Crazy 100GbE adapter for $100

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SPCRich

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i purchase 2 of these cards and would be good to get any feedback on if anyone is able to get these to work and in which type of host.
best,
jp
Bold move...buying something when you don't know if they'll even work, or how to use them? "it was shiny"
 

jpmomo

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Can't find them anywhere. I do have some non-franken nic 200GE cards from Mellanox.
 

Jaket

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As someone else said with the costs of the 100G switches it's quite nice.
We have started renting out quite a large amount of 10G unmetered dedicated servers lately and with the 100G switches starting to setup systems with dual 25G ports.
Might be time to look at some 100g options.
Biggest issue is being able to use that full 100g ports. :)
 

neobenedict

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I wouldn't buy this card if you are just after a 100G NIC, it's not designed for that. Plus, there is no support from the vendor, so a lot of work is having to be done to make them usable...
 
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Freebsd1976

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anyone try this on windows? Didn’t found win drive for it

buy one intel fm10420qda2 similar with OP but it is intel ,after search and read docs , I felt buy a wrong item , anyone successfully bring this card work could give some hints? Losing my mind
 
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btyeung

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Has anyone got this working in Proxmox yet? What compatibility is needed for ther DAC or transceiver, meaning, is it "Intel" because of the chip. I ask because I have it in proxmox 6 (2 nodes), drivers appear to be loaded (FM10k), DAC coded with Intel, and no link or lights from the card itself.