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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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Can't set NIC speed to 10Gbps using ethtool

We're using IBM Blade Center HS-22 servers with Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gbps NICs to a Nortel 10Gbps switch. With one of the chassis the NICs can establish a 10G rate with the command "ethtool eth2 speed 10000 duplex full autoneg off", but the same…
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are DDR infiniband and 10Gbase-CX4 cables the same?

They looks the same. It's SFF-8470 Is it ok to buy a "10Gbase-CX4" cable for an infiniband network ?
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Ubuntu 12.04 Server - eth0 1Gbps NIC eth1 10Gbps NIC - all traffic using eth0?

UPDATE: (per request below) serveradmin@FILESERVER:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 FILESERVER # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0…
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Do Gigabit ethernet single-mode fiber network adapters exist?

I am attempting to set up a server with a total of four single-mode fiber ports - two need to be at least 1Gb and two must be 10Gb. I have found a variety of 10Gb single-mode fiber network adapters (for example the Intel X520-LR1 and the QLogic…
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Why does my samba server serve data so slowly even when said data is cached?

I have a CentOS 5.6 server with the base Samba install. It has an 8 drive Raid 5 attached to an Areca 1880, hdparm tests give me back ~450MBps and I can confirm close to that with a dd to /dev/null. Serving out files to the network is a 10gbe…
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10Gbe connection to 3 sites using Single Mode fibre. Require High Availability

An industrial site needs to link 3 seperate areas in a building in such a way that all the switches are on the same network and sharing the same wan link. The wan link will only be coming in from one of the sites and attached to the switch. ie SITE…
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Must I install SFP+ transceivers in pairs?

I'm expanding the switch in our rack to a 10 GbE fiber internet feed. Specifically: we have an HP 2910al will expand the switch with a J9008A 2-port 10GbE SFP+ module will plug in 1 (2?) J9150A 10Gbase-SR tranceiver Our HP vendor tells us that we…
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SAN for virtual envirnment

I will be ordering a c7000 server enclosure by HP and adding some BL460c G7 servers. This will be for a completely virtual environment. The G7's have the FlexFabric adapters built in and a pair of BLC VC FlexFabric 10GB 24port modules will be in the…
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hybrid cable for QSFP to CX4 convertion

here is a hybrid cable for QSFP to CX4. Will this fit SFP+ ports? Deeply confused by standards and struck in a situation with wrong hardware selection!Personally have not seen the ports/hardware and hence the obviously stupid question! thanks for…
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VMWare FT, 10GbE, 4 NICs - possible?

I'm trying to investigate if VMWare FT will be available in the following networking configuration. We have 4x 10GbE NIC's, two of which are for the MPIO iSCSI networking, which leaves 2x NICs for the rest of the system. NIC1: iSCSI MPIO NIC2: iSCSI…
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NIC status stays at 'Network Cable Unplugged' although cable is present

I'm having a problem with a couple 10GB NICs, one in particular in Windows 7 x64 that always thinks the cable is missing. The drivers for the NIC are current, downloaded from Intel- it's settings are defaults, although I did set an IP address once…
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Trouble with SFP cables for a 10 Gb connection

I have two machines, each with a 10 Gb adapter, directly connected with an SFP cable. I purchased three SFP cables that look exactly alike (physically and specs), but only one works. I'm having trouble finding clear information about SFP cables,…
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linux 10gbe ixgbe (intel X550T) slow at 420mbyte/s max, p2p lan cat8 1m, tried ethtool and ifconfig options to no avail

first time dealing with 10gbe. I have two boxes, one is older with i7 2.8ghz from 2009 generation, pcie 2.0 and I just put the Intel X550T there to make use of absolutely similar but builtin adapter on my newer box with AMD EPYC gen 1. I'm dling…
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Can this router and motherboard connect via the LAN 10G Port?

So I am a bit confused :) I have this unit, which advertises a "10G Lan SFP+" port http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R9000/R9000_UM_EN.pdf And I am thinking of buying this…
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Windows Server 2016 Installation doesn't found Network adpter (Hard Drive Found!)

I have a just bought PowerEdge T640 server and i am trying to install Windows Server 2016 Standard. I have downloaded the Windows Server 2016 ISO and mount a bootable pendrive using Rufus. I boot the T640 Server and insert the pendrive and it…
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