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I am trying to outfit my Dell r430 with 25gbe networking. Dell QL41232HLCU, is what I am looking at. My main concern is that the card will not ramp the fans. Does anyone know if the above card is compatible? I tried a hpe BCM 25gbe and it worked fine, but the resulting fan noise was terrible.

At this point I think you're right. I was thinking that perhaps I got one of the cards that apparently only works with fiber SFP's and not direct attach, but after this latest test, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Crazy enough, 1020 to 1020 works great too! So Connectx2 to Connectx2 works great. 1020 to 1020 works great. But Connectx2 to 1020 doesn't even light up!

Ah, I haven't even tried that. I'll test that out tonight.

I am using Brocade branded active 1M direct attach twinax. The cable goes directly from each 1020 port to each Mellanox card. If I unplug the Brocade, and connect the Mellanox together instead they work fine.

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Unfortunately I can't even get that far. I have the Mellanox cards connected right now and they are working fine, so I'm pretty sure it's not a software configuration issue in vmware. Unless I forgot to install something driver related. But the ESXi host sees the 1020 just fine, it just...

I got the ethernet driver installed in ESXi for the 1020. I hooked it up to the two Mellanox cards with a 1m brocade active sfp+ direct attach cable going to each. Unfortunately all hosts show the link is down. If I hook the two Mellanox cards together, they detect each other fine. The...

I have 3 HP G6 proliant servers that I use at home. I recently bought two Mellanox Connect X2 cards (single 10gbe port) and a single Brocade 1020 (dual 10gbe ports). I have put them in my servers, but I have still not purchased 2 cables yet. I have been reading today that the Brocade 1020...

I recently got a Brocade 1020 for $40 including shipping on Ebay (I guess prices have gone up). Anyways, I have it installed in an HP DL180 G6. I am running vmware ESXi 6.0. The adapter is detected, but I have an issue. It is only showing up in my storage adapters as a Fiber Channel type. I...

I tried offering him $30.00. He instantly rejected the offer though :-(

Send another offer in, with a message that states, that they sold a pair to others for $28, is this a special deal only some people get? That's what I did, no response though

Thanks for the help. I just made another counter offer for $28 and asked if the deal was for everyone, or just some users. I guess we will see!

The esiso guy is not taking less than $34 for two. Has anyone else been able to get them for less?

I just put in an offer of $26 for two of the cards, hopefully he accepts it! Does anyone know if this works with ESXi 6.0? If not, I guess I can vt-d it to one of my W2K12 R2 guests. Any suggestions on a SFP+ direct attach cable? The servers are sitting on top of each other, so I only need...