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    Mellanox Connectx-2 VPI Dual Port Adapter - $49.99 OBO

    The listing says that the fiber has been cut, so I can't imagine that there is any way to use them unless you splice in new fiber. A decent fusion splicer still runs, as far as I am aware, $5,000 to $10,000 (and is only one of the tools that you need to do a decent job). If you have have tools...
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    Trouble with SM SC846 and Asus MB

    The protocol itself is called PMBus.
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    Mellanox Connectx-2 VPI Dual Port Adapter - $49.99 OBO

    Take a look at this article: http://www.servethehome.com/custom-firmware-mellanox-oem-infiniband-rdma-windows-server-2012/ (This isn't a Windows-specific problem, by the way.) The cards are not capable of RDMA and certain types of offloads without firmware 2.9.8350 or later. At 40 GT/s (or...