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intel X710DA4 NIC card and breakout cable

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h57jafari (at) gmail.com
Mon, Apr 10, 2023 8:05 PM

Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card and breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410 or other USRP. It is not clear very well through https://kb.ettus.com/X410 or other online resources. Thank you.

Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card and breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410 or other USRP. It is not clear very well through https://kb.ettus.com/X410 or other online resources. Thank you.
WF
Wade Fife
Wed, Apr 12, 2023 9:33 PM

This is the card Ettus sells for this product. It's the Intel X7A-DA2.

https://www.ettus.com/all-products/10gige-kit/

For X410 cables, if you want to use 4 x 10 GbE, go to this link and click
to view the accessories for X410. Look for the "QSFP28 To 4xSFP28 Breakout
Cable, 1M".

https://www.ni.com/sic/configurator/configure.action?sfId=NI&wcs_l=en-us&wcs_k=usrp-software-defined-radio-device&wcs_s=523502

Thanks,

Wade

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 3:06 PM h57jafari@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card and
breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410 or
other USRP. It is not clear very well through https://kb.ettus.com/X410
or other online resources. Thank you.


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This is the card Ettus sells for this product. It's the Intel X7A-DA2. https://www.ettus.com/all-products/10gige-kit/ For X410 cables, if you want to use 4 x 10 GbE, go to this link and click to view the accessories for X410. Look for the "QSFP28 To 4xSFP28 Breakout Cable, 1M". https://www.ni.com/sic/configurator/configure.action?sfId=NI&wcs_l=en-us&wcs_k=usrp-software-defined-radio-device&wcs_s=523502 Thanks, Wade On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 3:06 PM <h57jafari@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card and > breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410 or > other USRP. It is not clear very well through https://kb.ettus.com/X410 > or other online resources. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list -- usrp-users@lists.ettus.com > To unsubscribe send an email to usrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com >
MD
Michael Dickens
Thu, Apr 13, 2023 2:22 PM

Guessing eBay or equivalent would have the X710-DA4 ... haven't looked
myself, but it's my go-to for less-common but still valuable devices.

If you want to use the X410 as 4x 10 GbE links (and NOT 1x 100 GbE link),
then you might consider the Intel XL710-QDA2 [2]. It provides 2 QSFP+ (40
GbE as 4x 10 GbE) ports, but limits the aggregate links to 40 GbE -- which
can be (I think) all on a single port or spread between them. To use this
NIC, you'd need 1:4 breakout cables -- probably 2 of them just to make sure
all 4 links are accounted for regardless of the NIC settings. Note that
there is a bug in the 700-series NIC Linux driver that Intel knows about
but says they will not be fixing, since their forward-looking development
is on the 800-series drivers; this bug limits max aggregate data rates
going through the Linux kernel to something like 4 GB/s (I don't recall the
exact number, but it's reasonably high enough that most USRP users will not
be impacted by it).

If you want to use the X410 as 4x 10 GbE links rather than 1x 100 GbE link
(or possibly both), then you might consider the Intel E810 CQDA1 (or CQDA2)
NIC [3] along with a QSFP+ <-> QSFP+ cable (or QSFP28, but if you're just
using 10 GbE links then QSFP+ is sufficient). You would then use the Intel
Ethernet Port Configuration Tool [1] to set the NIC as 4x10 and use the
X4_200 FPGA image on the X410 USRP to match the 4x10 GbE links on both ends.

[1] <
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19435/ethernet-port-configuration-tool-all-supported-oss.html

Note that for branding, the USRP's QSFP+/28 ports are vendor agnostic.
Hence, you can just select compatibility with respect to the NIC's branding
(e.g., Intel or Mellanox or whatever).

One place I regularly purchase from is FS ... here's a links to their items
per what I've noted:

[2] XL710-QDA2

[3] E810-CQDA1

I hope this is useful! - MLD

On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM Wade Fife wade.fife@ettus.com wrote:

This is the card Ettus sells for this product. It's the Intel X7A-DA2.

https://www.ettus.com/all-products/10gige-kit/

For X410 cables, if you want to use 4 x 10 GbE, go to this link and click
to view the accessories for X410. Look for the "QSFP28 To 4xSFP28 Breakout
Cable, 1M".

https://www.ni.com/sic/configurator/configure.action?sfId=NI&wcs_l=en-us&wcs_k=usrp-software-defined-radio-device&wcs_s=523502

Thanks,

Wade

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 3:06 PM h57jafari@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card
and breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410
or other USRP. It is not clear very well through
https://kb.ettus.com/X410 or other online resources. Thank you.


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Guessing eBay or equivalent would have the X710-DA4 ... haven't looked myself, but it's my go-to for less-common but still valuable devices. If you want to use the X410 as 4x 10 GbE links (and NOT 1x 100 GbE link), then you might consider the Intel XL710-QDA2 [2]. It provides 2 QSFP+ (40 GbE as 4x 10 GbE) ports, but limits the aggregate links to 40 GbE -- which can be (I think) all on a single port or spread between them. To use this NIC, you'd need 1:4 breakout cables -- probably 2 of them just to make sure all 4 links are accounted for regardless of the NIC settings. Note that there is a bug in the 700-series NIC Linux driver that Intel knows about but says they will not be fixing, since their forward-looking development is on the 800-series drivers; this bug limits max aggregate data rates going through the Linux kernel to something like 4 GB/s (I don't recall the exact number, but it's reasonably high enough that most USRP users will not be impacted by it). If you want to use the X410 as 4x 10 GbE links rather than 1x 100 GbE link (or possibly both), then you might consider the Intel E810 CQDA1 (or CQDA2) NIC [3] along with a QSFP+ <-> QSFP+ cable (or QSFP28, but if you're just using 10 GbE links then QSFP+ is sufficient). You would then use the Intel Ethernet Port Configuration Tool [1] to set the NIC as 4x10 and use the X4_200 FPGA image on the X410 USRP to match the 4x10 GbE links on both ends. [1] < https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19435/ethernet-port-configuration-tool-all-supported-oss.html > Note that for branding, the USRP's QSFP+/28 ports are vendor agnostic. Hence, you can just select compatibility with respect to the NIC's branding (e.g., Intel or Mellanox or whatever). One place I regularly purchase from is FS ... here's a links to their items per what I've noted: [2] XL710-QDA2 * NIC : https://www.fs.com/products/160019.html?attribute=39290&id=652643 * Cable (3m) QSFP+ <-> 4xSFP+, Intel branded : https://www.fs.com/products/36276.html?attribute=9439&id=190204 [3] E810-CQDA1 * NIC: https://www.fs.com/products/160017.html * Cable (3m) QSFP28 <-> QSFP28, Intel branded : https://www.fs.com/products/49577.html * Cable (3m) QSFP+ <-> QSFP+, Intel branded : https://www.fs.com/products/36279.html?attribute=9722&id=192732 I hope this is useful! - MLD On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM Wade Fife <wade.fife@ettus.com> wrote: > This is the card Ettus sells for this product. It's the Intel X7A-DA2. > > https://www.ettus.com/all-products/10gige-kit/ > > For X410 cables, if you want to use 4 x 10 GbE, go to this link and click > to view the accessories for X410. Look for the "QSFP28 To 4xSFP28 Breakout > Cable, 1M". > > > https://www.ni.com/sic/configurator/configure.action?sfId=NI&wcs_l=en-us&wcs_k=usrp-software-defined-radio-device&wcs_s=523502 > > Thanks, > > Wade > > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 3:06 PM <h57jafari@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, Does any one can share the link to purchase intel X710DA4 NIC card >> and breakout cable that they purchased and actually it worked with USRPX410 >> or other USRP. It is not clear very well through >> https://kb.ettus.com/X410 or other online resources. Thank you. >> _______________________________________________ >> USRP-users mailing list -- usrp-users@lists.ettus.com >> To unsubscribe send an email to usrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com >> > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list -- usrp-users@lists.ettus.com > To unsubscribe send an email to usrp-users-leave@lists.ettus.com >