Good day to all.
please go easy on me, just starting to teach myself more in IT after being out of IT for 10+ years so go easy, I may as well be a freshman.
Im in the process of building a home server and am investigating network cards. I have come across the Mellanox connect X3 range (which seems cheaper and has faster transfer rates then the connect X4). I am just wanting to confirm a few things as spec sheets are non existent.
The card in question is a MCX354A-FCBS
Does it work with Hyper-V?
Does it support VLAN 802.1Q?
As I only will be running the 2 ports at 10GB at the moment can I put them into a PCI 3 x 4 lane instead of 8 (physical 16 so it will fit but lanes are only 4 speed)?
New to the whole server game (honestly only did desktop support and basic domain installs so really throwing myself into the deep end here
Or can anyone recommend a cheaper card that will work. Be mindful I am trying to find a dual SFP+/QSFP+ that will work in a PCI gen 3 x 4 slot. Yes I know the bandwidth of the x4 slot is not going to be any good past the 10GB modules but it allows for future expansion if I want to move it into another PCI slot.
40GB not a necessity but hey if you can why no right?
please go easy on me, just starting to teach myself more in IT after being out of IT for 10+ years so go easy, I may as well be a freshman.
Im in the process of building a home server and am investigating network cards. I have come across the Mellanox connect X3 range (which seems cheaper and has faster transfer rates then the connect X4). I am just wanting to confirm a few things as spec sheets are non existent.
The card in question is a MCX354A-FCBS
Does it work with Hyper-V?
Does it support VLAN 802.1Q?
As I only will be running the 2 ports at 10GB at the moment can I put them into a PCI 3 x 4 lane instead of 8 (physical 16 so it will fit but lanes are only 4 speed)?
New to the whole server game (honestly only did desktop support and basic domain installs so really throwing myself into the deep end here
Or can anyone recommend a cheaper card that will work. Be mindful I am trying to find a dual SFP+/QSFP+ that will work in a PCI gen 3 x 4 slot. Yes I know the bandwidth of the x4 slot is not going to be any good past the 10GB modules but it allows for future expansion if I want to move it into another PCI slot.
40GB not a necessity but hey if you can why no right?