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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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Optical mirroring

I have a 10G XPF+ optical cable with market updates from a stock exchange. This cable goes into a switch, which then mirrors every packet to a couple of computers over two ports. The problem with using a switch for mirroring is that there is latency…
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10GbE be2net low pktgen performance

I am testing the network performance of two workstations, each having 2.4GHz Xeon quad core processors and NC550SFP PCIe Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapters, linked back to back. I've checked the bandwidth of the RAM, which is ~12Gbps, so no bottleneck…
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Stacking and LAGing 4x PowerConnect 8024F's

We are constructing a new networking infrastructure to replace out 1GbE backbone and have decided upon using 4x Dell PowerConnect 8024F's as our "core" switches. As per the diagram below we have 2x 8024's upstairs and 2x downstairs providing links…
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Storage Network Stops Transmitting Traffic

I have a troublesome issue. I have a 10Gb storage network serving a VMWare vSphere 5.1 environment. Storage: TrueNAS(NFS) with a Chelseio T320 10Gb Nic Storage: Dell PowerVault MD3600i(iSCSI) Network: XSM7224S 10gb Switch VMWare Hardware: Three…
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Linux Experts Riddle: Network output of 10MB/s on 10GB/s NIC

I have two CentOS 6 servers. I am trying to transfer files between them. Source server has 10GB/s NIC nd destination server has 1GB/s NIC. Regardless to the command used nor the protocol, the transfer speed is ~1 Mega byte per second. The goal is at…
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Procurve 5400 10GB

I need some help for 10GB connection. I actually have a Procurve 5400zl series with some port SFP+ on V2 version module. We desperately need to connect a server with pci-x slot. what can I do to have a 10gb link? If possible I'd like to use…
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STM-64 to Ethernet conversion: proper solution required

We need to arrange Ethernet network between two cities - this gonna be a partnership with other organization: we help them with equipment and get some bandwidth. I am newbie beyond 1 Gbit networks, so please forgive me if I sound silly. Here is…
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Basic multicast network performance problems

I've been using mpong from 29west's mtools package to get some basic idea of multicast latency across various Cisco switches: 1Gb 2960G, 10Gb 4900M and 10Gb Nexus N5548P. The 1Gb is just for comparison. I have the following results for ~400 runs of…
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Why can I get on <1G on my 10G Network?

I have 4 CentOS 7 boxes with SuperMico 10000BaseT NICs plugged into a Netgear ProSafe XS712T switch with Cat8 cables. Switch is all default settings, but shows NICs at 10G Full. NICs are configured: [root@VH11 ~]# ethtool ens1f0 Settings for…
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Why is there a difference in speed of forward and reverse traffic over 10 G network in iperf tool

I have a 10G network setup between my two servers (say, Server1 and Server2) and I'm using iperf tool to measure the bandwidth of the network. Here are test cases that I performed, Test Case 1: (Forward Data Transfer) Making Server 1 as iperf…
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Why is my data throughput only 1G of possible 10G if I setup an ethernet bridge?

My setup is a Windows 10 PC with 10G card (LR-LINK 6880BT) and a Synology DS1618+ NAS with 10G card (Synology E10G18-T1). Both 10G ports are connected directly to avoid buying a 10G switch. A) How the 10G connection works: NAS eth4 (10G) is set to…
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What to expect from a 10Gbs fiber optic network of one server connected directly to 4 clients?

I have a fiber optic network of one server connected directly to 4 clients(they are not connected to each other) The network is suppose to support up to 4x10Gbs, so 10Gbs throughput from each client to the server. Given the server connected directly…
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Direct attach sfp+ cables (passive) connection issues after power restoration

I have got two servers with SFP+ capable network cards connected to the Unifi Switch uplink ports. Each of the servers has its own UPS and the switch shares the UPS with one of the servers. The servers are connected using direct attach cables…
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Network performance with an i7 6700 Skylake

We're looking into setting up multiple servers with Nginx; the estimated required capacity is 60 Gbps (six-zero gigabit per second) A nearby datacenter offers us servers with "i7-6700 Quad-Core Skylake incl. HTT" CPUs and 10G dedicated network port…
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LACP bandwidth of multiple connections from single fast link

Is there a way to get multiple TCP connections from the same IP/MAC to use all of the physical links in a LACP configuration? Here's my setup: The central switch (Meraki MS42P) has a 10GbE link to one server and a 10GbE link to the access switch…
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