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You can see this thread https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/beware-of-emc-switches-sold-as-mellanox-sx6xxx-on-ebay.10786/ People report successful conversion there

AFAIK no, you'll need at least MSX6012 with "modifications" (that's for Mellanox switches). If you need network only for file sharing/remote drives - then IBoIP can be ok. If you are going into virtualisation then IPoIB won't to make it. You can't have many "IPoIB macs" on one card. I don't know...

Totally agree, 40/56Gbps can be had very cheap now (and silent!) My experience with this is IS5022 (QDR, ~$80) or MSX6005 (FDR, ~$100), a bunch of ConnectX-3's (around $30 for HP branded) and a cables (10m fiber can be found for less than $15). The best feature about IS5022 is on the attached...