Equivalent to MNPH29D-XTR.HP version of Mellanox Connect X-2 for $45 each and free shipping.
HP 518001-001 Dual Port 10GbE PCIe Server Adapter - 516937-B21
I really cannot stand HP's websites. Trying to find product pages or download pages is an absolute nightmare. The VPI IB cards are able to have RDMA firmware flashed onto them because the latest driver package contains the necessary firmware. I've done it myself. But it's nigh impossible to find confirmed 100% sure-fire drivers for the EN ConnectX-2 cards. I know they're still 10gbit cards but I really want RDMA functionality as I plan to do a 6 node ScaleIO cluster and I'm really pissed off at infiniband right now having garbage throughput even with something simple like iperf testing(QDR).Sure they're a go for purchase. RDMA is an amazing feature but even without they're still 10gbit cards for pennies. RDMA in 2.9.1530 unfortunately won't work either as 2.9.8350 is required at least. This of course applies to Windows and Network Direct. Linux is a diffrent beast.
Why would you bother for these? Mellanox is much easier to navigate and give you tools/info to flash their HP-branded cards (or even cross-flash some to Mellanox). They also have PDF cross-references for HP equivalents so you know exactly what to look out for.I really cannot stand HP's websites. Trying to find product pages or download pages is an absolute nightmare. ...
This may come as a surprise but due to how Mellanox packaged some of their most recent driver installers for Windows they stopped including a usable firmware file. The firmware file I got to enable RDMA on my ConnectX-2 VPI cards actually came from a Dell driver package. I mean I get your point that's just not how things worked out for me lol.Why would you bother for these? Mellanox is much easier to navigate and give you tools/info to flash their HP-branded cards (or even cross-flash some to Mellanox). They also have PDF cross-references for HP equivalents so you know exactly what to look out for.
It does! I see they have become worse about supporting their own EOL'd cards while branded versions get (a little) more support.This may come as a surprise but due to how Mellanox packaged some of their most recent driver installers for Windows they stopped including a usable firmware file.
Hmm, wonder if there's a "catalog" where we can find part numbers for all the different kinds of Mellanox brackets?edit: Found them for $1.92 and half the shipping cost @ IT Planet
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What is the significance of that revision?Got the ConnectX-2s. Looks like they are the B3 revision cards.
How many did you buy? I tried to order 10 from IT Planet and got an email stating they were back ordered for 3 to 5 weeks...Contacted Mellanox about full height brackets for these. $5 each, but they wanted $12.95 shipping for 2.
Anyway, here's the link to the part on their store - Mellanox Certified Refurbished MTM003231 PCI Ex Hawk4 Standard Tall Bracket 2 SFP + 10GE Ports; 4 LEDS
edit: Found them for $1.92 and half the shipping cost @ IT Planet
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