Hi! I am evaluating a Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F motherboard as part of a 5018D-MHR7N4P system, and I have a question about using the SFP+ ports.
This motherboard has 2x 1GBE Ethernet ports on RJ-45s, and two empty SFP+ cages. The SFP+ ports are said to be supported directly the Intel D-1500 SOC. The goal is to make all four Ethernet ports available to VMware on this system.
My problem is that I don't know which interconnects or drivers I need to use in VMware to support the SFP+ interfaces. I tried installing a 10Gtek ASF-GE-T SFP module and running RHEL 6.9 as a first test, but RHEL complains that it does not have the correct driver for the device. Realizing that I don't even know the part number of the Ethernet device that I need a driver for, I decided to ask here and see if anyone who has experience with this hardware can share some experience or knowledge about a setup like this one.
TIA, Bill
This motherboard has 2x 1GBE Ethernet ports on RJ-45s, and two empty SFP+ cages. The SFP+ ports are said to be supported directly the Intel D-1500 SOC. The goal is to make all four Ethernet ports available to VMware on this system.
My problem is that I don't know which interconnects or drivers I need to use in VMware to support the SFP+ interfaces. I tried installing a 10Gtek ASF-GE-T SFP module and running RHEL 6.9 as a first test, but RHEL complains that it does not have the correct driver for the device. Realizing that I don't even know the part number of the Ethernet device that I need a driver for, I decided to ask here and see if anyone who has experience with this hardware can share some experience or knowledge about a setup like this one.
TIA, Bill