[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk and Dell SC420 Server

[Noah Miller]

Hi Jyran -

> Has anyone attempted or have had any issues getting Asterisk and  
> Digium
> cards working on a Dell SC420 server?

Yes.  One of our offices has an SC420 running Tao Linux and Asterisk  
(CVS HEAD), using a Digium TDM400 (TDM04B).  It works pretty well,  
for the most part.

Just so you know, Digium doesn't recommend using this server (or a  
number of others from Dell).  I think this is mainly because you  
can't choose IRQ's in the BIOS, and your Digium card may end up  
sharing an IRQ with an onboard device like the ethernet interface or  
the disk controller.  To get around this, you can usually switch your  
Digium card to another open PCI slot.  There may be other reasons  
that Digium doesn't recommend using Dell servers.  You might want to  
ask them.

- Noah