* N.J. Thomas  [2007-10-24 19:28]:

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> I have two servers that I would like to setup to run OpenBGPD for our

> border routers.

>

> I need to find a supported PCIe (not PCI-X) fiber card that runs

> multi-mode and a supported PCIe (not PCI-X) fiber card that runs

> single-mode. (One of our providers is coming to us with mm, the other

> with sm.)

>

> A dual port card is preferable, but we will take single port cards if

> those are the only ones available.

>

> Any recommendations? The supported cards page on the OpenBSD site only

> lists PCI-X cards.

i have some pcie-ems, there are pcie-bnxs, and certainly others. fibre

limits your options. i usually terminate wan fibres on a switch and use

copper or plain sx (really just copper these days) to the routers - has

the disadvantage that you don't see link state changes directly, has

the advantage of added flexibility and just connecting two machines for

redundancy reasons (details differ a lot depending on environment).
that said, it shouldn't be too hard to find a pcie-sx card. lx could

get hairy.
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