Question about Mellanox ConnectX-2 MNPA19-XTR Drivers

[BigXor]

I am planning to use the MNPA19-XTR cards for PC to PC 10Gbe connection.

The Mellanox site offers two versions of the driver that works on Win 7
Win 2008 R2 Server Driver or Win 7 Client driver.
Which one do I use on this card?
Or should I use something like OpenFabrics (OFED) ?

Also, I sent back a couple brand new Brocade 1020's because one died after only a day. I was wondering if the Brocade active Twinax SFF+ copper cable is sufficient for the Mellanox cards?

 

[MiniKnight]

I would use the Win 7 driver.

 

[ServeMe]

Hey BigXor,



As I was researching the Brocade cable should be fine.
Almost SFP+ cables should working fine with mellanox.

Could you make it?