Current Intel i225 2.5GbE NICs Are Missing a Big Feature

[Rohit Kumar]

Current Intel i225 2.5GbE NICs are missing a big feature. As an industry, we need Intel to release new 2.5GbE NICs suitable for servers

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[Deslok]

The 82599EN seems to support sideband is it possible intel expects those to be used in servers instead since they're rated for 10GbaseT and is considering 2.5 a "consumer only" technology? I really couldn't picture a high end server shipping with less than 10gig these days anyway...
Intel® 82599EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Product Specifications

 

[SRussell]

The 82599EN seems to support sideband is it possible intel expects those to be used in servers instead since they're rated for 10GbaseT and is considering 2.5 a "consumer only" technology? I really couldn't picture a high end server shipping with less than 10gig these days anyway...
Intel® 82599EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Product Specifications

Good find. I was curious what the pricing may be for a 10GBE NIC. $2.40 vs $42.03.

 

[Deslok]

Good find. I was curious what the pricing may be for a 10GBE NIC. $2.40 vs $42.03.

I was about to say I'd expect a newer part to be cheaper since that's a 2011 model but it looks like the x550 was a 2016 controller(that supports it) but is more expensive too, still I'd expect being 2020 to see some sort of price reduction/cost reduced version with more competition.
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550-AT Product Specifications

 

[RTM]

I thought we were done with the whole IPMI/ILO/iDRAC using the same NIC as the system itself, it is so much nicer to have physical separation of the management planes (at least security wise). But I don't know, maybe it's just me...

Which vendors care about this? The big ones like HP, Dell and so on? or are we talking about various appliance makers?