Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe: Unsupported SFP+ modules on 10Gbit/s X520-DA2 NIC?

[Jesper D. B. <jd...@co...>]

On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 09:13 -0800, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:30:58 -0800
> Jesper Dangaard Brouer <ha...@co...> wrote:
>
> > I just bought three 10Gbit/s X520-DA2 NICs (82599 based) for
> > production usage, but I cannot get them to accept any of my 10Gbit/s
> > SFP+ modules (4 different tried). According to the documentation I can
> > find, the X520-DA2 NIC should support fiber optics SFP+ modules.
>
> For X520 adapters, the documentation[1] states that which SFP+
> adapters are/are not supported.  Direct attach cables are also
> supported.
> 
> [1] http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS-030612.htm

They only support two fiber optics SFP+ module!!! ... sorry but that
sucks :-(

Does anybody know why they can only support these two SFP+ modules?
My other 82599 NICs have been running fine with other SFP+ modules.
Is there a technical reason?


> > The SFP+ modules does work in another 82599 based NIC in the same
> > machine (engineering sample from PJ).
> 
> Sorry, can't help you with that one, those samples are different
> hardware.

I fully understand, you cannot support these engineering samples.

Do Intel have another model of NICs, that support more SFP+ modules?
Perhaps the x540 based one?
(I would like support for a 20Km SFP+)

Thanks for your answer, Jesse :-)
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  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
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