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I want to dive into 10 gigabit networking... So I hope you networking gurus will look over my plan and advise whether or not it will work.
My goal is to connect my two ESXi servers to the two SFP+ ports on a Dell 5524 switch using Intel X520-D1 NICs. These servers are both All-in-Ones, running FreeNAS 9.10.2-U1 as VMs (see 'my systems' below). One of my criteria is to select NICs that are supported by both ESXi 6.0/6.5 and FreeNAS itself, in case I ever decided to run it on-the-metal. My google-foo shows that the Intel NIC meets this requirement.
This is the gear I've picked out:
2 x Intel X520-D1 NICs @ $64 each on eBay.
1 x Dell 5524P switch @ $195 on eBay.
2 x 3m Intel-compatible Twinax cables w/transceivers @ ~$57 shipped, from www.fs.com.
Questions:
My goal is to connect my two ESXi servers to the two SFP+ ports on a Dell 5524 switch using Intel X520-D1 NICs. These servers are both All-in-Ones, running FreeNAS 9.10.2-U1 as VMs (see 'my systems' below). One of my criteria is to select NICs that are supported by both ESXi 6.0/6.5 and FreeNAS itself, in case I ever decided to run it on-the-metal. My google-foo shows that the Intel NIC meets this requirement.
This is the gear I've picked out:
2 x Intel X520-D1 NICs @ $64 each on eBay.
1 x Dell 5524P switch @ $195 on eBay.
2 x 3m Intel-compatible Twinax cables w/transceivers @ ~$57 shipped, from www.fs.com.
Questions:
- Will I run into any problems with the fact that this is a PoE-capable switch?
- Am I missing anything?