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 Linux on Dell systems FAQ-O-Matic :
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| FreeBSD is another opensource operating system that can be run on the x86 PowerEdge systems. While not as common as Linux is, it is still used and many users do find the same power and stability with Linux.
At this moment, specific things like OMSA, racadm, etc are not available for FreeBSD even under Linux emulation. Currently, 4.10-RELEASE and 5.2.1-RELEASE contain support for the Adaptec (Perc 2/Di Perc 3/Di) and AMI Megatrends (Perc 2/DC Perc 3/DC Perc 4/DC) controllers. Using a DRAC card and IT Assistant/OMSA on Windows, you are still able to view BMC information and logs remotely. FreeBSD has also added support for the em drivers (Intel Gigabit Ethernet) and bge (Broadcom gigabit like the 2550) in recent releases so any modern release should run fine.
As always, see http://www.freebsd.org for information and search the Dell PowerEdge Linux lists since there contains relevant information for all users utilizing a non-Microsoft operating system.
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