Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.

Gerhard Mack
2007-04-13T02:45:48Z

Sometimes it's not the speed it's the cost.. The best I've ever done is
5.5 interfaces per u/ Although with a better motherboard and case it might
have been different.

http://innerfire.net/pics/projects/21portfirewall_2.jpg
(assigns each port it's ip range and blocks any address not assigned to
that port)

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Roland Dreier wrote:

> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:34:40 -0700
> From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
> To: Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@amorsen.dk>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.
>
> > Indeed, port density is disappointingly poor in modern servers. Do you
> > know any with more than 14 ports per U? (That's an MBX 1U server with
> > 8 on-board and a 6-port expansion).
>
> If you really need a ton of ports you could probably build a 1U server
> with 2 * 2-port 10gig NICs, and use VLAN-capable switches with 10gig
> and 1gig ports to fan out each 10gig link from your server to 10 1-gig
> ports. That would get you 40 ports of 1-gig from each server (plus
> whatever the server has on board).
>
> - R.
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Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.