[Beowulf] Building new cluster - estimate

[Gerry Creager]

Joe Landman wrote:
> Gerry Creager wrote:
> 
>> Speaking of jumbo frames, I'm seeing a problem on a Broadcom 57xx 
>> chipset on CentOS 4.3, 2.6.9-67 kernel (yeah, I know) and a tg3 
>> driver.  I can't make the thing recognize the ability to use jumbo 
>> frames. Anyone got a fix?
> 
> Had a very similar issue some time ago with tg3 on Broadcom chipset NICs 
> (57xx).  The only solution we could find was to not use jumbo frames. 
> The preventative measure we take as a result of this is also to 
> recommend using Intel NICs (and a few others) over Broadcom whenever 
> possible.

I was afraid of that.  The tg3 driver and the specific chipset both 
claim it should work.  I've not looked at driver source, and I'm 
thinking of downloading Broadcom's proprietary driver for linux.  I 
can't add Intel to this box: physically outta room (2u chassis, nVidia 
8800 for remote graphics eats up the physical riser real estate).
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