[OmniOS-discuss] Does anyone know about a 10GbE Quad-Port NIC for omniOS?

[Dale Ghent]

Ah, another thing that I remembered - If you are using Supermicro server hardware that has a SIOM expansion slot, Supermicro has a quad 10Gb SIO module based on the X550 chip:

https://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-MTG-i4T.cfm

/dale

> On Jan 11, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
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> 
> Since you mention X540, I suppose you mean you that you want twisted pair 10Gb ethernet ports.
> 
> You're probably looking at the Intel X710-T4. This will actually be driven by the i40e driver rather than the ixgbe driver as the MAC is from the 10/40Gb XL700 series but the 10Gb twisted pair PHY is the X557-AT4
> 
> I haven't actually used these, but they would appear to be 4 ports, twisted pair, and supportable under OmniOS.
> 
> /dale
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>> On Jan 11, 2017, at 6:05 AM, Stephan Budach <stephan.budach at jvm.de> wrote:
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>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I am wondering, if anyone knows about a Quad-Port 10 GbE NIC, that is supported by omniOS? Of course, I could just stuff two X540s in the box, but maybe someone knows about a solid alternative.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> budy
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