On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:38 PM, David Mathog <mat...@caltech.edu> wrote: > Michael Di Domenico wrote: >> >> surprisingly enough there are still cards that don't come with PXE >> built into the embedded rom. you'll have to check the specs on the >> card you're interested in from the mfg website. > > Here are the docs for a typical inexpensive 1000baseT card: > > ftp://ftp10.dlink.com/pdfs/products/DGE-530T/DGE-530T_ds.pdf > > There is no empty socket on it for a boot rom, yet the specs say nothing > about whether or not it will PXE boot. > > Let's turn this question around a bit. Can anyone suggest a specific > inexpensive 1000baseT card which provides PXE and is otherwise reliable > and fast? That is, one that you have personally used to boot a machine > into your cluster. Similarly, the names of any models that should be > avoided would also be useful information.
I can't speak for the dlink card, but i primarily choose Intel NIC's, something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106121 Any of the intel NIC's that support your slot specification and support "Intel Boot Agent" should support PXE _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
