[OmniOS-discuss] the right card for a server

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 1/9/14, 11:26 PM, Michael Mounteney wrote:
> Thanks for your comments Dan.
> 
> The board I found is a PCI Express x8 whereas the I350 is x4.  What does
> that mean, and does it matter at all ?  The server has an x8 slot.

As both cards use PCI-Express 2.0, four lanes are able to deliver up to
4x 4Gbit/s full duplex. Given that the card is a 4x 1Gbit/s Ethernet
part, I wouldn't worry about it.

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Saso