Hi Jason,
thanks for your suggestions some time ago! I thought to come back to your mention of 40G QSFP+ working on ROACH-3: do you know if this is based on Xilinx' HSEC core (40G/100G), or if there will be a 'fourtygbe' Casper pcore? cheers, Jan >Hi Jan > >At this time, there are no plans for a 40G card for ROACH2. >You could use four 10G streams into a switch and then from the switch into a >40G card (we do this now), or you could try something like a quad-port 10G >card: http://www.chelsio.com/nic/t5-unified-wire-adapters/t540-cr/ for direct >connection to a ROACH-2. > >ROACH-3 prototypes have demonstrated working 40G QSFP+, but this will only be >available on ROACH-3, not ROACH-2. > >Jason Manley >CBF Manager >SKA-SA
