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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Netperf Cluster">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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</head>
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<body class="navinclude.developers">
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#donors">Donors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#admins">Netperf Cluster Admins</a></li>
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<li><a href="#resources">Netperf Cluster Resources</a></li>
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<li><a href="#procedures">Netperf Cluster Procedures</a></li>
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<li><a href="#notes">Current Configuration Notes and News</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="introduction"></a>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>The netperf cluster provides a multi-node, SMP-capable, network
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functionality and performance test capability for the <a
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href="../../">FreeBSD Project</a>, supporting a variety of on-going
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sub-projects including the <a href="./index.html">netperf project</a>,
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and on-going work on
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high performance threading. The cluster is available on a check out
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basis for developers, who must request accounts be created by
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contacting one of the <a href="#admins">netperf cluster admins</a>.
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The cluster includes both 1gbps and 10gbps test segments, with
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network hardware from a number of vendors.</p>
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<a name="donors"></a>
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<h2>Donors</h2>
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<p>The netperf cluster was made possible through the generous donation
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of a number of organizations, including:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.sentex.ca/">Sentex Data Communications</a>,
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who not only host the complete cluster, provide front-end build
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system, several test systems, and the management infrastructure
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(remote power, serial console, network switch, etc), but also appear
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to be endlessly willing to help configure, reconfigure, and
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troubleshoot at almost any time of day or night.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.freebsdsystems.com/">FreeBSD Systems</a>,
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who through a generous matching grant with the FreeBSD Foundation,
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provide the majority of testing hardware used in the cluster,
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including three dual-Xeon test systems.</p></li>
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<li><p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/">FreeBSD
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Foundation</a>, who provided a matching grant for the purposes of
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purchasing testing hardware, as well as taking ownership of hardware,
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offering tax receipts to donors in its role as a non-profit, and
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participating in cluster planning.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.ironport.com">IronPort Systems</a>, who have
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donated a test server.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.ixsystems.com/">iXsystems</a>, who have
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donated several test servers.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.google.com/">Google, Inc.</a>, who have
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donated two test servers.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.cisco.com/">Cisco, Inc.</a>, who have
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donated a 10gbps switch.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.chelsio.com/">Chelsio Communications</a>,
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who have donated two 10gbps network cards.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.myricom.com/">Myricom, Inc.</a>, who have
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donated two 10gbps network cards.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.intel.com/">Intel Corporation</a>, who
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have donated two 10gbps network cards.</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="http://www.meinberg-usa.com/">Meinberg</a>, who
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have donated a LANTIME M600 IEEE 1588 Grandmaster Clock.</p></li>
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<li><p>&a.gnn;, who has donated a quad-core AMD test
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system.</p></li>
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<li><p>&a.rwatson;, who has donated a dual-CPU PIII system and a
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Portmaster terminal server.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Donations to support the netperf cluster have an immediate and
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substantial impact on the success of a number of on-going performance
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projects, providing access to high-end hardware to a large number of
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developers. If you or your company are interested in helping to
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support continued development of the netperf cluster as a resource for
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FreeBSD development, please contact the <a href="#admins">netperf
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cluster admins</a>.</p>
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<a name="admins"></a>
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<h2>Netperf Cluster Admins</h2>
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<p>The FreeBSD netperf cluster is managed by a small team of
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developer/administrators to support SMP development and performance
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testing on high-end hardware. If you have any questions, including
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questions about access to the cluster as a developer, or about possible
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future donations of testing hardware, please feel free to contact them
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via netperf-admin at FreeBSD.org.</p>
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<a name="resources"></a>
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<h2>Netperf Cluster Resources</h2>
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<p>The Netperf cluster consists of several systems interconnected using a
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management network, as well as individual back-to-back gigabit ethernet
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links for a test network. The following systems are available as
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testing resources on a check-out basis:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>zoo.FreeBSD.org</b> is the front-end build and management
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system. This system was donated by Sentex Communications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>elephant</b> is a dual-PIII 800MHz system with ATA disk
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subsystem.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>orangutan</b> is a dual-Xeon 2GHz system equipped with an
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Adaptec SCSI RAID array. This system was donated by IronPort
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Systems.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>tiger-1</b>, <b>tiger-2</b>, and <b>tiger-3</b> are a set of
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interconnected, matching dual-Xeon 3GHz systems with ATA disk
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subsystems. Each has four if_em network interfaces, and these are
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interconnected so that various topologies can be created.
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These systems were donated by FreeBSD Systems and the FreeBSD
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Foundation.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>cheetah</b> is a dual core Opteron 270 system with two
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2GHz CPUs each with two cores using a Tyan K8S Pro (S2882)
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motherboard. The machine identifies as a quad processor machine
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in dmesg. The system has SATA disk, 2GB of RAM, 1GB for each
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processor, and 5 ethernet ports. fxp0 is the management port
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and em0, em1, bge0 and bge1 are gigE interfaces which will
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eventually connect cheetah to elephant and orangutan. This system
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was donated by George Neville-Neil.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>hippo</b> is a quad-processor Pentium III 500MHz system
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with 50GB RAID array, donated by Sentex Communications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>camel</b> is a dual core Pentium D 3.0Ghz SMP system
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with four SATA disks and two hardware crypto devices, donated by
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Sentex Communications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>interlope</b> is a Celeron 2.5GHz system with two SATA
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disks running SUN Solaris 10, donated by
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Sentex Communications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>apc2</b>, <b>apc3</b>, and <b>apc4</b> are the remote power
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consoles for the test network. These systems were donated by
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Sentex Communications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>leopard1</b>, <b>leopard2</b>, and <b>leopard3</b> are
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dual-core Intel systems hooked up to the 10gbps test cluster,
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and use Chelsio and Myricom 10gbps cards. These systems were
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donated by iXsystems.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>hydra1</b> and <b>hydra2</b> are 8-core Intel systems
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hooked up to the 10gbps test cluster. These systems were donated
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by Google and the FreeBSD Foundation.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>The current serial port and network configuration of test systems, as
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well as password information, can be found in /etc/motd on zoo. We
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are currently interested in adding amd64 and em64t hardware to the
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cluster.</p>
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<a name="procedures"></a>
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<h2>Netperf Cluster Procedures</h2>
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<p>As the netperf cluster is a centrally managed and shared resource,
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understanding and consistent following of its procedures is important.
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In particular, following of the procedures makes it easier for
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developers to have reasonable expectations about the configuration of
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systems in the cluster, as well as to avoid treading on each others
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toes.</p>
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<p>Pointers and documentation on Netperf Cluster procedures can be found
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on the <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/TestClusterOnePointers">Test
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Cluster One Pointers</a> page on the FreeBSD wiki.</p>
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<a name="notes"></a>
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<h2>Current Configuration Notes and News</h2>
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<p>A few hopefully up-to-date configuration notes that may be relevant
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to users of the netperf cluster:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>20070727</b> - The 10gbps testbed is now being configured,
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thanks to donations from iXsystems, Chelsio, Myricom, Intel, Google,
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Cisco, and the FreeBSD Foundation.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20061211</b> - The <a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/NetperfClusterReservations">Netperf
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Cluster Reservations page</a> is now online on the wiki. Also, a
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/NetperfClusterPointers">Netperf
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Cluster Pointers</a> wiki page has been set up documenting procedures
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for the Netperf cluster.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20061205</b> - <b>zoo.FreeBSD.org</b> has been updated to
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the most recent version of 6-STABLE.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20050624</b> - <b>cheetah</b> is now online!</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20050204</b> - <b>orangutan</b> is now configured to use
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PXEboot, thanks to help from Sentex.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20050203</b> - system upgrades to <b>tiger-1</b>,
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<b>tiger-2</b>, and <b>tiger-3</b> have been completed -- the latest
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versions of 4.x (ar0s1) and 6.x (ar0s2) are now installed.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20050203</b> - <b>zoo.FreeBSD.org</b> has been updated to
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the most recent version of 5-STABLE.</p></li>
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</ul>
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