10gbe SFP Modules and Switch

[ltd73]

DAC aka 'twinax' aka CX1 (badly named - should not be called 'CX1') is just two transceivers and a cable fused together.

it can work NIC-to-NIC just the same way as cat5e/6/6A/[..] can work back-to-back.

the only catch is that the devil is in the details of how it technically works and a NIC or device must explicitly support DAC as an option because there is all sorts of analog stuff that needs to be setup correctly (preemphasis, gain, etc) and historically the first SFP+ based things got them oh-so-wrong.

but the Intel NIC you list should be fine.

[flain]

Originally Posted by Herballizard

Question for the boys that get to play with bigger toys

I have been looking over both the Intel X520-DA2 and using

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-J9281...item519e34c863

Or X520-T2 with regular old RJ45 copper

Mostly to directly connect my solaris express box to my xenserver anyone ever done it before. I wanted to run comstar on the se box and use it for vm storage.

I am trying to be a cheap arse and not have to use a bajillion dollar 10gbe switch. That is I want to keep the whole box and dice under about 1.2k if possible

To do it on the cheap check this thread http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=944153 (despite the title i ended up finding cheap 10gbe copper NICS)

I don't have a switch though so both boxes connect directly via the 10gig NICs then use separate NICs to access the rest of my LAN.

[rainwulf]

The whole idea was a crap shoot, so im selling the NC522 SFP+ nic and getting an intel 10gbe ethernet card sometime in the future.

For now im sticking with load balanced 4 gig.
(4 x 1gb intel nics teamed together)

[ltd73]

why didn't it work?
seems like a devolution step to me...

where are you selling the NC522?