At 171 pages I've had to skim some of this thread, so I apologize if this is covered.
Going way back to the first page it talks about flashing MCX354A-QCBT to -FCBT. That was like two years ago.
Right now I can get pre-flashed -FCBT on ebay for under $30.
HP 544QSFP MCX354A-FCBT 649281-B21 656089-001 VPI FDR 40GbE Mellanox OEMFirmware | eBay
My plan is to buy a 6610-48P and hook it to the pfsense/opnsense router I'm building using one of these cards.
My google skills are weak and what I can find is contradictory. Can anyone verify whether or not these work under freebsd/pfsense/opnsense?
And more relevant to this thread, assuming I have drivers, just one of those cards, a short QSFP+ DAC and the back of the 6610 and I'm good?
It seems too good to be true