On gigabit NIC cards

[cjereme at ucla.edu]

Hello All, 
 
The lab i work for is planning to upgrade to regular Base T10/100 card to 
network 
bootable/manageable cards (the floppy is killing us).  
We are also thinking of getting gigabit ethernet cards even though we
can't afford to 
buy gigabit switches right now, we might be able to get sone in the
future (w/ prices 
down and all) 
 
I was hoping people will suggest some brands that are: network bootable,  
gigabit nic 
w/c is backwards compatible to Base T 10/100 and has generally performed
well for their 
clusters. (and with a decent return policy too) 
 
Thanks, 
 
Christine