[PVE-User] IGB Intel Drivers

[Andrew Niemantsverdriet]

Opps.. the on-board cards are not Intel. They are Broadcom Corporation
NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet. So that is a separate issue
that I am currently investigating.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Andrew
Niemantsverdriet<andrew at rocky.edu> wrote:
> We just got a new server. It has an Intel PRO 1000 VT Quad Port card
> and two Intel on-board NIC's. The quad port card can only use one port
> all other ports are reported as not connected according to ethtool,
> the on-board cards barely work ethtool does not know what speed they
> are connected at or if they are connected at all, however you can pass
> some traffic over them with packet loss. I believe the issue is with
> drivers new servers with Intel based chipsets are using the IGB
> drivers (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/detail_desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=13663).
> I am attempting to compile the drivers myself right now but would like
> to see the drivers integrated into Proxmox in the future just because
> a lot of servers run Intel cards. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
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