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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We were supplied with additional 10Gbps cards in our ESS.
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We didn’t realise there were two identical 10gbps cards in the chassis which lead to some confusion…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I finally twigged and realised the cables were plugged into one, and the configuration was applied to the other
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sorry network team it wasn’t a problem with the network!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> gpfsug-discuss <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Beattie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 5, 2023 4:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Connecting IBM ESS 3200 to 10 Gb Ethernet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prasad,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You would be better off looking at the following: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/networking/ethernet/cable-accessories/">https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/networking/ethernet/cable-accessories/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This will allow you to adapt from the QSFP+ 100GB transceiver down to a SFP+ 10GB transceiver and then use standard OM4 cable and Cisco 10GB transceivers at the other end.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However I will also comment that using 10GB network for an all flash ESS is a bit like buying an F1 racing car and never taking it out of first gear. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You would honestly be better investing in a single 100GB switch to at least build the ESS cluster at 100Gbit and getting the full potential bandwidth from your investment in NVMe <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise buy a FS5200 + 2 x86 servers and some scale licensing, because you are down rating the ESS3200 to less than 25% of its potential performance <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">Andrew Beattie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">P. +61 421 337 927<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">E. <a href="mailto:abeattie@au1.ibm.com">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">Twitter: AndrewJBeattie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> gpfsug-discuss <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org</a>> on behalf of Prasad Surampudi <<a href="mailto:prasad.surampudi@theatsgroup.com">prasad.surampudi@theatsgroup.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 5, 2023 11:24:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org">gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org">gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] Connecting IBM ESS 3200 to 10 Gb Ethernet</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Does anyone know if we can connect IBM ESS 3200 to a customer 10 Gb ethernet network? If so what cables we need to connect it to a Cisco C93180YC-EX switch? Does
it support 100 Gb to 4x10 GB fanout connections? Prasad Surampudi | Sr. Systems <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Does anyone know if we can connect IBM ESS 3200 to a customer 10 Gb ethernet network? If so what cables we need to connect it to
a </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFED94">Cisco</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#070706;background:#FFED94">C93180YC-EX</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">
switch? Does it support 100 Gb to 4x10 GB fanout connections?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Prasad Surampudi | Sr. Systems Enginee<br>
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