From: Ronciak, J. <joh...@in...> - 2006-01-24 15:42:11
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Please find the data sheet for the PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter. It will give you all the information about it that you need. You can start at support.intel.com. All of the Intel PRO/1000 adapters currently being sold support jumbo frames. The 82542 not but it is not being sold anymore. Cheers, John ----------------------------------------------------------- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.", Benjamin Franklin 1755=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: e10...@li...=20 > [mailto:e10...@li...] On Behalf Of=20 > Rik Herrin > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:51 AM > To: e10...@li... > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] Using Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port=20 > Server Adapter under Linux >=20 >=20 > Hi, > I had asked about a week ago about the "Intel > PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter". Does anyone > know if it support Jumbo frames under Linux? I read > over at: > http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-009209.htm > that the driver supports Jumbo Frames for all adapters > except 82542-based adapters. Is the MT Quad Port > Server Adapter based on this 82542? Also, when > purchasing it, I find 2 completely different prices > one for about $450: > http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=3D431912 > and another for about $2400: > = http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?sku=3D439356&SourceID=3Dk15505.= > What is the difference between the 2 in terms of > performance? Thanks for your time. > =20 >=20 > >> Hi, > >> We were thinking of purchasing the Intel PRO/1000 > MT > >> Quad Port Server Adapter and plan on running it > under > >> Linux. The idea is to aggregate the 4 ports and > use > >> jumbo frames to increase throughput for an iSCSI > >> target. Does anyone know of any issues that I > should > >> take care of or has anyone used such a setup?=20 > Thank > >> you for your time. > > > >The only caveat to remember is that you're going to > be trying to push=20 > >(worst case) up to 8 Gb/s over a single slot with all > 4 ports. This is=20 > >close to the maximum theoretical bandwidth of the > slot. > > > >If you're looking for an absolute throughput gain > you'd be better off=20 > >with=20 > >2 dual port adapters (if you have two pci-x 133/100 > Mhz slots available=20 > >of=20 > >course) > > > >If you're looking to get four ports where you only > have one slot, then=20 > >you=20 > >have to use something like the Quad Port adapter. > > > >Jesse >=20 >=20 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 > http://mail.yahoo.com=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep=20 > through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. =20 > DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D103432&bid=3D230486& dat=3D121642 _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E10...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel |