Info was supposed to be accurate for all intel chipsets as of late last year. Honestly, high performance is a function of a lot of factors and your best bet is to test.
Intel cards may work fine for your traffic patterns or may completely suck- no way for me to know. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2009, at 10:26 PM, "Vijayakumar, Vivek" <vivek.vijayaku...@netscout.com > wrote: > Hi, > > One more question. > > As there are many different Intel 10g chipsets were available in the > market. Please Let me know which specific Intel 10gig card is it?. > Please specify card name in particular, Part numbers etc... if you > have an idea. > > > > Thanks, > Vivek.V > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Turner [mailto:synfina...@gmail.com] > Sent: February 13, 2009 10:49 AM > To: Main forum for tcpreplay > Cc: <tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Tcpreplay-users] Doubts Regarding NIC Cards Used for > TCPReplay > > Yes 10g is supported. Max performance is a function of your hardware, > driver and packet sizes. My understanding from people better informed > then I is that Intel 10g chipsets max out at about 4g in at least some > situations- no idea if it applies to tcpreplay. Anyways I would > definitely try other cards as well- I hear broadcom is good. > > Be sure to read the wiki/FAQ about getting max performance from > tcpreplay. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:05 PM, "Vijayakumar, Vivek" > <vivek.vijayaku...@netscout.com >> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> We have some doubts regarding the NIC cards used for TCPReplay. We >> are planning to use a 10Gig card for replaying traffic using >> TCPReplay on a Linux machine. Is it Possible ?Please answer for the >> questions below. >> >> >> >> Is 10gig NIC is supported for replaying traffic using TCPReplay? >> >> >> >> What is the maximum Capacity(Speed) for the NIC to be used for >> TCPReplay? >> >> >> >> Which Intel cards were supported? >> >> >> >> Is there any other concerns to be taken into count on choosing NIC >> cards for TCPReplay? >> >> >> >> >> >> Please provide us a feedback. Your help is greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks in Advance…. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Vivek.V >> >> >> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San >> Francisco, CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source >> code: SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> Tcpreplay-users mailing list >> Tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcpreplay-users >> Support Information: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/wiki/Support > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source > code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Tcpreplay-users mailing list > Tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcpreplay-users > Support Information: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/wiki/Support > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source > code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Tcpreplay-users mailing list > Tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcpreplay-users > Support Information: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/wiki/Support ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Tcpreplay-users mailing list Tcpreplay-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcpreplay-users Support Information: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/wiki/Support
