# [OmniOS-discuss] the right card for a server

Michael Mounteney gate03 at landcroft.co.uk
Thu Jan 9 23:26:45 UTC 2014

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    Thanks for your comments Dan.

    The board I found is a PCI Express x8 whereas the I350 is x4.  What does
    that mean, and does it matter at all ?  The server has an x8 slot.

    > Luckily, the Broadcom part mentioned by the original poster was a NetXreme
    > I part, which is open-source-happy bge, AND already supported.  It's not
    > like he looked at a 5720 (two ports per chip, and mostly working, but not
    > yet integrated) or 5719 (four ports per chip, and has Real Problems from
    > what I've seen and tested).
    >
    > The original poster could go with the specific Broadcom board he found and
    > would be fine.  I mentioned the I350 for completeness and paranoia.

    Michael.

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