[Asterisk-Users] Intel Desktop MotherBoards Unsuitable for Digium Boards

[Nir Simionovich - CTO]

Hi All,

  What you say is fairly news to me, as I've been using Intel based boards
for the past 3 years with Asterisk - and hadn't had any issues that relate 
to any of your concerns. I've had several issues with HyperThreading but 
Other than that, nothing else major. 

  I've used both desktop and server boards, ranging from AUGSBERG Celeron
boards, Torypine Pentium 4 and ClearWater/VolcanoPeak XEON boards. I
actually have several ClearWater boards running Digium boards running at
100 channels without a single IRQ miss.

  Matt, as I see it, it's just a matter of settings - no more than that.
Going off and ruling out a MB vendor just because you got a piece of
information, which you are reluctant from verifying yourself is somewhat
childish in my book - but hey, I spend my nights debugging boards and
sending back remarks to Intel on how to make their boards better for
Asterisk. 

  Over the course of the past 3 years, I've used the following boards with
high success rates: Intel, Tyan, GigaByte, HP/Compaq and some IBM machines. 
I also integrated on some Asus and SuperMicro, but I wouldn't call those a
tier-1 installation, as they were mainly done in a lab condition for a lab
test.

Regards,
  Nir S

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Colin Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:38 AM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Intel Desktop MotherBoards Unsuitable for
Digium Boards

Onboard LAN with an un-movable IRQ would mess that up good

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Riddell [mailto:matt.riddell at sineapps.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:30 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Intel Desktop MotherBoards Unsuitable for
Digium Boards


George Pajari wrote:
> FYI:
> 
> We're trying to standardise on a tier one motherboard for the Asterisk
> boxes we build for customers and thought we'd try to use a low-end Intel
> Desktop Board since even a low-end Celeron has more than enough
> horsepower to handle a typical 8x32 PBX.
> 
> To make a long story short, according to Intel Dealer Technical Support
> (we became Intel dealers in order to get answers to our questions) there
> is no Intel motherboard that permits the IRQs to be configured uniquely.
> They are all hardwired and shared. This information applies to both the
> Intel Desktop Board and Server Board product lines.

So just install Digium cards and disable anything you don't need.  You only
need to change IRQs if you have an unresolvable conflict.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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