[Gllug] Debian on Dell PowerEdge 2850

[Paul Cupis]

On Thursday 17 February 2005 14:05, Matthew Cooke <mpcooke3 at lineone.net> 
wrote:
> Check if the server has onboard broadcom or intel NIC's. Every driver
> i've used for broadcom ethernet under linux has been buggy,
> particularly under high load. Lock ups, kernel panics or the kernel
> takes the ethernet card down due to IRQ problems. These problems
> generally occur under high load or after a few days of running.

The PE2650 has Broadcom NICs, but the PE2850 comes with Intel by 
default.

> If it uses an intel card it will be fine, if it's broadcom i'd save
> time and just install an additional NIC.

Agreed.

Paul Cupis
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paul at cupis.co.uk

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