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10 gigabit per second version of Ethernet protocol, using either copper or fiber cables

10 gigabit Ethernet is one of the newer standards in the Ethernet family. Its standard had been established in 2002 for fiber communication and 2006 for copper cable communication. It allows for transfer rates in around 1.1GiB/s. Other names include 10GbE, 10GigE and 10GE

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Very slow write speed (NVME drive) on 10G network

Setting up an experimental lab cluster, the write speed for data received via 10G fiber connection is 10% of the local write speeds. Testing transfer speed between two identical machines; iperf3 shows good memory to memory speed of 9.43Gbits/s. And…
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SFP+ vs CAT6a for 10GbE

We are looking to implement 10Gig ethernet for our ESX hosts and SANs. There are a number of solutions we have been looking at and it has really boiled down to what will give us the best bandwidth. One solution was to run Intel X540-T2 cards with…
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Very low throughput on 10GbE network

I have two Linux machines, each equipped with a Solarflare SFN5122F 10GbE NIC. The two NICs are connected together with an SFP+ Direct Attach cable. I am using netperf to measure TCP throughput between the two machines. On one box, I…
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please demystify the 10Gb ethernet interfaces, cables

this really is a Dell question but tempted to ask the experts @ serverfault. choosen a Dell powerconnect 8024 10GbE switch. per the spec sheet this has 10GbaseT ports. "24x 10GBASE-T (10Gb/1Gb/100Mb) with 4x Combo Ports of SFP+ (10Gb/1Gb) or…
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Not sure I really get 10 Gbit between our servers on the 10 Gbit network

We have a 3 Unix (1 Ubuntu 2 Redhat) servers connected via their 10 Gbit network cards to a 10 Gbit switch (our IT person made sure we got the correct cables). We experience some odd behaviour when sending files between the servers (either via scp…
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Do 10GbE SFP transceivers need to match?

I'm looking to connect a Promise SanLink 10GbE SFP NIC to a Cisco 10GbE switch. My general question is whether the transceivers need to match. In other words, do I need to find a transceiver which is both compatible with the Cisco switch and the…
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Has anyone had any problems with CNAs (Converged Network Adapters)?

I'm looking to buy some CNAs to trial with, probably the Emulex board. Just wondering if anyone's using these cards or any competing cards and if so have you have any problems with them yet? In particular with stability, timeouts or high host CPU…
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10Gb ISCSI to 1Gb server port

I have this setup in mind. Md3800i 4 10GBps Iscsi. 2 del r730 4 1Gbps ports. I will use this storage to backups and low profile mass storage. So i don't won't to put HBAs in the server. Looking at the manuals of the storage i see that iscsi…
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Do Netgear switches accept other brands of SFP+ modules and cables (e. g. Cisco)?

Specifically, I'm looking to connect servers with Intel X520-DA1 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards to the 10Gbe ports of a Netgear ProSafe GS752TXS. Can I use Cisco SFP+ cables (SFP-H10GB-CU5M) and optical modules (SFP-10G-SR) with the Netgear? All I can…
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Why 10GbE card cannot negotiate 10Gbit with Windows 2012R2?

The Problem I've got four identical blade servers. I've got Windows Server 2012 R2 on one blade and Xen on all the others. On the Windows-hosted server (only) the 10GbE NICs cannot negotiate 10Gbit. They settle at 1Gbit only. 10GbE on Xen hosts…
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10GbE with FCoE with SAN and LAN traffic is a good solution?

I'm building a small datacenter from the ground, and I'm considering 10GbE. I'm looking for some advices about this decision. I've compared Infiniband, FC, 10GbE and LACP with GigE, and in the end 10GbE appears to be the best solution at this…
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10Gbps iSCSI network transferring at only 2Gbps

I have a performance issue with my SAN. I have a full 10Gbps private network setup. I have the following setup 1 - Mac with Connected with via Fiber Transciever 10GbE 1 - Windows 7 PC with 10GbE 1 - HP Switch with All ports are 10GbE 2 - Quantum…
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Will 10GBASE-LR work if 10GBASE-LRM used to work on the same cable link?

We have got some old 62.5um single-mode fiber links in our building. Network people told me, that Cisco 10GBASE-LRM with Cisco mode conditioning patch cables works fine on those cables and provides a stable 10GBit link. Now we need to add a new…
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Are there solutions that can combine gigabit ethernet, 10gig ethernet, and fiber channel in a single device?

We currently have Brocade 200E fiber switches, connecting 2 EMC CLARiiONs to 4 VMware ESXi hosts. We are looking into new storage options using iSCSI with our existing ethernet network, including the possibility of gradually upgrading to 10…
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10 GigE interfaces limits single connection throughput to 1 Gb on a ProCurve 4208vl

The setup is as follow : 3 Linux servers with Intel CX4 10 GigE controllers and an X-Serve with a Myricom 10 GigE CX4 controller are connected to a ProCurve 4208vl switch, with a myriad of other machines connected through good ol' 1000 base-T. The…
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