Re: [Xen-users] Re: Motherboard capable of VT-d

[Mike Lovell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you or anyone else on the list know how support for VT-d is on 
Supermicro boards? I have seen the options listed in the motherboard 
manuals for some of their boards but haven't actually tried myself. I 
have actually been contemplating buying a Supermicro C2SMB-Q. Thanks if 
your or anyone else has some info.
Mike Lovell
mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Christian Tramnitz wrote:
> I had a case open with Gigabyte some time ago asking for vt-d support 
> on X38 and they told me that vt-d support is not planned for any of 
> their boards, so I'd suggest to stay away from them.
> Asus might be even worse, allowing you to enable vt-d in the BIOS but 
> then telling you it's unsupported when it doesn't work.
> If you really need vt-d I'd suggest to go with Intel boards for now...
>
>
> Best regards,
>    Christian
>
>
> Andreas Dahlen schrieb:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've got a motherboard (Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R) where the Ethernet port 
> > has
> > been broken.
> >
> > I'll buy a new motherboard, but wants to keep all my other equipment 
> > (CPU,
> > Memory, TV-cards etc).
> >
> > The requirements/wishes on the new motherboard are 2 Ethernet ports 
> > and 2
> > PCI slots. It would also be good if it would support VT-d.
> >
> > I've found two boards that would fulfill my requirements; Gigabyte
> > GA-X48-DS5, Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4
> >
> > According to the VTdHowTo 
> > (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo) X48
> > chipset supports VT-d. But not all manufactures have enabled it.
> > Does anyone know if VT-d is enabled for the motherboards above (or 
> > any other
> > motherboard that would support my requirements)?
> >
> > /Andreas

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