Newbie Motherboard Question

Donald Becker becker at scyld.com
Tue Nov 26 11:06:23 PST 2002


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Jean-Marc Lachaine wrote:

> We are planning to put together a new beowulf. I have been looking at FAQs
> about the basics but have been asked a question by the lead researcher that
> I am having a hard time finding an answer to. Could somebody please point me
> in the right direction to get information about good motherboards that will
> support a pair of gig cards. Any help is greatly appreciated.

On-board, or plug in?
There have been several recent dual processor systems with two on-board
gigabit adapters.  The common ones are dual e1000 or dual Broadcom 5703
chips.


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