In article <e7aeed7c-9a8f-44d1-9e33-71c5c619f328@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, <Frantisek.Rysanek@post.cz> wrote: >Dear Everyone, > >I'd appreciate any practical notes/recommendation/warnings on the >following combination of hardware (and operating system drivers): > >We're eyeing some 10Gb Eth adapter cards to be used in MacOS X on an >Intel Mac. The two brands that seem to have drivers for the MacOS are >Intel (3rd-party driver by Small Tree) and Myricom (own driver). We're >planning to attach that to an existing Cisco Catalyst 3560-E series >switch, via the X2 modules available from cisco: either metallic CX4 >or the short-range 850nm multimode fibre. > >Two questions: > >1) do you have any experience with Myricom 10Gb against Cisco Catalyst >switches ? (I assume Intel would work like a charm, the brand size of >Intel and Cisco and the public PR claims of love between the two >brands just make me believe so) Any specific notes regarding the Cisco >and Myricom CX4 metallic and SFP+ vs. X2 multimode optical transceiver >compatibility?
I can't speak for connecting to a Cisco, but at one of my customer sites the Myricom seems to work fine going to a Broadcom based non-Cisco switch. And the Intel card works fine going to the same non-Cisco switch. We only use SFPs at this customer site.
In the past I had heard that Myricom isn't quite compatible, but it seems they are now??
>2) do you have any notes regarding Intel+SmallTree or Myricom 10Gb >Ethernet boards under MacOS on Intel Mac? Driver issues, performance, >general compatibility...
This customer hasn't tested the Intel card in the Mac yet, but from what I gathered (I didn't do the tests myself), they were able to get reasonable performance from the Myricom. Probably doesn't help without real numbers, but I'm not at liberty to give out such information.
>Any techie hints would be appreciated, before I start collecting price >quotes from local distributors :-)
I don't know what the Myricom cards are priced at, but I have to believe that the Intel cards due for a price drop based on the looming competition from other 10Gbps vendors?? (Maybe it's just wishful thinking?)
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