I could use advice as I'm getting contradictory information.
I have a TrueNAS box being bought. It will ship with (what I assume is) chelsio 4x10gbe SFP+ connectors.
I have a series of nodes being built that need to be networked with said box. The nodes will likely run Windows 10 because of ... engineering stubbornness.
I had originally proposed a qsfp+ switch, but couldn't come up with drivers/compatibility for all those above systems.
What inexpensive options do I have for DAC for QSFP or SFP, and switch wise? Could I do something (as stupid as) 48 port SFP+ switch and just plug all my connections in, and LAGG them together?
The vendor lockouts/compatibility I'm reading about has me quite worried- I don't want to be constantly returning stuff for incompatible transceivers, and I haven't figured out what is compatible with what yet.
The switch I was looking at was a Netgear unit with SFP+ and QSFP+ connections, running about $4k.
Thank you kindly
I have a TrueNAS box being bought. It will ship with (what I assume is) chelsio 4x10gbe SFP+ connectors.
I have a series of nodes being built that need to be networked with said box. The nodes will likely run Windows 10 because of ... engineering stubbornness.
I had originally proposed a qsfp+ switch, but couldn't come up with drivers/compatibility for all those above systems.
What inexpensive options do I have for DAC for QSFP or SFP, and switch wise? Could I do something (as stupid as) 48 port SFP+ switch and just plug all my connections in, and LAGG them together?
The vendor lockouts/compatibility I'm reading about has me quite worried- I don't want to be constantly returning stuff for incompatible transceivers, and I haven't figured out what is compatible with what yet.
The switch I was looking at was a Netgear unit with SFP+ and QSFP+ connections, running about $4k.
Thank you kindly