topic Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i in HPE EVA Storage

Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Mathy Tech — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:18 GMT

I have a DL380G5 and I want to connect it to an MSA1510i. I was trying to decide between NC360T and NC380T PCI-E cards. The 380 is a "multifunction" card. Which would be thw best choice and why?

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Víctor Cespón — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:46:09 GMT

The NC380T adds TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE), Accelerated iSCSI, and double the onboard memory compared to the NC360T.
Since you're going to use it to access a MSA1510i, the NC380T will do the job taking less CPU cycles.

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Mathy Tech — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:43:18 GMT

Does the 1510i support the use of a TOE card? or iSCSI acceleration?

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Joshua Small_2 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:23:05 GMT

It's worth considering that people commonly end up turning OFF TOE to resolve issues anyway.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904946/

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Darcy_7 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:49:51 GMT

msa1510i does not support toes cards, check in configuration guide on CD that came with it.