David Mathog wrote:
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.
we have had many problems with the Intel NICs that come embedded on the
supermicro twin boards when paired with nortel switches. Setting the MTU
to anything other than 1500 results in cards coming up in a strange
state 50% of the time. Also, PXE has been a problem with certain
versions of the driver not to mention the extra confusion over e1000 and
e1000e.
These report themselves as:
Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
GREG
Thanks,
David Mathog
mat...@caltech.edu
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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