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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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How is 10GBASE-T defined for providing compatibility?

Is there a common source for description (like for "data link layer" and might include electrical specification of "physical layer") of 10GBASE-T as standard for technical devices? Considering multi data rate support (10Gbps, 1Gbps, 100Mbps),…
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Can you mix 10gb and Infiniband for iScsi storage target

I'm setting up a Fedora server to act as an iScsi storage target. The primary storage network will be 25gb Infiniband. Is it possible and/or safe to also allow the target to be accessed by 10gb ethernet concurrently ?
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Fastest solution to use FTP/Aspera/MediaShuttle with SAN network

At my postpro studio we have a SAN Network (Stornext 6). There is also a MediaShuttle and FTP server in a VM on the firewall (I know, I know... Not my fault, really xD). The VM is sharing SAN over CIFS so everytime we need to send some files we…
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What is a 4x 10gbe QSFP-QSFP cable?

I was looking for QSFP cables on Ebay and came across a Brocade 58-0000033-01 marked as 4x 10GE even though it has one QSFP connector on each end. I don't understand what this cable is for, will it work with a 10GBE/40GB Infiniband HCA?
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Using non-FUJITSU 10Gb Ethernet Cards in FUJITSU servers

We are currently trying to upgrade old servers to 10Gb connections. The servers in question are: PRIMERGY RX200 S6 PRIMERGY RX300 S5 Our FUJITSU partner told us that there were no cards available by FUJITSU. There seem to be cards available by…
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ESXI, pfSense, 10gbE

Good day all! I will try and make this short and sweet. My current setup is: XS708T NETGEAR 10gbE switch ESXi Machine #1: 2x Intel 10gbE pfSense (VM) with WAN on one vSwitch, LAN on other vSwitch, NIC's above respectively for each. pfSense, Ubuntu…
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How to connect MD3800i (iSCSI 10 GbE) to PowerConnect 8132F (SFP+ 10 GbE)

I want to connect a SAN (MD3800i) to a PowerConnect 8132F switch. Both support 10 Gbit Ethernet, but the 1st does it via iSCSI (RJ-45), while the second - via SFP+. Any adapter that could go in between? A similar question is this: 10Gb ISCSI to 1Gb…
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Will adaptive load balancing (ALB) link aggregation causes high cpu usage in a NAS?

I have a NAS which has 2 10Gbe ports, and it provides Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) link aggregation function. By checking Wikipedia, it seems that in ALB, the bonding driver needs to go through complicated processes (intercept ARP, overwrite HW…
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10GBase-T on Cat5e cabling

I accidently connected our new servers with our 10g switches using Cat5e S/FTP instead of Cat6a. Cablelength is 1 meter. There is a failover cluster running on the servers, without any traffic though (new gear). Is it enough to fix this in a couple…
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SFP+ to 10GbE RJ45

We have Intel x520 10Gb SFP+ network adapter. We have RJ45 network cables to connect to a 10GbE network. We have looked into direct attach cables and transceivers but we are struggling to find a way to get the two connected up. Is there any way to…
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Network teaming Windows Server 2008 R2

I have two Windows Server 2008 R2 servers that need to share files on SAS attached logical drives over a 10G network connection. The servers have two 10G ports so I'm wondering if I can use both of them to increase file I/O performance and how it…
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local RAID vs server RAID with a 10GbE connection

we are trying to configure a descent size (in layman's perspective) storage at my lab. I am a skilled programmer, but my knowledge in hardware at non-consumer level is very limited at this point. At this point, the following parts are my immediate…
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Network issues vmware Dell R620 10Gbit

I'm trying to get two new Dell R620 servers up and running on 10Gbit interfaces. The servers were delivered with two PCI network-cards for 10Gbit. At the moment, the network cards installed and reported by iDRAC is: NIC SLOT 1 - Intel(R) Ethernet…
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How much throughput increase to expect from link aggregation (LACP/802.3ad)?

I identified that data transfer within my cluster will be bottlenecked by the network interconnect (I'm saturating the dual SAS connection to my storage with sequential workloads), and I'm undecided between a 10 GbE or 40/56 Gb Infiniband to…
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Optical modules, fiber and cables for 10 GbE short range connectivity (brands, latency)

I'm looking to run 10 GbE over lengths of 5-25m for a research lab and have been shopping for the appropriate optics. I'm guessing a mix of copper direct-attach cables and OM3, OM4, LC/LC multimode fiber will suffice. But two questions cropped up…
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