Hello I'm new to the forums. I have been looking around for a reasonably priced SFP+ adapter for Windows Server 2016. I have several 10Gbit Meraki Direct Attach cables laying around and I have a US-16-XG coming soon. I am currently using Server 2008 R2 Standard and looking to migrate to Server 2016. I have a X520-DA1 but it appears from some reading I did that it only functions at 1Gbit in Windows 10 (and presumably Server 2016 as well)
Does anyone know of an inexpensive adapter that will work? I have looked at the Mellanox ConnectX-2 but I am unsure if those work in Win 10/Server 2016
Also out of curosity what would happen if you plugged a 8x PCI-E 2.0 card into a 1x or 4x PCI-E 2.0 slot (limit of 500MB/s per lane) Would it even function?
Does anyone know of an inexpensive adapter that will work? I have looked at the Mellanox ConnectX-2 but I am unsure if those work in Win 10/Server 2016
Also out of curosity what would happen if you plugged a 8x PCI-E 2.0 card into a 1x or 4x PCI-E 2.0 slot (limit of 500MB/s per lane) Would it even function?
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