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Re: Intel 10G NIC problems

From	General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: Intel 10G NIC problems
Date	2011-09-12 00:37 +0000
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:38:59 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:

> On Sep 6, 2:28 pm, General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I found a page on Intel's site where they say that their NICs only work
>> with Intel transceivers, and I've received an e-mail from them to that
>> effect. I wonder what the hell they did that made there adapters
>> incompatible with a standard SFP+ transceiver?
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS-030612.htm
> 
> 1) Read the transceiver ID.
> 
> 2) Check the ID against a list.
> 
> 3) If it doesn't match, pretend the transceiver doesn't exist.
> 
> DS

It turns out the particular cards that I bought don't support optical 
transceivers, it doesn't say that on Newegg's website but there is a hard 
to find page on Intel's website that say so.

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Intel 10G NIC problems General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-02 22:22 +0000
  Re: Intel 10G NIC problems Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2011-09-06 17:56 +0000
    Re: Intel 10G NIC problems General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-06 21:28 +0000
      Re: Intel 10G NIC problems Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2011-09-07 17:24 +0000
      Re: Intel 10G NIC problems David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> - 2011-09-08 17:38 -0700
        Re: Intel 10G NIC problems General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-12 00:37 +0000

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