I am building a machine vision system (gigabit ethernet cameras made by Basler), and need 5 network inputs into my industrial PC. Due to bandwidth and IP address concerns, I can't use a network switch into a single network port.
I can't seem to find many PCI Express, non-Power over Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 4-port network adapter cards that aren't labeled "Server Adapter". I don't need support for teams, virtual machines, security, etc as this machine will not be internet-enabled.
Given that my other requirements are met (Intel chipset, support for jumbo frames) can I use a "Server Adapter" card for simple networking of cameras into an industrial PC?
EDIT:
The IP address thing seems to be a tripping point. I don't have a complete response for you; that tidbit came from a coworker was recently working on a similar machine with 2 linescan cameras and said that he had to jump through a number of hoops setting up separate subnets so that they would both be recognized. I'm (plainly) not a network guy so his explanation only made partial sense to me, and he's out this week.
Really, all I'm trying to ask is whether this question is relevant to what I'm trying to do, and is there any reason a server adapter card, with its extra features, wouldn't do something a regular desktop adapter can do?
EDIT 2:
I mistakenly thought that IP cameras and GigE cameras were more similar than they are. I updated the title to reflect this. They aren't IP cameras in the same sense as most surveillance cameras.
EDIT 3:
Per comment from David Schwartz, camera models listed:
All Basler cameras:
(1) Ace 2MP area scan, acA1600-60gm
(1) Ace 5MP area scan, acA2500-20gm
(1) Racer 2K linescan, raL2048-48gm
(2) Racer 4K linescan, raL4096-24gm