10 Gbps NIC - advice needed

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Hot Lava makes some interesting cards using the Intel chipset:

   https://www.hotlavasystems.com/products_40gbe.html

You can get a 2x 40Gbps card, configure port1 as 40Gbps, and the second 
port as 4x 10Gbps ports with a breakout cable.  According to a quick 
call to their support number, the 4 ports on the break out will show up 
as separate devices (eg ix0, ix1, ix2, ix3).  My use case doesn't need a 
QSFP -> 4x 10Gbps breakout, but it would be need to try out.

As other people noted, you would need kit with PCE 3.0 slots.

Rudy


On 9/9/19 1:41 AM, Dustin Marquess wrote:
> I second the recommendation for Chelsio.  I had brand new retail Intel
> 40GE NICs (4 x 10GE) and I got so frustrated with the bugs that I sold
> them used on eBay just to recoup some of the cost.
>
> -Dustin
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 6:41 AM Robert Heron <robert at heron.pl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to use a 10 Gbps, 2 port NIC (copper RJ-45) with FreeBSD 11.3R amd64. Which NIC (manufacturer and model) would you recommend as the most trouble-free and reliable?
>> Maybe some Intel?
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
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