Hi Luke
it is strange it does not support promiscuous mode, it is based on standard 
Intel 82599 chipset, it should work in promiscuous mode.
Anyway I would recommend 82599/X520 for 10Gbit, X710 has poor buffering power 
per queue (<8K packets) with respect to 82599/X520 (32K packets).

Alfredo

> On 23 Feb 2016, at 12:58, Whitworth, Luke <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to source a card for my HP server to allow me to capture from some 
> 10G fiber using PF_RING ZC.  Was looking at HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ 
> Adapter 
> (http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/products/iss-adapters/product-detail.html?oid=5283369)
>  which ticks all the boxes, but then stumbled upon 
> https://www.intelethernet-hp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/8954-HP_Intel-Ethernet-Data-SheetFINAL.pdf
>  which on page 5 suggests that this NIC can't be used in promiscuous mode 
> which makes it kind of useless if it's true!
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this NIC?  If so is the no promiscuous 
> mode true?  If so does anyone have any alternative they'd recommend given 
> that the card needs to be Intel 82599/X540/X710 based.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Luke
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