PCI-E Eternet Switch?

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Hi

I still asked somewhere but not get an replay so I maybe find here some mad lads who have any idea or know there is a Card from Mikrotik who is a Eternet Router on an PCI-E Card to build into an Server. The problem the have not enough Eternet Ports to connect for example an KVM Pi and other Sensors maybe inside an (Home Build) Server.
So I looking for an Eternet Switch (1000Mb) who is a PCI-E Card or use that form factor to be placed into an Server Case.
Well I found one (!) Card on the Internet who seem to be pretty old...

https://oringnet.com/en/products/industrial-ethernet-switch/155-igcs-e140
Thanks!

[Average Nerd]

Is there a reason why a normal gigabit ethernet switch wouldn't do the job?

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Yes everything must be as less HE for Server Housing. I will be x Time cheaper than renting anything here in good old middle Europe.

[Average Nerd]

1 minute ago, Required said:

Yes everything must be as less HE for Server Housing. I will be x Time cheaper than renting anything here in good old middle Europe.

1U rackmount switches with up to 48 ports are plentiful.

I'm not aware of any reason why a switch would need to be on a PCIe card if I'm honest.

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6 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

1U rackmount switches with up to 48 ports are plentiful.

Yes that mean I must pay for another 1U who is pricey instead of using the existing space inside a Server Case where maybe "just" a Mini Mainboard is inside.

[Average Nerd]

4 minutes ago, Required said:

Yes that mean I must pay for another 1U who is pricey instead of using the existing space inside a Server Case where maybe "just" a Mini Mainboard is inside.

Okay, can you explain what exactly your current situation is? Because I'm a bit confused.

 

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Yes I want put a Server into an Server Farm since Power, WAN Networking is a bit Pricey in my Country. In our neighbour Country everything is cheaper. Since I will not have any access at any time (at least do to the Distance) everything must be remote Controlled. That mean everything must be inside the Box. Like an PCI-E Pi KVM, the Router (Mikrotik PCI-E Card) and maybe other Cads to. Since I have to pay for every Server Rack hight that mean everything must be as contained as possible. So put everything into an emtey space inside the Server mean I save on (a lot of) Money.

[ToboRobot]

like a NIC with multiple ports?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/84805/intel-ethernet-server-adapter-i350t4v2/specifications.html eg

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Yes

51 minutes ago, Required said:

https://oringnet.com/en/products/industrial-ethernet-switch/155-igcs-e140

like that.

[Average Nerd]

1 minute ago, Required said:

Yes

like that.

Quad-port NICs are fairly easy to find, if you look for the corrrect thing. (NICs, Switches and Routers are 3 different things with different purposes)

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Yes sure. The Mikrotik "Card" is an self contained (light?!) Router who works independently from the rest of the System. Like when the OS, Hyper visor Crash it should be possible to connect to an IPMI and, or the Raspberry Pi KVM (PCI-E Card). The sad part is the current Mikrotik Card have only one Ethernet Port who can and maybe will be not enough so I need an Eternet Switch. Having an external is no option so the best solution is an Internal Card.

[Average Nerd]

5 minutes ago, Required said:

Yes sure. The Mikrotik "Card" is an self contained (light?!) Router who works independently from the rest of the System. Like when the OS, Hyper visor Crash it should be possible to connect to an IPMI and, or the Raspberry Pi KVM (PCI-E Card). The sad part is the current Mikrotik Card have only one Ethernet Port who can and maybe will be not enough so I need an Eternet Switch. Having an external is no option so the best solution is an Internal Card.

What's the model number of that mikrotik card

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https://mikrotik.com/product/ccr2004_1g_2xs_pcie

[mariushm]

It will be cheaper to just get a motherboard with KVM over IP built in, and have the datacenter connect your server to two separate networks (if they have it like that ), their private network for remote connections, and general network where all servers connect.

 

For KVM over IP, to be able to connect to your server and be able to get into bios and stuff like that, you would need to have more or less a router that's set up with the static IP or IPs the datacenter gives you, and then do forwarding to your kvm pi, and all that.  Not sure how you'd connect 

 

It would probably be cheaper to just get a motherboard that has this remote management built in. 

 

You could buy a cheap 10$ 4-8 port switch / router and screw it inside the case somewhere - you can power it directly with 5v or 12v from the server's power supply. Problem is when you restart the pc, you're gonna restart the router as well, unless you power it from 5v stand-by or something like that.

 

You could put the extra ethernet ports on a bracket or make a cutout in the server case and install a panel mounted ethernet connector : https://www.digikey.com/short/804tffc8

 

You can get ethernet cards that plug into M.2 connectors if you want a card that could be hidden inside the server and have internal connectors : https://www.ebay.com/itm/195097085797

 

cheaper example 1 gbps : https://www.ebay.com/itm/286046460605

 

mini pci-e cards are also available (you can put them on adapter cards also) : https://www.ebay.com/itm/116247202809

 

You can put such cards on M.2 to pci-e adapter cards (low profile, normal profile)

 

 

 

[brwainer]

2 hours ago, Required said:

https://mikrotik.com/product/ccr2004_1g_2xs_pcie

If you aren’t going to use them you can put copper modules into the SFP28 ports, like the Mikrotik S+RJ10

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I know but there are not enough ports.

[Blue4130]

11 hours ago, Required said:

Yes sure. The Mikrotik "Card" is an self contained (light?!) Router who works independently from the rest of the System. Like when the OS, Hyper visor Crash it should be possible to connect to an IPMI and, or the Raspberry Pi KVM (PCI-E Card). The sad part is the current Mikrotik Card have only one Ethernet Port who can and maybe will be not enough so I need an Eternet Switch. Having an external is no option so the best solution is an Internal Card.

Except it won't have power if the system that it is installed in crashes, so it will still be pretty useless. You would need a way to power the card seperate from the system that it is installed in.