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Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

 
Mathy Tech
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Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

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?
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Víctor Cespón
Honored Contributor

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

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.
Mathy Tech
Advisor

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

Does the 1510i support the use of a TOE card? or iSCSI acceleration?
Joshua Small_2
Valued Contributor

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

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

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

Darcy_7
Occasional Advisor

Re: Which NICS should I use for DL380G5 and MSA1510i

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