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Luke,

Although initially I had some issues with the card and pf_ring zc, we went
with the XL710 based chipset. This is the new generation from Intel which
offers some nice features. For instance it supports PCI-e v3 and offers up
to 40Gbit options. Mine came with SFP+ ports so I had the flexibility to
choose whatever media. Mine are SuperMicro branded but are the Intel XL710
chipset.

HTH.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Whitworth, Luke <
luke.whitworth@cranfield.ac.uk> 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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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 <luke.whitworth@cranfield.ac.uk> 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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Cheers for the reply gents. Getting a couple of x520s ordered.

Appreciated,

Luke

On 24/02/16 13:22, Alfredo Cardigliano wrote:
> 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 <luke.whitworth@cranfield.ac.uk> 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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Hi Luke,

Sorry for slow reply but we're using HP 560FLR-SFP+ and they do work in
promisc mode.. despite the document you linked claiming they also don't.
Very odd.

James

On 23 February 2016 at 11:58, Whitworth, Luke <
luke.whitworth@cranfield.ac.uk> 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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