Brocade 1020 CNA 10GbE PCIe Cards
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Currently I'm using 10GBase-SR optics and OM3 fiber
Going to buy pair of 1m twinax cables. For esxi - filer connection.
Brocade cables P/Ns:
1M: 58-1000026-01 23USD/pop on ebay from cjsmd
3M: 58-1000027-01 27USD/pop ^
5M: 58-1000023-01 33USD/pop ^
Ran iperf between 2 centos 6.2 boxes with 9000 mtu.
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# iperf -s
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Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
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[ 4] local 192.168.10.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.10.3 port 52819
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.31 Gbits/sec
[ 5] local 192.168.10.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.10.3 port 52820
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.31 Gbits/sec
[ 4] local 192.168.10.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.10.3 port 52821
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.23 Gbits/sec
[ 5] local 192.168.10.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.10.3 port 52822
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 10.8 GBytes 9.30 Gbits/sec
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Thank you for sharing! That is a great result. 9.3gbps is close enough to 10gig for me.
For those than want the easy click
1M: 58-1000026-01 23USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000026-01 | eBay
3M: 58-1000027-01 27USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000027-01 | eBay
5M: 58-1000023-01 33USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000023-01 | eBay
Hope that helps. There is also a seller right now with the 3M for $25 only in California.
For those than want the easy click
1M: 58-1000026-01 23USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000026-01 | eBay
3M: 58-1000027-01 27USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000027-01 | eBay
5M: 58-1000023-01 33USD/pop on ebay from china seller cjsmd and here is a full result search: 58-1000023-01 | eBay
Hope that helps. There is also a seller right now with the 3M for $25 only in California.
Came across this .pdf yesterday about qualified cables and transceivers for brocade products, picked the p/ns from there..
http://community.brocade.com/dtscp7...ocade Qual and Support Transceiver Matrix.pdf
http://community.brocade.com/dtscp7...ocade Qual and Support Transceiver Matrix.pdf
Do you have the twinax cable hooked up directly to the two cards or did you go through a switch? Thanks
There's Win2012 driver on the brocade site, should work on Win8 too, I'll try it on win8 when I get home and load the OS to SSD.
Like I said in my earlier posts, I got my cards with 10GBase-SR SFP+ modules. So I'm using them with OM3 Fiber for now.
Wow that is expensive... I was looking for a cable that will work that is $50 not $1300....
How big of a cable do you need? The Active Twinax DAC's only go 1-5m but are in that price range (or much less). See my earlier post for links.
Right but will those cables allow for direct connection between cards? I am still trying to figure out if you need a special cable or special configuration. Thanks
one more question, do i only need this cable 58-1000026-01 23USD/pop ( suggested by MiniKnight ) to have a direct connection between those cards?
So... I don't really have any experience with FCOE or FC for that matter, but as I understand it, FCOE should be more efficient than ISCSI.
Thing is, I would like to use a HP microserver N54L, as some kind of SAN.
Question is, what does it take to use the functionality?
As far as I have read, it's possible to do FCOE in software, but ideally I want to use the card for as much as possible.
Thing is, I would like to use a HP microserver N54L, as some kind of SAN.
Question is, what does it take to use the functionality?
As far as I have read, it's possible to do FCOE in software, but ideally I want to use the card for as much as possible.