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 Posted: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:52:49 Post Subject: PCI-X Question |
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Hey guys, hope some of you can help me with this one.
I'm looking at buying 2 gigabit fiber cards to put into a Dell PowerEdge server and use it as a router in a friend's private rack. The problem I'm facing is I've never used PCI-X cards before so don't know the different revisions, if any, are compatible and whatnot.
I found several HP PCI-X fiber gigabit cards but the PCI-X interface looks somewhat different than the PCI-X ports in my Dell server. I'm planning on trying this in a Dell PowerEdge 2650 but ultimately using it in a 1750.
The two models I found that look promising are:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/NC6770/index.html
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/nc310f/index.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
The former one is available on eBay for $15/pc. which is a pretty good deal IF they work in a Dell. I have Googled to see if they are proprietary to HPs only but found no information confirming or denying that yet.
anyone know anything about PCI-X or HP cards? I'm looking to buy something today so I can test them and get them ready to be shipped out on Monday.
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