Recommendations on NICs used for Channel Bonding (concerns with Intel etherexpress)

[David Grant]

correction, Intel EEpro NIC.. sorry for the confusion.

David A. Grant,  V.P. Cluster Technologies
GSH Intelligent Integrated Systems
95 Fairmount St. Fitchburg Ma 01450
Phone 603.898.9717       Fax 603.898.9719
Email: davidg at gshiis.com      Web: www.gshiis.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Horatio B. Bogbindero" <wyy at cersa.admu.edu.ph>
To: "David Grant" <davidgrant at mediaone.net>
Cc: <twoo at uwo.ca>; <beowulf at beowulf.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations on NICs used for Channel Bonding (concerns with
Intel etherexpress)


>
> what is a 3Com EEpro card? i though the EEPro was intel's??? if it is a
> 3com card with an intel chipset what is the model number?
>
> >
> > I've used the 3COM EEPro in an Intel based cluster in a channel bonding
> > environment  on Red Hat 6.2 quite sucessfully.   For switching gear, we
> > opted for an Extreme Summit 48 switch.  The end result was an immensely
> > satisfied end user...:-)
> >
> > http://www.extremenetworks.com/products/datasheets/summit24.asp
> >
> >
> >
> >      ~David
> >
> > David A. Grant,  V.P. Cluster Technologies
> > GSH Intelligent Integrated Systems
> > 95 Fairmount St. Fitchburg Ma 01450
> > Phone 603.898.9717       Fax 603.898.9719
> > Email: davidg at gshiis.com      Web: www.gshiis.com
> > "Providing High Performance Computing Solutions for Over a Decade"
> > ===================
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Woo" <twoo at uwo.ca>
> > To: <beowulf at beowulf.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 3:34 PM
> > Subject: Recommendations on NICs used for Channel Bonding (concerns with
> > Intel etherexpress)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm looking to do channel bonding (2x) with 100BT switched ethernet
> > > involving about 64 machines.  The 3 test machines I currently have all
> > have
> > > Intel Ether express Pros (INTEL ETHEREXPRESS PRO 10/100+ PCI
PILA8460B)
> > > They all work great with channel bonding on redhat 6.2 and 7.0.
However,
> > > i've been told that for channel bonding these NICs may not be the
best.
> > > Thus, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on what are
the
> > best
> > > NICs for channel bonding, or what NICs to avoid when channel bonding.
> > >
> > > Thanks in Advance.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > ============================================
> > > Dr. Tom Woo
> > > Department of Chemistry
> > > University of Western Ontario
> > > London, Ontario
> > > Canada, N6A 5B7
> > > voice: (519) 661-2111 ext. 86310
> > > fax: (519) 661-3022
> > > email:  twoo at uwo.ca
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