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    Upgrade from X8DTE-F?

    :cool: X8DTE-F is good board. I'd keep running it if it weren't for VMWare.
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    Upgrade from X8DTE-F?

    Hey everyone, I need your collective wisdom so I don't waste half my life researching. A couple of years ago I purchased a Supermicro X8DTE-F and two X5570's for my vSphere home lab. I was looking for quiet and cool and not too concerned with performance and it's was especially nice because of...
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    Quanta LB6M (10GbE) -- Discussion

    Hi everybody. I really like messing around with this thing. I have a networking newbie question. (a couple) Do I have to set an IP for an interface if I'm never going to route? Specifically on this switch, but switches in general. My thoughts are, all I have to do is add the VLAN and associate...
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    Quanta LB6M (10GbE) -- Discussion

    Hey Sleyk, Just curious, what are your temps now, with your mods?
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    Quanta LB6M (10GbE) -- Discussion

    Thanks so much for the assistance Sleyk. I had no idea there were copper interconnects. I'm going to use those since I have mostly short runs. Thanks again!
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    Quanta LB6M (10GbE) -- Discussion

    I'm new to fiber and would like to understand what transceiver type and cables I will need. I don't want get burned shopping on EBAY. Any assistance, even a link to reference would be appreciated.