Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this NIC is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well the card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that distro )
If things don't seem to work I may bite the bullet and buy an Intel card
thanks Rafeal Stewart
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this NIC is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well the card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 22:01 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this NIC is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well the card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
I see. My gut is starting to tell me its not worth the time to replace it, if this Sun NIC doesnt play nice with Linux. I also intend to use the card with Proxmox VE which is debian based.
~ Rafeal Stewart
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Rafeal Stewart mechy2k2000@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 22:01 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this
NIC
is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well
the
card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that
distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
I see. My gut is starting to tell me its not worth the time to replace it, if this Sun NIC doesnt play nice with Linux. I also intend to use the card with Proxmox VE which is debian based.
Why not instead buy an Intel Quad port NIC? Something you _know_ will be well supported.
While I'm using a dual port PCI-X NIC and not a quad, I'm really happy with the compatibility (ethool can blink the LEDs) and have no complaints about performance.
It is an Intel 82571EB using the e1000e kernel driver. lspci (for one interface of the dual) output below:
~]# lspci -s 08:00 -vv 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 31 Region 0: Memory at d5ee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 1: Memory at d5ec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at dce0 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 00000000fee2000c Data: 41d9 Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal+ Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt+ UnxCmplt+ RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP+ FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- CEMsk: RxErr+ BadTLP+ BadDLLP+ Rollover+ Timeout+ NonFatalErr- AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn- Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-3d-58-10 Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e
On Jan 2, 2015 12:40 PM, "SilverTip257" silvertip257@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Rafeal Stewart mechy2k2000@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 22:01 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if
this
NIC
is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how
well
the
card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that
distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
I see. My gut is starting to tell me its not worth the time to replace it, if this Sun NIC doesnt play nice with Linux. I also intend to use the card with Proxmox VE which is debian based.
Why not instead buy an Intel Quad port NIC? Something you _know_ will be well supported.
While I'm using a dual port PCI-X NIC and not a quad, I'm really happy
with
the compatibility (ethool can blink the LEDs) and have no complaints about performance.
It is an Intel 82571EB using the e1000e kernel driver. lspci (for one interface of the dual) output below:
~]# lspci -s 08:00 -vv 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 31 Region 0: Memory at d5ee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 1: Memory at d5ec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at dce0 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 00000000fee2000c Data: 41d9 Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal+ Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x4, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt+ UnxCmplt+ RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP+ FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- CEMsk: RxErr+ BadTLP+ BadDLLP+ Rollover+ Timeout+ NonFatalErr- AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn- Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-3d-58-10 Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e
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This is for my personal home "server". I have dual gigabit intel nic PCIE and it is nice knowing that, chances are no matter what distro I use that the card will work. I see these "Pulled from working system" Sun quad gigabit NICs pcix on ebay for like 10 to 20 shipped thought I might ask around.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
On 02/01/15 06:01, John R Pierce wrote:
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this NIC is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well
the
card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
The cassini.ko driver is present in el5 and el6, but Red Hat dropped support from RHEL7. If you want to use it on el7 then elrepo.org has packaged the driver for el7, backported from kernel-3.10.63:
kmod-cassini-1.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
At present it's in the testing repo so do let us know if you try it and it works for you.
Regards,
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thanks
On 02/01/15 06:01, John R Pierce wrote:
On 1/1/2015 9:41 PM, mechy2k2000 wrote:
Hello I am thinking of buying this card to and wanted to know if this NIC is supported. The card is a Sun Microsystems PCI-X Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter QGEXPCI 501-6738-10. Can't find any info on how well the card plays with centos and also proxmox ve (if any of you use that distro )
I've not tried that card on anything other than Sun UltraSparc running Solaris 9 and 10, but rumor has it Linux has a 'cassini' driver that supports the Sun GigaSwift NIC on those.
The cassini.ko driver is present in el5 and el6, but Red Hat dropped support from RHEL7. If you want to use it on el7 then elrepo.org has packaged the driver for el7, backported from kernel-3.10.63:
kmod-cassini-1.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
At present it's in the testing repo so do let us know if you try it and it works for you.
Regards,
-
John R Pierce -
mechy2k2000 -
Ned Slider -
Rafeal Stewart
-
SilverTip257