WTB: Intel or Broadcom Gigabit PCI NIC

[yukita]

using for esxi?

[boris_valejo]

I do think intel NICs are much better than broadcom if you are using linux OS.

Upz for you bro.

[midus]

Yes ESX, precisely.

Wanna test VMmotion, already have a unit working.

Thanks for the upz guys.

[yukita]

wah esx bumps for you....
i wanna get a machine up using esxi

[midus]

wah esx bumps for you....
i wanna get a machine up using esxi

This will help. But the list is old. I've added some motherboards and systems but they've not shown up so I guess it's not being updated anymore. But it's a good start.

Ultimate VMWare ESX Whitebox | Hardware: Motherboards

Now... about the intel or broadcom gigabit nic - anyone?

[midus]

Have one Dlink Gigabit PCI nic......not too sure its intel or broadcom.
Will check over the weekend as its in my storeroom.

It's Marvell chipset.

[boris_valejo]

Hmmm this ESXI is quite picky on the hardware. Tried to install to IBM Server System X3105 with AMD Opteron Dualcore and always failed.

So now using Xenserver. So far so good, not so picky anymore.

[midus]

Hmmm this ESXI is quite picky on the hardware. Tried to install to IBM Server System X3105 with AMD Opteron Dualcore and always failed.

So now using Xenserver. So far so good, not so picky anymore.

ESXi will allow you to double your virtual ram at ESX level, ie, 4GB physical = 8GB virtual.

ESX has pretty good intelligence when it comes to allocating what the VMs actually need.

Vmware's product is more mature.

And my office is using the full blown ESX server, need to bring up another for POC.

Intel/Broadcom NIC anyone?

[Asus80]

PLANEX GN-1200TC Gigabit LAN Adapter (chipset RTL8169S) 10/100/1000 u interested

[midus]

Thanks for the heads-up on the Planex NIC

Create an ESXi Whitebox ISO with Windows Tools | The curse of Dennis D. Spreen

KIV first cuz a bit lazy at the moment to do hacking.

Intel NICS.....

[midus]

Have one Dlink Gigabit PCI nic......not too sure its intel or broadcom.
Will check over the weekend as its in my storeroom.

Just curious, can you actually get anything higher than 8 - 11MBs transfer rate with this card? Just changed to a Cat6 cable but don't see the performance improvement at all.

Connected to Dlink GB switch, to a DNS323 - both CAT6 cabling.

Hmm.....


Intel GB NIC anyone?

[midus]

^^^