This is complimicated. Thanks.

I'm very happy, of course, to be a new NIC if it means I don't have to
buy a switch that costs as much as a new car.

Tom

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Matt Dexter <[email protected]> wrote:

> we mainly use Zarlink for casper-casper and casper-Fujitsu switch links
> Not NICs.  I think the only NIC  application is Fujitsu switch to
> 1U server w/ Chelsio N310E-CX card (via copper and active
> Zarlink and Fujitsu fiboer optic links).
>
> The issue w/ NICs and some other CX4 devices is that they
> support only passive CX4 devices.  That is they don't supply
> the 3.3V the active devices require.  So it is more than
> they "have trouble"; they don't do it at all.
>
> I don't think we have any Myricom cards.
>
> Matt

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