Quad cards are for sure going to be PCI-X not regular PCI. As said, I'm not
familiar with the particular Dell model you mentioned but if in fact it does
not have PCI-X slots you will never be able to use the Intel pro/1000 MT
quads. You can check that on Dell's documentation.
I checked the HW compatibility list in the CP site and looked for that 2950,
they tested it with dual Gig interfaces, so I don't see why are you
concerned. Maybe I'm just not understanding your point, but seems to me that
model should have PCI-X slots and so should work with the intel quads with
no problem.
BTW, that particular model in fact has the note I mentioned on my previous
message:
"(1) This platform requires the media pack of SecurePlatform NGX R60 HFA03
or R61 take 56."
So bare that in mind when installing.
Regards
On 10/24/06, Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij AT vanderkooij DOT org> wrote:
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Eamonn Twohig wrote:
> we're considering taking the plunge from solaris to splat here and i
> have just a quick question for those of ye who are running splat on dell
> poweredge's ... does anyone have a configuration where they have a 2950
> and two quad cards? from the following site,
> http://www.checkpoint.com/products/supported_platforms/recommended/ngx/i
> ndex.html, i see that they recommend dual port cards in the section for
> the 2950, but they also state on the main page that certain other cards
> can be used. i just wanted to confirm or have it confirmed, that if i
> were to install 2 x intel pro/1000 MT quad cards in a 2950, i wouldn't
> be running with an unsupported configuration?
Well. 4x2x1 Gb/s is beyond the capabilities of any PCI bus.
So you may run into trouble there. I think that is why they are reluctant
to sign of on quad Gb/s interfaces.
Hugo.
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