USB2/Firewire card for server

[bluestrobe]

I need to add Firewire and USB2 capabilities to this server (HP DL380 G2). It has 3 PCI slots with only one left. This is what I have found so far:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815203001

I don't recognize the brand and am unsure if it will work in this server. Any suggestions or ideas? Otherwise I will give this card a shot.

 

[RebateMonger]

That card doesn't claim any Server 2000 or 2003 support at all. I'd at least go with a card that says it has drivers for Windows Server (unless you are using a different OS).

 

[bluestrobe]

I'm more worried about the hardware aspect as this is my personal server.

 

[RebateMonger]

Only one of those PCI slots is 33MHz. You'll likely have to use that one. Most standard PCI cards will have problems at 66MHz.

 

[bluestrobe]

I wasn't sure if those slots were backwards compatible. I would like to utilize one of them for a gigabit Ethernet card later on down the road.

 

[RebateMonger]

There may be more PCI cards that are 66-MHz compatible than I think. My experiences were with HP 66/100/133MHz PCI-X slots, which froze the server with two standard PCI NICs. Dell PCI-X slots (even the 133MHz slots) seem to be able to work with standard PCI cards. But the HP that I tried didn't seem to be able to downshift.