked was to grab a freedos 
boot floppy and use a little 3com utility to permanently change the 
setting in the nic firmware.  PITA.  i've said it before and i'll say 
it again: 3com nics blow.  gimme a $5 realtek card any day.

jason

On Wednesday 31 December 2003 11:24, Chris Bullock wrote:
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> This is my input on the DL380 running Red Hat 7.3, these issues may
> be fixed now.  We had it in our lab tested perfectly, we even run 4
> at our local office.  Problem, was that when we put the box at
> another location, we had to hook it up to Cisco switches.  At our
> office we can not use Cisco, so we use el cheapo switches and the
> machines ran fine. When we took the machines off site we ran into
> several network problems.  No matter what we set the switch speed at
> the Nics resorted to 10 half duplex.  Using the mii-tool utility we
> would set it for 100 Full which then killed all network activity. 
> Finally, we scripted the mii-tool to use 100 half and that seemed to
> work.  But the network had to be restarted due to IP address change
> yesterday, remotely, at a site hours away and needless to say it
> didnt come back up.  So guess someone will have to take a ride out
> there soon.<br>
> My 2 cents.<br>
> --chris<br>
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> Kevin Flanagan wrote:<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
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>     I'm getting ready to order the first "production" Linux system
> for my employer.  I want it to go well so there isn't ammo for the
> folks who would like to shoot Linux down.  <br>
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>     Based on, purchasing contracts, what models we generally order,
> and the business requirements I have determined that the HP Proliant
> DL380 G3 is the best fit.  I'm inclined to go with Fedora Core just
> being the most up to date.  There isn't need for the kind of extra
> support that RHEL offers.  I could go with RH 9 if there's a reason. 
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>     The system will be a dedicated NESSUS scanner we intend to put
> several NICs in it and plug it into multiple networks/VLANS so that
> we can schedule "attacks" for the evening hours and not have the
> security folks hanging out to all hours of the evening.   I did find
> the little bit of addon for NESSUS that will store the results in a
> MYSQL database and report via the web.  ;) A real selling point! 
> Gotta to the PHB reports!<br>
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>     So, really 2 questions.<br>
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>     1. Has anyone on the list had experience with this system and
> either RH9 or Fedora Core 1? Good or bad?<br>
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>     2. Does anyone on the list have other things for a NESSUS server
> that I should be looking at that they know about?<br>
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>     Thanks in Advance!<br>
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>     Kevin<br>
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