Thank you Rob, this helped me a lot.
Have a nice day.
Olo
------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, September 28th, 2023 at 2:58, Rob Kossler via USRP-users
<usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 5:47 PM Marcus D. Leech <patchvonbr...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 27/09/2023 05:15, Olo via USRP-users wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I want to connect X310 with my laptop through 10Gb eth connection and I
>>> want to ask:
>>>
>>> - If Intel X710 (Dual 10Gb card) with Sonnttech Echo Express SE I (PCIe
>>> Card Expansion Systems)
>>> (https://www.sonnettech.com/product/echo-express-se1-tb3/overview.html)
>>> will work (or if you have any experience with it).
>>> - Which card do you recommend me to use? (In documentation for 10G eth
>>> connection (https://files.ettus.com/manual/page_usrp_x3x0.html) it is
>>> recommended to use Intel X520-DA2 card but you onlysell on your website
>>> X710-DA2 card ).
>>>
>>> Thank you for your answear.
>>> Olo
>>>
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>>
>> There are a large number of Intel X520-DA1 and DA2 cards available on
>> Amazon--with SFP interfaces. ANY of those should work.
>> I picked one up a couple of years ago and it worked out of the box. Might
>> have been a 10GTek card, but I can't precisely recall.
>
> I have successfully used several Intel 10Gbe (and even a Mellanox 25Gbe) NICs
> with a Sonnet Echo Express SEL (half height, half length) chassis. Even
> though the Intel cards such as the X520-DA2 and XL710 are not listed on the
> compatibility list, they seem to work fine as far as I can tell. One limiting
> factor is the number of lanes. Thunderbolt 3 is Gen3x4 (4 lanes). Some Intel
> cards (e.g., X520-DA2) are Gen2x8. Thus, this will connect to your laptop as
> Gen2x4 with the corresponding [data rate
> limits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#History_and_revisions)
> (16Gbps). If you are using only a single 10Gbe link, this is not an issue.
> So, you may want to opt for a NIC with Gen3 capability.
> Rob
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