On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 05:40:10PM -0700, David Newman wrote: > Any recommendations for an Ethernet card that fits into a PCI Express x8 > slot? I didn't see anything specific on the hardware page or in the > archives. > > This is for a Dell CR100 OEM server. The spec sheet mentions the usual > two Broadcom gigabit Ethernet interfaces, plus a "PCI Express x8 > (1-lane)" slot. > > I'm not familiar with this slot, but it's much shorter than other PCI > slots I've seen, around 50 mm long. If I'm reading the riser card > correctly, the slot has 98 pins. None of the relatively old Ethernet > NICs I have lying around will fit in this slot. > > Speed is unimportant; this is just for carp and pfsync between a pair of > these boxes. >
This slot is a PCI Express bus and is different than a PCI bus. Look on Wikipedia for a good comparision. PCI is a paralell bus while PCI-e is a serial point-to-point bus. Or is this a PCI-X bus? Different again. I don't know what card to suggest for you. Doug.
