s2500

Hey all, long post but I want to be thorough because I've been banging my head against this for weeks and I'm out of ideas. The goal: Establish a 10GbE SFP+ fiber trunk between an Aruba S2500-24P (JW668A) and an Intel X520-DA2 NIC running in a pfSense box. Short run, bench test environment, OM3...

Looks like pricing has dropped a bit on some older Aruba MAS series switches on eBay. S2500-48T (4x SFP+, 48x 1GB) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aruba-Networks-S2500-48T-4x10G-Mobility-Access-Switch-10-100-1000-48-Ports/273628690778 - $99 shipped New Aruba S2500-48T-4x10G 48-Port 10/100/1000...