Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Denis Bondar <bondario@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Server-class mobo with lots of PCI slots *or* VLAN-supporting (802.1q) NIC?
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:18:46
Message-Id: CACCusK+L-i3-_SKH4CTX-iYLq3-K+LAvfxrqzYRFf6nLKstTjQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Server-class mobo with lots of PCI slots *or* VLAN-supporting (802.1q) NIC? by Pandu Poluan
1 VLANs operate at Layer 2 (the data link layer) of the OSI model. So, the
2 support of this feature is independent of the NIC. You can just configure
3 your kernel to support it.
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6 On 19 August 2011 11:58, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
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8 > Can anyone here recommend either:
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10 > *) A server-grade motherboard with *lots* of PCI slots, or
11 > *) A NIC that supports VLAN (802.1Q)
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13 > Of course, either should be Linux- (hence, Gentoo-) compatible.
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15 > Thank you beforehand.
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20 > Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer
21 > My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
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27 Kind regards,
28 Denis Bondar

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