Dual SFP+ card for FreeNAS Mini XL+ 3.0?

amdprophet

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I'm looking to purchase a dual SFP+ PCIe 3.0 x4 card for my Mini XL+. It seems like the networking upgrade kit is for x8 slots (perhaps used by the older revisions of the Mini XL+?). Is there a newer upgrade kit available? Are there any other recommended cards?
 

Samuel Tai

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A x4 slot isn't wide enough to handle 2 ports of 10G Ethernet at full rate.
 

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I'm looking to purchase a dual SFP+ PCIe 3.0 x4 card for my Mini XL+. It seems like the networking upgrade kit is for x8 slots (perhaps used by the older revisions of the Mini XL+?). Is there a newer upgrade kit available? Are there any other recommended cards?

I have no idea what board is being used in the Mini XL+. Is it an open-ended PCIe slot? If so, it might be that you can go with any of the usual (Intel X520, Chelsio) x8 cards.
 

amdprophet

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I have no idea what board is being used in the Mini XL+. Is it an open-ended PCIe slot? If so, it might be that you can go with any of the usual (Intel X520, Chelsio) x8 cards.

I went and checked again and indeed it is! I somehow missed that it was open-ended. Thanks!
 
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