iSCSI cards

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 11:41

Can any one recommend any good iSCSI TOC (PCI Express) cards other then Qlogic ones?

Ive been trying to get a quote on Intel ET NIC but not one seems to stock them.

Thanks Chaps.

Andy

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:03

bigredshark said:
Adaptec 7211 seems to work OK or the HP TOE (NC370) nics are very good.

Cool. Ill have a look.

Andy

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:12

What are the Intel ET NICs like?

Have you used this one before HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit server adapter ?

Andy

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 13:27

These are going to be for a VMware install. As we are going to be booting from a Netapp filer.

Is it worth getting a TOE card? As i would rather spend the extra money on getting a good quailty Intel NICs

Andy

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 23:06

bigredshark said:
What servers are you using, new HP boxes have a TOE option on the built in NICs which just requires a license...

EDIT: Also, if your filer supports fibre channel, use that instead. It's still better than iSCSI, more expensive yes but if the box already supports it then it's not a big cost compared to iSCSI.

HP DL380G5's (its there top spec one haha)

Its a Netapp 3020 filer we are using. Thats the reason we have chosen the iSCSI router over FC as the cost is a lot more and the performance difference from reading a few reports isn't that much different. Plus the iSCSI is already in place with the old servers.

RSR · 2 Oct 2008 at 23:10

Ive just checked and the onboard NIC, do have inbuild TOE.