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 > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
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