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    Patching Intel X520 EEPROM to unlock all SFP+ transceivers

    Not sure if this helps, this seems to work with the Fujitsu version of the card I have in my one of my workstations: (Yes, it's still Windows 7 because reasons).
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    If you look back a few pages in this thread someone was talking about successfully using a 2.5G SFP+ transceiver in what I think was a 6610. It's about the transceiver.
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    List of NICs and their equivalent OEM parts

    So I just used the latest Intel ProSet drivers... This particular workstation I'm still running Windows 7 on and I got the drivers from Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Windows 7* - Final Release, I'd assume anything on Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 Downloads, Drivers and...
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    List of NICs and their equivalent OEM parts

    For what it's worth, I bought a Fujitsu D2755-A11 based on this post and found it to be for all intents and purposes to be an x520 but tolerant out of the box of any SFP+ transceiver I tried in it. I was able to flash the latest iSCSI firmware to it directly from the Intel site and am using...
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    "40GBASE-Passive Copper" vs "40G QSFP(Copper-Pigtail)"

    For the record, the pigtail cables seem to work just fine, at least in this case between an HP 649281-B21 flashed over to 544QSFP and the 40Gbit/sec ports on the ICX6610. To join the chorus of people who confirm these cables work, I'm now using two cables from an eBay listing titled " Genuine...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    This is a guess but I'm betting it's because that transceiver plugs into a SFP+ port and provides 2.5Gbit/sec connectivity instead of 10Gbit/sec.
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Newb question. Snip from the output of show interfaces. What do the egress queue numbers on the bottom mean, especially the "Dropped Packets"? I'm noticing hiccups here and there after switching my lab over to a 6610. 10GigabitEthernet 1/2/7 is up, line protocol is up Port up for 2 day(s) 1...
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    "40GBASE-Passive Copper" vs "40G QSFP(Copper-Pigtail)"

    Relevant output of "sh media" on a Brocade ICX6610: Port 1/2/1: Type : 40GE-Passive Copper Port 1/2/6: Type : 40GE QSFP(Copper-Pigtail) 1/2/1 and 1/2/6 are both the 40G ports in the stack module, first cable is a Dell DAC-QSFP-40G-1M, Dell P/N 05NP8R, second cable is an Amphenol 112-00178+A0...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    I knew I had seen a post about this. kiteboarder, since you have an instance of this failure where the heatsink isn't bonded to the chip underneath, if IIRC, fohdeesha was looking for the part number off of the top of that chip, ages ago - top of page 51 in this thread. Page 301 has my...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    The conversation starting here sounds almost exactly like what I'm experiencing - including adding tagged vlans to them causing the links to go down and never come back up until the switch is reloaded. I think the conclusion was that the switch was bad, but could the fact that I'm seeing the...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Regarding mine, the following comes out of the serial console on startup. A clue? I'm using 1/2/2, 1/2/3 in a static LAG, and same for 1/2/7, 1/2/8. No physical connections on 1/2/1, 1/2/4, 1/2/5, 1/2/6, 1/2/9, 1/2/10 - yet. Do all four lanes in the QSFP+ on these breakout stacking ports have to...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Having trouble using the breakout stack ports on a 6610 to a server. Stacking is not enabled. Using a decent quality breakout DAC cable. I'm sure I'm missing something stupid. I configured a static LAG to go to an ESXi server using 1/2/9 and 1/2/10, primary port 1/2/9. Deployed. Links were...
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    Patching Intel X520 EEPROM to unlock all SFP+ transceivers

    Can you provide more information about what OS you're trying this from and exactly which card you have?
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Oh wow. I'm assuming TIM is "thermal interface material"? If the device appears to still work properly, this is still something that has to be addressed, correct? Is this a common issue with the 6610's or did I just get lucky? Also, I had thought about using a bolt and nut setup, but with a...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    This is really digging up bones, sorry, this is one of the few mentions I've found for this happening, this is specific to the ICX6610. With my first 6610, it was just the chip on the right side as viewed from the front, and it was obvious that it got hotter than the other one. I wonder if...
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    Patching Intel X520 EEPROM to unlock all SFP+ transceivers

    Does anyone know what the second least significant bit does at 0x53 on the x520? i.e. I'm wondering the difference between 0xFC/0xFD and 0xFE/0xFF is. Obviously the least significant bit is the "Allow unapproved SFP+", but what's the one next to it? I ran ethtool, saw either 0xFC or 0xFE on a...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Not sure if this is what you're asking or if it helps but I'll take a stab at it. You can copy the config to a tftp server and then back off of it, of course I have no idea if the config is interchangeable between those two switches...
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    HGST HUH721010AL5200 firmware

    Agreed, that makes it a whole lot harder. You might try looking up the part number. For example, I have a population of HUS156060VLS600 drives, all with part number 0B23663. Those are actual vanilla HGST drives. I also have other HUS156060VLS600 drives with part number 0B24502, and those are...
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    HGST HUH721010AL5200 firmware

    My experience is, if you open a ticket with WDC, and make it clear that you both know what you're doing and accept full responsibility for any screw-ups, they will get you firmware after a few days. Ask a Question | WD Support. I also included as many serial numbers as I could in the web form...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    This. Those fan trays and PSU's bring an absurd amount of money on eBay if you can find them.