ESXi compatibility
Regarding the following article, are any of these cards compatible with ESXi? except the synology one I guess.
As you understand, I want to hook one Synology and one or more ESXi servers on a 10GBe network. ESXi which I use usually 6.5 or 6.7 and I use only stock images (Dell, HP, Cisco etc).
Searching on the VMware forums, didn’t bring me any luck. I am looking forward to buy some NICs.
The cheapest cards supporting ESXi are Aquantia 107 based cards like Aquantia AQtion AQC 107. You can find them listed here: https://nascompares.com/2017/12/14/cheapest-10gb-1-port-pci-express-network-cards-rj45/
More expansion and better quality cards will be Intel and Mellanox chipset based cards. Here is full Synology tested card list:
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| Synology | E10G17-F2 | 2 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Synology | E10G18-T1 | 1 x 10GbE | RJ45 | PCIe 3.0 x4 | |||||
| Synology | E10G18-T2 | 2 x 10GbE | RJ45 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Emulex | OneConnect OCe11102-FM | 2 x 10GbE | LC Connector | PCIe 2.0 x8 | |||||
| Emulex | OneConnect OCe11102-NX | 2 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 2.0 x8 | |||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2 | E10G42BTDA | 2 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 2.0 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-SR2 | E10G42BFSR | 2 x 10GbE | LC Connector | PCIe 2.0 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2 | X540T2 | 2 x 10GbE | RJ45 | PCIe 2.1 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2 | X550T2 | 2 x 10GbE | RJ45 | PCIe 3.0 x4 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 | X710DA2 | 2 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 | X710DA4G2P5 | 4 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4 | X710-T4 | 4 x 10GbE | RJ45 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | ||||
| Intel | Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 | XXV710DA2 | 2 x 25GbE | SFP28 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | ||||
| Marvell | FastLinQ QL41134HLCU | QL41134HLCU | 4 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | ||||
| Marvell | FastLinQ QL41212HLCU | 2 x 25GbE | SFP28 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Mellanox | ConnectX-3 Pro EN MCX312B-XCCT | 2 x 10GbE | SFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Mellanox | ConnectX-3 Pro EN MCX314A-BCCT | 2 x 40GbE | QSFP+ | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Mellanox | ConnectX-4 Lx EN MCX4121A-ACAT | 2 x 25GbE | SFP28 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Mellanox | ConnectX-4 Lx EN MCX4121A-XCAT | 2 x 10GbE | SFP28 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |||||
| Mellanox | ConnectX-4 Lx EN MCX4131A-BCAT | 1 x 40GbE | QSFP28 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Cheapest 10gb 1 Port PCI Express network cards (NIC) RJ45 inc. Low profile
You may find few cards also on ebay cheaper:
Here is How to set up Synology NAS as VMware server datastore:
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