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

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: > > 1. 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). > 2. 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 > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list --usrp-users@lists.ettus.com > To unsubscribe send an email tousrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com 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.

1. 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).
2. 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 only sell on
your website *X710-DA2 card* ).

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 5:47 PM Marcus D. Leech <patchvonbraun@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: > > 1. 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). > 2. 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 only sell on > your website *X710-DA2 card* ). > > > Thank you for your answear. > Olo > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list -- usrp-users@lists.ettus.com > To unsubscribe send an email to usrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com > > 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

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 <patchvonbraun@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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> USRP-users mailing list -- >>> usrp-users@lists.ettus.com >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> usrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com >> >> 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