Dear Astaro,
There is a common and significant thread regarding the network driver support in Astaro, it is less than adequate. Reading through the forums it surprises me a network device like ASL fails as often as it does to properly detect the network cards. You really need to make a significant improvement in this area. I am really very unimpressed myself. I have acquired a Dell Power Edge R300 server to run ASL on. I have in the past run ASL on a number of Dell Power Edge servers and none have failed. Both the Intel and Broadcom network cards have all been detected succesfully. The Power Edge servers include PE1850, PE1950 and R200 servers. I have just tried an ASL v7.300 install on the R300 and it has simply reported no network cards. The onboard NICs are enabled in the BIOS. I am now beginning the process of trying to address this issue. Sure, I can go and buy a dual port NIC to insert into the machine but I lose the only slot available and essentially throw away the onboard NICs. I used the ALT-F4 selection to check what it was detecting and it got everything except the kitchen sink and the onboard network cards. The server is based on an Intel chipset and Broadcom NICs. If you cannot detect the Intel hardware you might as well pack up your bags and go home. What is Astaro going to do to improve this element of the software is what I would like to know? Why not have a process to at least allow an attempt to load a driver supplied by the manufacturer.
Regs PeterB.
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