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I am looking for a 10GbE Nic for my two Truenas builds and Windows machine, as well as the right cable, transceiver and switch. Open Source Licenses. The Materials may include software subject to an open source license, including licenses recognized by the Open Source Initiative ( http://www.opensource.org). Nothing in this Agreement limits any rights under, or grants rights that supersede, the terms of any applicable open source software license. NO WARRANTY. The Materials are provided “as is,” without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, title, or fitness for a particular purpose. The Materials may include pre-release software or algorithms and may not be fully functional. Intel is not required to maintain, update, or support the Materials. I searched a lot, but still have some questions. I found a lot of 10 GBbE NIC, but couldn't choose the right. Intel X710 2x10GbE SFP+ Adapter, 81Y3520 (withdrawn) is supported in the x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 - System x server support section

NC-SI for shared management port connectivity through port 1 (NCSI support is for OCP and ML2 and AnyFabric adapters only) We tested the X710 OCP NIC using two ports on a 1m breakout QSFP+ DAC to our 32-port Arista 40GbE data center switch. We then varied the port speed and connection type and tested transfer speeds from our network storage. Intel X710 OCP NIC 3.0 Performance

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Empty SFP+ cages for 10GbE connection supporting SFP+ transceivers or DAC cables (except the T4 adapter which has RJ45 ports) If you have any question or if there is information missing, ill try my best to answer as fast as possible.

In terms of power consumption, this is where the Fortville NIC series shines. It is specifically designed to be a low-power option. Here is the official spec table with different attach levels for the dual and quad-port OCP NICs from Intel. Intel X710 OCP NIC 3.0 Power Consumption Specs SFP+ Modules (S26361-F3986-E3 / -L3) for MMF SR fiber optic or SFP+ Twinax cables (from switch vendors) can be plugged Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Effect of Termination. Upon termination of the Agreement, the licenses to You will immediately terminate and You must cease using the Materials and destroy all copies in your possession and direct Your subcontractors to do the same. Termination of this Agreement will not terminate the CNDA. Restrictions. Except as authorized above, You will not: (a) use or modify the Materials in any other way; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Materials provided in object form (except and only as specifically required under Section 2.5), or (c) use the Materials to violate or aid in the violation of any international human right. You will be liable for your subcontractor’s acts or omissions including breach of confidentiality.INDEMNITY. You will indemnify, defend, and hold Intel harmless from any allegation against Intel arising in connection with Your use of the Materials and You will pay all of Intel’s losses, liabilities, and costs (including attorneys’ fees) arising from the allegation. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000007022/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html Third-Party Software. Your use of any third-party software is subject to Your compliance with the license You obtain directly from that third-party. A listing of any such third-party software may be in a text file accompanying the Materials. Converging data and storage onto one fabric eliminates the need for multiple adapters, cables and switches Flexible technology options The host-based virtualization technologies supported by Intel VT include VMDq for Emulated Path: Adapter-based Queue sorting enabling efficient hypervisor-based switching

We can see the NICs are using the Intel i40e driver, which is Intel’s mainstream Fortville driver shared with the XL710 series and even the X722 PCH networking options found in Xeon Scalable platforms and the embedded NICs in the Xeon D-2100 series. We can also see SR-IOV support.

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From a performance perspective, the Intel X710-DA2 OCP NIC 3.0 performs just as we would expect. We have been using Intel’s X700 series NICs for over six years now (see Intel Fortville Lower Power Consumption and Heat as an example) so the driver support is very good. There was a Fortville re-spin to fix an early bug, but cards like this OCP NIC 3.0 form factor are all built many years after that occurred. It is something we do not worry about these days.