Fiber cable question

[airborne spoon]

I am upgrading my house to 10 gigabit connections (because i feel like it) on my computers and learning on the fly.

I have bought everything off eBay and amazon but now realize i may have a problem... or not i dono stuff is still in the mail

CISCO WS-C2960S-48LPS-L CATALYST 48 PORT PoE+ SWITCH

Intel EXPX9501AFXSR 10GbE XF SR Server Adapter x2

10GBase-SR SFP+ Transceiver, 10G 850nm MMF x2

 

So the NIC and SPF are SR which i didn't notice till this morning will those work with the switch?

Also i didn't know there was a difference in cables (SR and LR) so i grabbed 1x 3ft multi mode cable for the switch to the NAS but i grabbed a 50ft single mode cable for the switch to my main computer. Do i need to get a multi mode cable to replace the 50ft one or will a single mode cable work in a multi mode connection?

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, airborne spoon said:

Also i didn't know there was a difference in cables (SR and LR) so i grabbed 1x 3ft multi mode cable for the switch to the NAS but i grabbed a 50ft single mode cable for the switch to my main computer. Do i need to get a multi mode cable to replace the 50ft one or will a single mode cable work in a multi mode connection?

Id personally run it all single mode. 

 

9 minutes ago, airborne spoon said:

ntel EXPX9501AFXSR 10GbE XF SR Server Adapter x2

Thats xr not sfp+, you probably don't want it, id getting something like a x520 or connect x3 instead

 

9 minutes ago, airborne spoon said:

10GBase-SR SFP+ Transceiver, 10G 850nm MMF x2

Id get the lr transcievers and go all singlemode

 

10 minutes ago, airborne spoon said:

CISCO WS-C2960S-48LPS-L CATALYST 48 PORT PoE+ SWITCH

Id probalby go mikrotik or other newer switches. This is gonna be loud and power hungry.

[airborne spoon]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id personally run it all single mode. 

 

Thats xr not sfp+, you probably don't want it, id getting something like a x520 or connect x3 instead

 

Id get the lr transcievers and go all singlemode

 

Id probalby go mikrotik or other newer switches. This is gonna be loud and power hungry.

but the NIC is 10G why is XR bad vs SPF+

 

the switch will be in the garage and I have free electricity so that doesn't matter.

 

Also i already bought this stuff (its in the mail currently) and while i can just but them back on eBay to sell, i don't see the need unless something literally will not work. which is what i was asking originally.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, airborne spoon said:

but the NIC is 10G why is XR bad vs SPF+

There are lots of 10g standards.

 

XR is a different connector than SFP+, so your transcievers won't work. Its also a old eol standard, so finding parts will be harder, and software support is probably gone for the nic too.

[airborne spoon]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

There are lots of 10g standards.

 

XR is a different connector than SFP+, so your transcievers won't work. Its also a old eol standard, so finding parts will be harder, and software support is probably gone for the nic too.

Ok that is what i was wondering thanks.

can you recommend a card that'll work with freeNAS or TureNAS? Also i'm looking for cheap hence the eBay searching

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, airborne spoon said:

Ok that is what i was wondering thanks.

can you recommend a card that'll work with freeNAS or TureNAS? Also i'm looking for cheap hence the eBay searching

Look at those nics I suggested earlier? Connect x3, x520. For other cards, id google to see wht peopls experience with them on freebsd is.

[mariushm]

The switch doesn't have 10gbps ports.  It has 4 SFP ports, capable of maximum 1 gbps.

So it's kinda pointless ... I mean you can still use it for the 48 x 1 gbps ports but why waste a couple hundred watts for a gigabit switch. You could just get a basic non-management switch if you want that.

I'd suggest getting a microtik 5 port 10g switch with 4 sfp+ ports and 1gbps rj45 port, at around 150$ or less.

 

The cards are bad choice like someone already said. You'd need a switch with XR ports to use those cards. Luckily sfp+ cards are relatively cheap, 35$ and up...

 

See the Solarflare cards here : https://unixsurplus.com/adapters/?sort=priceasc

 

regular profile / normal profile

 

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn6122f-dual-port-sfp-10gbe-pci-e-high-profile-server-adapter-card/

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn7122f-flareon-ultra-2-port-10gbe-pcie-3-0-server-i-oadapter-0gvrr7/

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn7022f-2-port-10gbe-sfp-pcie-3-0-server-i-oadapter-full-profile/

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn7501-s7120-sfc9120-2-port-10gbe-sfp-pcie-3-0-server-adapter-full/

 

 

low profile (but you can probably find normal profile bracket if they don't pack one with it)

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn7002f-dual-port-10gbe-pcie-server-adapter-low-profile/

https://unixsurplus.com/solarflare-sfn7022f-2-port-10gbe-sfp-pcie-3-0-server-i-oadapter-low-profile/

 

other brands

 

https://unixsurplus.com/silicom-pe210g2spi9ae-xr-nu/

https://unixsurplus.com/supermicro-aoc-stgn-i2s-rev-1-01-dual-port-10g-sfp-intel-82599-network-adapter-rev-1-01/

 

you can find those solarflare models on ebay as well and the site I link to also has ebay store, I think

[airborne spoon]

24 minutes ago, mariushm said:

The switch doesn't have 10gbps ports.  It has 4 SFP ports, capable of maximum 1 gbps.

So it's kinda pointless ... I mean you can still use it for the 48 x 1 gbps ports but why waste a couple hundred watts for a gigabit switch. You could just get a basic non-management switch if you want that.

I'd suggest getting a microtik 5 port 10g switch with 4 sfp+ ports and 1gbps rj45 port, at around 150$ or less.

 

The cards are bad choice like someone already said. You'd need a switch with XR ports to use those cards. Luckily sfp+ cards are relatively cheap, 35$ and up...

 

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So i need SFP+ not just SFP didn't know that. too easy i can just sell that switch back on ebay.

All those cards you listed are they compatible with freenas and truenas?

[mariushm]

3 minutes ago, airborne spoon said:

So i need SFP+ not just SFP didn't know that. too easy i can just sell that switch back on ebay.

All those cards you listed are they compatible with freenas and truenas?

The solarflare cards use common/popular intel  and broadcom "chipsets" so they should be supported.

 

you can just google model names and truenas / freenas and find out

 

ex first attempt i made : https://www.truenas.com/community/resources/10-gig-networking-primer.42/

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SolarFlare: Some users recommend the SFN 5162F. @jgreco notes he just got four SolarFlare SFN6122F on eBay for $28/each, with SR optics (3/2019). This is awesome for ESXi as the SolarFlare burn half the watts of the Intel X520's. We've had several confirmations that the SFN6122F works fine with FreeNAS/TrueNAS, and is currently the cheapest option on eBay (9/2021).

 

1st page : https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/supported-10gb-nics.25645/post-163157

 

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Solarflare runs good for me.

# lspci -vs 03:00.0
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Solarflare Communications SFC9020 [Solarstorm]
Subsystem: Solarflare Communications SFN6122F-R7 SFP+ Server Adapter

2nd page : https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/supported-10gb-nics.25645/page-2

 

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I just got a Solarflare dual 10Gbit SFP+ card from eBay. Price was 70€ for a new card. The card is working just fine with FreeNAS-11.2-U7. I use it in passthrough mode in ESXI 6.7 U3. Therefore I had to install the legacy drivers from the Solarflare site. No drivers need in FreeNAS. Speed is awesome!

Solarflare S7120 Dual Port 10Gbe Low Profile SF432-1012-R3.3 SF-109041 (6TKHH)