I like Gigabyte, but the fact that I can't price and order one of their server motherboards online is why I will buy SuperMicro every time. It's a shame, because these boards look nice.
that bumps the question back one level; but why does the management tool need a dedicated port instead of being able to send commands over the main network connection?
Plus, sometimes having an out-of-band management interface is very helpful if the system is on a network that your mangement workstation can't access directly.
Is there any particular model anyone would like to see reviewed at AnandTech? Anything that brings better PCIE - more lanes, say via the chipset.
Can't remember the last time I used a PCI slot. Why would a workstation/rack board need 3? No idea why they bunched up 4 PCIE slots. Can it really just be down to lazy design or stupidity?
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MasterYoda - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - link
Where are the Haswell Xeon boards that support the Haswell integrated GPU? (I.E. for the E3 12x5 V3 Xeons)tribbles - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - link
I like Gigabyte, but the fact that I can't price and order one of their server motherboards online is why I will buy SuperMicro every time. It's a shame, because these boards look nice.tribbles - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - link
Sorry, Yoda. Didn't mean to reply to your comment.DanNeely - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - link
IF the first board is quad GbE, why does it have 5 ethernet ports?robotslave - Sunday, June 2, 2013 - link
Because the fifth one is a BMC management LAN port.http://www.gigabyte.us/press-center/news-page.aspx...
DanNeely - Monday, June 3, 2013 - link
that bumps the question back one level; but why does the management tool need a dedicated port instead of being able to send commands over the main network connection?makerofthegames - Monday, June 3, 2013 - link
Security. You probably don't want to be exposing low-level controls like that to the same network your actual data is on.Yes, proper security on the management port could theoretically do this, but better ultra-paranoid than rooted.
domboy - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - link
Plus, sometimes having an out-of-band management interface is very helpful if the system is on a network that your mangement workstation can't access directly.lilmoe - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - link
I thought Haswell removed backwards classic PCI compatibility with?lilmoe - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - link
ugh.... should be:I thought Haswell removed backwards compatibility with classic PCI.....
Klimax - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - link
PCI-PCI-e bridges I'd say.skgiven - Monday, June 10, 2013 - link
Is there any particular model anyone would like to see reviewed at AnandTech?Anything that brings better PCIE - more lanes, say via the chipset.
Can't remember the last time I used a PCI slot. Why would a workstation/rack board need 3?
No idea why they bunched up 4 PCIE slots. Can it really just be down to lazy design or stupidity?
soundarrajan - Monday, June 10, 2013 - link
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