Andy, did you finally get that server? If so, is OpenBSD running fine? I am interested in that server too.
> On 2013 Sep 16 (Mon) at 16:42:26 +0100 (+0100), Andy wrote: > Hi, > Does OpenBSD 5.3/5.4 support the very new Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon processors > (E5-2637v2) and the Intel C602 Patsburg-A Chipset?> > http://shop.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/server/application_server.html?mod=prod&name= > > <http://shop.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/server/application_server.html?mod=prod&name=> > \ > SA1260A304R&disp=config > > I know that OpenBSD runs on any CPU which is based on the AMD64 > architecture, however someone has worried me and said that this CPU and > chipset is different somehow and might not boot with BSD!? > > Also according to http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware the 82599 > controller is supported, so I'm also going to buy some Intel X520-DA2 > 10Gig cards which have the '82599ES' controller. > > Quite excited at the thought of building a 3.5GHz Ivy Bridge-EP based > 10GBit OpenBSD firewall with DDR3-1866MHz RAM :) > Planning to test Hennings new ALTQ subsystem diff on OpenBSD 5.4 with > this hardware :D > > Thanks, Andy.
