Dell PowerEdge 2950 III

The Dell PowerEdge 2950 III is a 2U, rack optimized server with 2 CPU slots and 8 DIMM memory slots (ECC supported). Maximum 6 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5" hard disks supported - external storage is also possible. Recommended for virtualization, high availability applications, virtual-hosting or clustered applications.

lspci output
lspci

lsusb output
lsusb

/etc/make.conf
For an x86 profile:
 * With installation CD possibly needed boot flag 'doscsi'.
 * If you want to use Evms support 'doevms' or 'doevms2' boot flag required too.
 * Both x86 and x86_64 profiles supported and tested with the machine. (Problems not discovered.)
 * Hardened and non hardened profiles tested and used for a month. (Problems not discovered.)

For an 64-bit profile:

Video card
Console support tested. Works well with vesa driver. No framebuffer or any eyecandy.

SCSI card
Working well with 'LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS RAID Module' kernel driver.

LAN card
Working with kernel driver Broadcom NetXtremeII.

Sensors
LM-sensors does not detect any modules, but the motherboard contains a BMC chip so IPMI (ipmitool or ipmiutil) can be useful for system monitoring.

IPMI
Working well with kernel drivers and ipmitool

Install IPMI tools for managing server parameters.

Example usage for ipmitool:

Get raid and drive bay status: ipmitool sdr type "Drive Slot / Bay"

Get temperatures: ipmitool sdr type "Temperature"

ACPI
Working mostly with kernel drivers.


 * Button: working (system shutdown initiated when button pressed)
 * Fan: not working (nothing seen in /proc/acpi/fan/)
 * Processor: working (standard information can be seen in /proc/acpi/processor/)
 * Thermal: not working (Use IPMI for get CPU temperature)

Kernel options for ACPI.

Install ACPID daemon and config it to start at system boot.