Re: [Xen-users] Working 10gig NICs on linux 3.x

[Joseph Glanville <joseph.glanville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 April 2012 23:10, Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It depens on budget and purpose.
>
> If your budget is low than you should definitely look at Infiniband.
> You can get Mellanox or Qlogic IB 10/20 or even 40Gbps adapters at
> unbelivatle prices. Just yesterday I spotted 40Gbps dual Qlogic
> adapter for 200USD and 10Gbps dual card is easy to get for 20USD.
>
> For small deployment it would be perfect option and i do not mention
> other advantages of Infiniband (lower latency, bigger throughput etc.)
>
> I think Infiniband popularity will rise rapidly with Windows 8 because
> will have full support.

I love Infiniband and we use it extensively. :)

However this doesn't answer his question unless Qlogic or Mellanox
have released SR-IOV Infiniband drivers without telling me!

Currently the only 2 vendors that have good (read: I have used/tested)
SR-IOV support are Intel and Mellanox Ethernet.

Joseph.

>
> Br
>
> Peter
>
> Dne 1. dubna 2012 15:58 Joseph Glanville
> <joseph.glanville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napsal(a):
>> On 1 April 2012 15:37, Mohit Dhingra <mohitdhingras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I also want a 1-Gig SR-IOV NIC for my system (intel i7), which works with
>>> Xen4.0 and OpenSUSE 11.4. Can you please suggest one.
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS-031492.htm
>>
>> List of adapters that suppot SR-IOV.
>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------
>>> Thanks & Regards
>>> Mohit Dhingra
>>> +919611190435
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 April 2012 08:40, Joseph Glanville <joseph.glanville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 30 March 2012 09:46, Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > definitely go Intel X520 (DA2 or SR1/2)
>>>>
>>>> +1 For Intel NICs.
>>>> Also Mellanox are great for this sort of stuff.
>>>>
>>>> IMO Intel NICs have the best support for SR-IOV which might come in
>>>> handy if you want to reach line-rate on your guests.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Br
>>>> >
>>>> > Peter
>>>> >
>>>> > Dne 28. bÅezna 2012 10:06 Kristoffer Harthing Egefelt <k@xxxxxxx>
>>>> > napsal(a):
>>>> >> I want to buy a working 10G NIC for use with linux 3.x. (and xen of
>>>> >> course)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If you have any experience with certain cards (broadcom, intel etc..)
>>>> >> I'd
>>>> >> really like to know about it.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *Not working:*
>>>> >> Qlogic QME8242-k 10GbE Dual Port Mezzanine Card Board
>>>> >>
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