On Jan 2, 2015 12:40 PM, "SilverTip257" <silvertip257 at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Rafeal Stewart <mechy2k2000 at 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 > > > -- > ---~~.~~--- > Mike > // SilverTip257 // > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos 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 at 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 at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thanks