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MLN-CX512F HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 641SFP28 Network Adapter P10109-B21pcie x16

MLN-CX512F HPE Ethernet 10/25Gb 2-port 641SFP28 Network Adapter P10109-B21 | eBay

 

[Rand__]

Already gone

 

[AK360]

I bought two of these from this seller two weeks ago, still in transit but tracking it..

 

[thetoad]

for us with an sx6036 is there any value to this vs a cx3 card?

 

[i386]

10GBE with roce v2

 

[up3up4]

I bought two of these from this seller two weeks ago, still in transit but tracking it..

Are those cards ship to US?

 

[dreamkass]

Can these be flashed back to Mellanox firmware?

 

[AK360]

Mine arrived today and all working well, from my research into firmware these ca not be flashed with Mellanox firmware.

 

[AK360]

Are those cards ship to US?

UK

 

[RP386]

UK

Can you confirm that they work at 25 GbE? Looks like they are back on sale.

 

[AK360]

Yes they work great at 25Gb. They do have a slight problem in that currently there is no firmware update from hp for them and according to this https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/oem/hpe/RG-Mellanox-and-HPE-reference-guide.pdf they are custom cards. I have a support case open with hp to provide an update.

Alex

 

[i386]

They do have a slight problem in that currently there is no firmware update from hp for them and according to this https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/oem/hpe/RG-Mellanox-and-HPE-reference-guide.pdf they are custom cards.

The reference guide pdfs are outdated, mellanox/nvidia has a webpage with the hpe & mellanox skus now: https://docs.mellanox.com/display/HMSRG

 

[Originalus]

The reference guide pdfs are outdated, mellanox/nvidia has a webpage with the hpe & mellanox skus now: https://docs.mellanox.com/display/HMSRG

But it is not present in your given webpage.
Mystery card... By PCB looks like based on CX512F-ACAT.

 

[Rand__]

I have a support case open with hp to provide an update.

Any news on this?

 

[hakabe]

Any news on this?

I'm too very interested!

 

[AK360]

Hi I will send them a chaser email and see what's happening.

 

[AK360]

Update: Firmware being coded no eta yet...

 

[Rand__]

They don't have one? Weird.

Based on what did you open the case?
I.e. are the cards under warranty by themselves or did you use a generic (work) account ?

 

[AK360]

Work account, comes under warranty for servers not cards directly.

Apparently they only ever shipped with one firmware and it has never been updated. Not sure why as they seem to have sold quite a few and they can still be purchased.

 

[Rand__]

@AK360 what is the original firmware on these?

I just got one of mine auto-updated by MLX CX5 EN Driver for windows but i didnt check it before installing the driver...