Speaking from experience I have a similar server from Dell which is a 1U size. I was going to use an Adaptec IDE RAID card in the only PCI slot.
The card, an Adaptec 2400, has IRQ7 hardcoded in its BIOs. The onboard Intel NICs were also hardcoded for the same IRQ. I was able to install W2K server but when adding any program by CD-ROM or any large file transfer from a network based program install I wound up crashing the box. Long story short it is now a lab server instead of a production box and the RAID card has been ebayed. IRQ sharing on a RAID card has never panned out for me. Hopefully some of you all have had better luck. If this sounds like your configuration I would do some intense stress testing before moving into production. Just thought I would share as it sounds like you may be looking at something similar. Bon chance... To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
