MP 1,1-5,1 any cheap 10gbps SFP+ cards? Mojave, MacPro 2010

[nicko3.0i]

Hi guys
I got myself a couple of Mellanox ConnectX 3 10gbps SFP+ ehternet card, new, 22$ each! amazing bang for the bucks!
They work flawlessly on windows10 but they aren't recognized at all on my 2010 MacPro running Mojave.
Google research was fruitless :-(

I read somewhere that Aquantia AQtion AQN-107 and some Intel cards should work out of the box, but I'd like to be sure even to search for the right cards, before buying...
100, 200, 300+$ cards aren't an option, I'm looking for something way more affordable.

Any clues?
thank you!

 

[nicko3.0i]

So far.... Mellanox ConnectX 3 and Intel X520 aren't working :-( they are not even recognized by the computer... under "Ethernet" I only get the two gigabit Intel 82574L integrated ones :-(

 

[ogaramfa]

Check out this thread which covers how to get Intel X520 cards working:

Modify retail Intel 10GbE NICs to use Small Tree macOS Drivers

FOLKS, THIS WILL WRITE TO THE CARD EEPROM AND INCORRECT USAGE COULD RENDER YOUR CARD USELESS. THESE STEPS ARE SPECIFIC TO MY INTEL X520-DA2 10GbE CARD ONLY. HOWEVER, WITH SOME WORK THEY CAN BE ADAPTED TO WORK ON MOST INTEL NETWORK CARDS, BOTH 1GbE and 10GbE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. Intel's...

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[nicko3.0i]

Check out this thread which covers how to get Intel X520 cards working:

Modify retail Intel 10GbE NICs to use Small Tree macOS Drivers

FOLKS, THIS WILL WRITE TO THE CARD EEPROM AND INCORRECT USAGE COULD RENDER YOUR CARD USELESS. THESE STEPS ARE SPECIFIC TO MY INTEL X520-DA2 10GbE CARD ONLY. HOWEVER, WITH SOME WORK THEY CAN BE ADAPTED TO WORK ON MOST INTEL NETWORK CARDS, BOTH 1GbE and 10GbE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. Intel's...

forums.macrumors.com

Great! Thank you very much!
I'll get another card and try this, the one I had has been fitted in my FreeNAS build