Dell 1950

[shinny knight]

Hello,

We are in the process of ordering few servers and we think to ask here first for any known issues with same.
BTW...company policy requires only Dell servers. Yes, I know...kinda snob^^
Purpose for this server will be firewall (we are using PF with stateful rules) and custom kernel with NIC pooling compiled.
We hope this baby will deliver up to 800Mbps per NIC (4).
One thing is that Dell is not certifying Intel Gigabit NIC with FreeBSD.
Since in the kernel we have only 

'device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card'

Does this include also below specified device? 
Is any of you using Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC?
Is kernel pooling option compatible or working with Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC?

Appreciate any feedback or suggestion about same.
TIA

Dell PowerEdge 1950 configuration:

PowerEdge 1950 III: Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB

Additional Processors:Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB

Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs

Backplane: 1x2 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives

Primary Controller: PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe,
256MB Cache

Hard Drive Configuration: Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, PERC 6/i Integrated/SAS6/iR

Primary Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive

2nd Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive

Network Adapter: Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC, Copper, PCIe-4

CD/DVD Drive: 8X DVD-ROM



Best regards,
Catalin

       
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