Hi
I am thinking of upgrading my router (cutom built VyOS machine) to switch (a Mikrotik) connection form 10g to 40g. These Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX354A (HP 649281-B21) cards look promising but I am failing to come up with a reasonably priced QSFP+ module. My house is wired with MMF and SMF LC terminated fiber so my options are limited to 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ modules as those should be the only ones with LC connectors.
Looking at FS.com I can see:
Mellanox MC2210511-LR4 Compatible, 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ 1310nm 10km DOM LC SMF Optical Transceiver Module for 307€
MikroTik Q+31DLC10D Compatible 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ 1310nm 10km DOM LC SMF Optical Transceiver Module for 307€
there are also:
Mikrotik Q+89DLC150D Compatible 40GBASE-SR Bi-Directional Duplex LC MMF Optical Transceiver Module
Mellanox QSFP-40G-SR-BD Compatible 40GBASE-SR Bi-Directional Duplex LC MMF Optical Transceiver Module
but those have no price listed so I have no idea it they are even considerable.
Looking at eBay there are Juniper and Finstar modules running at 100 € a piece. Some weird KAIAM ones are as low as 50€ (shipping excluded) but I have no idea if those are compatible as many of them have conflicting information in the listing.
So basically my question is - am I missing something here or are my options very limited here i.e. on top of 500$ switch, 100€ NIC I will have to dish out another 600€ for the modules? Thanks!
I am thinking of upgrading my router (cutom built VyOS machine) to switch (a Mikrotik) connection form 10g to 40g. These Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX354A (HP 649281-B21) cards look promising but I am failing to come up with a reasonably priced QSFP+ module. My house is wired with MMF and SMF LC terminated fiber so my options are limited to 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ modules as those should be the only ones with LC connectors.
Looking at FS.com I can see:
Mellanox MC2210511-LR4 Compatible, 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ 1310nm 10km DOM LC SMF Optical Transceiver Module for 307€
MikroTik Q+31DLC10D Compatible 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ 1310nm 10km DOM LC SMF Optical Transceiver Module for 307€
there are also:
Mikrotik Q+89DLC150D Compatible 40GBASE-SR Bi-Directional Duplex LC MMF Optical Transceiver Module
Mellanox QSFP-40G-SR-BD Compatible 40GBASE-SR Bi-Directional Duplex LC MMF Optical Transceiver Module
but those have no price listed so I have no idea it they are even considerable.
Looking at eBay there are Juniper and Finstar modules running at 100 € a piece. Some weird KAIAM ones are as low as 50€ (shipping excluded) but I have no idea if those are compatible as many of them have conflicting information in the listing.
So basically my question is - am I missing something here or are my options very limited here i.e. on top of 500$ switch, 100€ NIC I will have to dish out another 600€ for the modules? Thanks!