From what you've posted, the difference is that the Broadcom is a 10/100 connection, while the Intel is 1000 Mbps (gigabit). I'm not familiar with the PoweConnect equipment, however, so I'm moving this to the server forum so folks can answer that part of your post.
As previously stated the Intel is the NIC to use in this case. It is a full duplexing GB NIC vs the Broadcom which is only 10/100. The idea behind having the two connections per card is to be able to load balance, have redundency, or to have a bridge so if one nic fails, the other picks up the slack. Personally I have all my servers setup with redundency because uptime is more important to me then speed.
Larry R
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From what you've posted, the difference is that the Broadcom is a 10/100 connection, while the Intel is 1000 Mbps (gigabit). I'm not familiar with the PoweConnect equipment, however, so I'm moving this to the server forum so folks can answer that part of your post.
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February 27th, 2009 18:00
As previously stated the Intel is the NIC to use in this case. It is a full duplexing GB NIC vs the Broadcom which is only 10/100. The idea behind having the two connections per card is to be able to load balance, have redundency, or to have a bridge so if one nic fails, the other picks up the slack. Personally I have all my servers setup with redundency because uptime is more important to me then speed.
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Cameron