WTB: Mellanox ConnectX-4 SFP+ card

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Kev

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What is the most compatible card for FreeNAS (FreeBSD version) for basic SFP+ connectivity to switch. Single port is OK. Is ConnectX-3 well supported? Is under $50 reasonable?
 
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Rand__

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Yes and yes.
Or Chelsio which traditionally has excellent FreeBSD support

Whatever you can get according to your price point basically which is not a consumer vendor and not really ancient (eg not sure about really old intel nics, should work, but not advisable due to potential support issues someday and power draw)
 
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tinfoil3d

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used cx3 dual sfp+ should be well in $20s to maybe $30s, i've seen a ton of singleport qsfp+ versions of mlx3 for $25 on the bay.
 
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