ML350 G5 Intel Pro PCIE NICs

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Because of the lack of nics in the g5, i am looking for a way of adding extra nics.

I am interested in Intel Pro PCIE NICs  because they should be able to act as iscsi HBA.

Is that correct? If sou, i would like to ad an intel pro pcie nic into g5/g6 servers when using free hypervisor. Can someone plz point me to the right Intel Pro PCIE NICs ?

thanks.

[Johan Guldmyr · Accepted solution]

Hello, 

the only supported network cards in the ML350 G5 are the ones in the quickspecs.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12475_na/12475_na.HTML#Core Options

See the section "Communications".

Check out the "multifunction" adapters for iSCSI and TCP Offload Engine capable cards.

For 1GbE on ML350 G5 you have these to choose from:

HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

394793-B21

HP NC373T PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

394791-B21

HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
NOTE: Supported on a full length-full height slot only.

394795-B21

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ok, many thanks