[Beowulf] 1000baseT NIC and PXE?

[Gregory Matthews]

David Mathog wrote:
> Let's turn this question around a bit.  Can anyone suggest a specific
> inexpensive 1000baseT card which provides PXE and is otherwise reliable
> and fast?  That is, one that you have personally used to boot a machine
> into your cluster.  Similarly, the names of any models that should be
> avoided would also be useful information.

we have had many problems with the Intel NICs that come embedded on the 
supermicro twin boards when paired with nortel switches. Setting the MTU 
to anything other than 1500 results in cards coming up in a strange 
state 50% of the time. Also, PXE has been a problem with certain 
versions of the driver not to mention the extra confusion over e1000 and 
e1000e.

These report themselves as:

Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (Copper) (rev 01)

GREG

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Mathog
> mathog at caltech.edu
> Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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