> > > hi shilpa, > > the early CX4 10Gbe spec didn't supply optional power > through the connector, and the first revision bee2's and > ibob's we built didn't have powered connectors. > > but the spec changed several years ago, so i would have > guessed that any modern NIC board would have powered > connectors. do you have a really old NIC?
No, these are pcie Myricom NIC's, some of them just purchased in September. Shilpa told me the optical converters don't work with the Fujitsu xg-700 either. Just with the Bee2. Odd. John > > best wishes, > > dan > > > On 5/19/2010 1:19 PM, Shilpa Bollineni wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm trying to use a optical transceiver to adapt CX4 to optical fiber: >> Fujitsu FPD-010R008-0E + FOC-CCxxxx. I'm using it for a short distance >> of >> 10m. I did the loop back test on BEE2 and it works fine. So I'm sure >> that the cable and the module is working fine. But when I have one end >> of >> the cable connected to the 10Gbe NIC card on the system I don't see the >> module getting any power from the NIC card. Does anyone know any >> specific >> 10Gbe NIC card that would work with these modules? >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Shilpa Bollineni >> >> >> >> >> > >
