Hi,
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's way I am asking this here.
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:25:24 -0400 robert mena wrote:
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
I have 3 ethernet cards in this machine (actually 2 cards plus the port that's built-in).
description: Motherboard product: DP45SG vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 version: AAE27733-405
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
Hi,
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
You can get 4 etherports on one card... For 17 examples: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010064%20 600013873&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20 How many of those work well with Linux (of whatever variety) I don't know. One board claiming RedHat compatibility with a loadable kernel module is http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-UG-I4.cfm
Another article that might give fast, cheap, albeit old answers is http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/hardware/quartet.html
Why do you need 3 network interface cards? Would two NICs with 2 etherports each, or 1 4-port card meet your need?
I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's way I am asking this here.
Are you building a desktop/personal machine, or a server? Are you picky about power/heat/noise factors of the Mobo?
Sorry about your 5 options being narrowed down to 30, but the question asked was really imprecise.
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Hi Brunner,
I need four network interfaces. This can be in one or multiple cards.
The problem is just what you've described : lack of info regarding the compatibility/stability of such card under CentOS.
And since some of those dual/quad cards cost more than the motherboard itself I can't afford to buy one just to find out that it does not work or need an exotic driver that I need to recompile myself every time a new kernel ships.
I'll have a look into those.
In this list I've read something about intel pro mt but it seems to be discontinued from intel's site... (
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Brunner, Brian T. BBrunner@gai-tronics.comwrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
Hi,
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
You can get 4 etherports on one card... For 17 examples: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010064%20 600013873&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20 How many of those work well with Linux (of whatever variety) I don't know. One board claiming RedHat compatibility with a loadable kernel module is http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-UG-I4.cfm
Another article that might give fast, cheap, albeit old answers is http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/hardware/quartet.html
Why do you need 3 network interface cards? Would two NICs with 2 etherports each, or 1 4-port card meet your need?
I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's way I am asking this here.
Are you building a desktop/personal machine, or a server? Are you picky about power/heat/noise factors of the Mobo?
Sorry about your 5 options being narrowed down to 30, but the question asked was really imprecise.
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On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, robert mena wrote:
Hi Brunner,
I need four network interfaces. This can be in one or multiple cards.
The problem is just what you've described : lack of info regarding the compatibility/stability of such card under CentOS.
And since some of those dual/quad cards cost more than the motherboard itself I can't afford to buy one just to find out that it does not work or need an exotic driver that I need to recompile myself every time a new kernel ships.
I'll have a look into those.
In this list I've read something about intel pro mt but it seems to be discontinued from intel's site... (
I bought an Intel 82576 Quad port PCIe board for use with CentOS 5. Works flawlessly with the igb driver out of the box with no fiddling. Far from cheap, but avoids the headaches I was getting from a Broadcom chipset.
jh
Re quad-port NICs: AOC-SG-i4 is good, too, and smaller than the UG version. iirc, it uses a newer Intel chipset as well. Oddly, it isn't listed on Supermicro's site except as a PDF factsheet. I have a few of them and they work well. There's also the Intel EXPI9404PTL, but here in the UK it's a fair chunk more expensive than the SM card.
cheers,
- csawyer
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Brunner, Brian T. Sent: 04 April 2011 14:12 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Tips for motherboard with multiple PCI / PCI-e slots
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
Hi,
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
You can get 4 etherports on one card... For 17 examples: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010064%20 600013873&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20 How many of those work well with Linux (of whatever variety) I don't know. One board claiming RedHat compatibility with a loadable kernel module is http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-UG-I4.cfm
Another article that might give fast, cheap, albeit old answers is http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/hardware/quartet.html
Why do you need 3 network interface cards? Would two NICs with 2 etherports each, or 1 4-port card meet your need?
I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's way I am asking this here.
Are you building a desktop/personal machine, or a server? Are you picky about power/heat/noise factors of the Mobo?
Sorry about your 5 options being narrowed down to 30, but the question asked was really imprecise.
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Just about any motherboard will work. Where you typically would run into problems would be drivers for expansion cards/peripherals.
We have 4 NICs in many of our CentOS 5 servers: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
The Broadcom chips use the bnx2 driver, while the Intel uses the e1000 driver - both included with CentOS. I've ran them at 100 and 1000, with 802.1q, no jumbo frames. Never had a problem with them.
--Blake
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CentOS] Tips for motherboard with multiple PCI / PCI-e slots From: robert mena robert.mena@gmail.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Date: Sunday, April 03, 2011 9:25:24 PM
Hi,
I need to fit at least three NICs and I was looking for motherboard models that contain 3 or 4 CPI (or PCI-e) slots and works with CentOS.
I had a problem in the past with some models that had a bug and did not work well with linux (ok with windows) so that's way I am asking this here.
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