Purchase of older 10GbE NIC X540-T1 on Ebay

[Reider]

Hi,

I’m not sure if this type of post is allowed, but i’ll ask anyway.

I need another 10GbE NIC and found these rather cheap X540-T1 NICs on ebay.

Intel X540-T1 1-Port Ethernet 10GbE PCIe NIC Genuine w Yottamark Both Bracket | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Intel X540-T1 1-Port Ethernet 10GbE PCIe NIC Genuine w Yottamark Both Bracket at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

I want to buy used equipment to save some cash, but don’t want to buy counterfeit if i can help it. Any idea if the link above is legit or not?

It looks legit from the pictures I have googled.

Any ideas?

 

[Stephan]

I'd say legit, chinese fakers don't bother usually with that many decals, also Made in Malaysia, "Intel" company logo, slot bracket looking suspiciously of high quality.

 

[Reider]

Thanks for the feedback. Good to get a 2nd oppinion

 

[eatbuckshot]

Another way to get X540 based 10g nics is through proprietary OEM variants such as the dual 10g 10gbase-t hp 561FLR-T which go for 10-15$/ea
If you don't require it to be lowprofile, there are pcie adapters for them that are $10/15.

More info in this post

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/consumer-brand-trendnet-asus-vs-used-enterprise-10gbe-nic-for-10gbe-over-cat5e.36986/post-342580

 

[Sean Ho]

It's probably legit; $60 for X540-T1 is about right, not unrealistically cheap. Dell WDFH0 (there are many other names for OEM X540-T2) have been as low as $11 before (pre-pandemic).

 

[Reider]

Thanks everyone. I’ve picked up a few and a cheap X550-T2 which covers my 3 servers and my workstation.

I’ve got CAT6A in the walls so i’m good to go. All i’m missing is a switch with layer 3 routing (or maybe VyOs on Proxmox?)

I’ve been looking at the Unifi Enterprise XG 24 (24x 10GbE + 2x SFP28 25Gb) to replace a 24 port 1GbE unifi switch.

Looks like a good switch that integrates right into my existing unify network, but an expensive option and I can’t add ACLs for layer 3 routing which was a major bummer. So I cancelled that order.

PFSense does my inter-vlan routing today, but it’s capped at 1Gbps (Netgate 5100).

All system/node firewalls have a strict policy, so layer 3 ACLs aren’t a must have, but it just feels dumb that layer 3 ACL are not possible on the unifi switch.