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November 16th, 2008 09:00
How many network adapters can I install on PowerEdge 1950
Hi,
I would be happy to have PE1950 with six ethernet ports:
- Dual Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
- additional 2x Intel PRO 1000PT 1GbE Dual Port NIC, PCIe-4
Is it possible techically?
Are default Broadcom NICs and/or default SAS controller embedded into motherboard or occupy pci-e slots?
With 2 PCe riser option and no other cards, Configurator still does not allow me to get this configuration. As a result I get only one Intel PRO 1000PT 1GbE Dual Port NIC.
Thank you.
Mikhail
PS Is DRAC included into modern Dell PE Servers?
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at5147
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November 18th, 2008 20:00
The intergrated RAID controllers for the system fit into a sideplane and would not occupy one of the rear PCI-E slots, which would be one x8 and one x4. I would gather that you might be able to use the quad port Intel NIC in the PCI-E x4 slot if you wanted, but you should be able to use two dual port NICs as well. Here are some links that may assist:
PRO/1000 VT Quad Port
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Networking_Communication/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=04&sku=430-2688
PRO 1000PT Dual Port
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Adapters_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=430-2476&mfgpid=167752&chassisid=8743
All available NICs for the PE 1950 (note, your riser configuration may not allow all NICs listed):
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&category_id=6913&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&mfgpid=167752&chassisid=8743