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Asked: 2011-11-12 13:46:12 +0800 CST

How do I choose a NIC to use for iSCSI?

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I am standing up a new file server and I need to connect it to my iSCSI SAN and I am looking for a good NIC to use for dedicated iSCSI with multi-pathing. What should I be looking for in a good dual-NIC card to dedicate to iSCSI?

Here is what I have so far in my list:

  • adjust MTU beyond defaults
  • hardware offloads for iSCSI tagged traffic
  • must be GigE

Are there things I should avoid?

iscsi windows-server-2008-r2

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  1. Best Answer

    I would never use Broadcom for anything without first reading this:

    http://blog.serverfault.com/post/broadcom-die-mutha/

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