On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 03:54:27PM +0100, Arrigo Triulzi wrote: > >AFAIK it is not possible to fit a quad port Ethernet card into a > >low-profile PCI slot. The 4 RJ45 ports need more space than allowed by > >the > >PCI spec. > > Actually the card in the tinyurl link I sent claims to fit the > half-height slot of the HPQ DL320 G3 (I have a 3Ware SATA RAID card in > the other).
The tech spec of that Quad Port card talks about Width: 10.7 cm (4.2 in.) Length: 16/5 cm (6.5 in.) Which is not low-profile but a normal PCI card. There is no such thing as a half-height slot. There is only low-profile. Because low-profile (64mm) is bigger than half a normal PCI (107mm) card. > > I don't know how they do it. In reality I'd only need three but it > seems that it is either 2 or 4... > 2 ports on low profile are no problem and I think you can find em(4) in that form factor. As I said I doubt that someone packed 4 ports on a low-profile card. -- :wq Claudio
