Works like a champ. I'll adjust the man. On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 12:41:30AM +0100, Jvrg Streckfu_ wrote: > hi list, > > I'm searching for an 1 U server-platform-solution for > a redundant firewall-system based on openbsd. > The firewall-system should support raid 1 and at least > 8 NIC's. > My first choice is an Dell 1850 with embedded PERC 4e/Si > controller. I belief the "e" means "embedded". > Does openbsd support the PERC 4e/Si by ami (the manpage > only lists PERC 4/Si without "e") ? > The raid-controller has to be embedded because i need the > two pci slots for quad ethernet cards. > And this is my second question. Which quad ethernet card is > to be recommended? I know, this question was discused many times. > But i don't want to get into trouble by this interrupt-handling > under heavy load with intel cards and em driver. > In addition i don't need 1 Gbps ethernet cards - 100 Mbit is sufficient. > The D-Link DFE-570TX seems to be the right one for this purpose > but that implies to put an old pci card (32 bit, spec pci2.2) into an > pci-x slot. Is this really a good idea? > > Any recommendations would be appreciated. > > > joerg
