Starting a thread on these cards. They are extremely inexpensive on ebay (I purchased 3 for $99.99 total shipped).
Here is an ebay link to the cards: brocade 1020 | eBay
$33.33 each was achieved using best offer.
Specs
Power consumption: 8.5w
Dual port SFP+
Low profile (mine came with full height brackets)
Tested Operating Systems
Confirmed working with:
VMware ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.5 with drivers (see here)
Solaris 11 (see here)
Ubuntu 13.10 - not autodetected at startup (will try installing drivers)
Windows 7
A few threads on the Brocade 1020
http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/2143-anyone-notice-cheap-brocade-10gbe.html
http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/1488-brocade-cnas.html
Here is an ebay link to the cards: brocade 1020 | eBay
$33.33 each was achieved using best offer.
Specs
Power consumption: 8.5w
Dual port SFP+
Low profile (mine came with full height brackets)
Tested Operating Systems
Confirmed working with:
VMware ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.5 with drivers (see here)
Solaris 11 (see here)
Ubuntu 13.10 - not autodetected at startup (will try installing drivers)
Windows 7
A few threads on the Brocade 1020
http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/2143-anyone-notice-cheap-brocade-10gbe.html
http://forums.servethehome.com/networking/1488-brocade-cnas.html