On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 11:36:31AM +0200, Kapetanakis Giannis wrote: > On 29/11/13 19:16, Andy wrote: > >On Fri 29 Nov 2013 16:19:26 GMT, Kapetanakis Giannis wrote: > >>Unfortunately on the Cisco part I don't SFP+. > >>I have XENPACK option only which give me 3 options: > >> > >>SR ~ 3K GPL > >>LRM ~ 1.5K GPL (I can't find any LRM GBIC for Intel side) > >>CX4 ~ 600 GPL > > > >I'd avoid CX4, you wont find a CX4 NIC working well with OpenBSD > >nor would you want one tbh.. Stick with well known supported cards > >for OpenBSD.. > > Thanks for all the replies Andy. > > Are we totally sure about this? > I'm talking about Intel - CX4 support on OpenBSD with ix(4). > > The manual page lists these: > o Intel 82598EB 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4) > o Intel 82598EB Dual Port 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4) > o Intel 82599EB 10GbE Adapter (10GbaseCX4) >
CX4 should work fine but has mostly been replaced by SFP+ direct attach/copper and 10GBase-T with new cards.
