Will this card (probably) work?

[Lee Brown]

I agree, but unfortunately nothing Intel offers came remotely close.  They
have only 1 card that does singlemode, which is a single port to boot and I
can't stick 4 of those in my server.  My choice was merely the only thing I
could find :(

I think I'm going to be better off getting some managed media converters
and a normal copper gigabit card that is well known and supported.
Singlemode cards are hard to find at best and this router will get heavy
use I expect.

Still waiting for PCI vendor information.

Thanks -- lee


On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Eric Joyner <ricera10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Other OEMs can make their own designs that use Intel chips -- e.g. Silicom
> makes a 6-port full height SFP card that combines a 4-port I350AM4 with a
> 2-port I350 AM2.
>
> It's just that the further away you get from an Intel design, the less
> support we'll be able to give you if something goes wrong. And buying a
> card on ebay, and made by a relatively unknown OEM (to me at least) doesn't
> help.
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:20 AM Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Pieper, Jeffrey E <
>> jeffrey.e.pieper at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> > What else would it show up as :) ?
>> >
>> > As long as the controller isn't counterfeit...which I would be wary of.
>> > I've never seen a low profile i350-F4, mainly due to overheating. You
>> can
>> > tell if you can see the components, but in this case the entire card is
>> > covered by the heatsink.
>> >
>>
>> ​This page, straight from Intel, says the F4 variant only comes in a
>> full-height format:
>> ​
>> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-products/
>> gigabit-server-adapters/ethernet-server-adapter-i350.html
>>
>> All the other variants (T2, T4, F2) come in low-profile formats.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Freddie Cash
>> fjwcash at gmail.com
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