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Any options for FDR Infiniband or 40 GbE on the Mac Pro 2012?
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A quick look at their site doesn't show any MacOS support for those cards. It's free to email them.
http://www.mellanox.com/page/osv_support_ib
http://www.mellanox.com/page/osv_support_ib
Chelsio's T580 is a 40GbE QSFP+ PCIe adapter with driver support for macOS.
I haven't personally used the T580, but I've run some T520 and S320 in a MacPro5,1 under macOS and they've worked very well.
The T580-CR supports RDMA and RoCE, but I'm not sure about the current state of the macOS driver's support for that. They also have a beta version of the driver that supports their newer T6 ASIC (up to 100GbE).
A new T580-LP-CR is available for $400 directly from Chelsio or half of that on eBay, which blows my mind.
[doublepost=1541325125][/doublepost]ATTO's FastFrame NIC also provides 40GbE QSFP+ support under macOS. Historically, their drivers have been solid.
I haven't personally used the T580, but I've run some T520 and S320 in a MacPro5,1 under macOS and they've worked very well.
The T580-CR supports RDMA and RoCE, but I'm not sure about the current state of the macOS driver's support for that. They also have a beta version of the driver that supports their newer T6 ASIC (up to 100GbE).
A new T580-LP-CR is available for $400 directly from Chelsio or half of that on eBay, which blows my mind.
[doublepost=1541325125][/doublepost]ATTO's FastFrame NIC also provides 40GbE QSFP+ support under macOS. Historically, their drivers have been solid.
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10 G will nearly saturate PCIe 2.0 x4.
40 G will nearly saturate PCIe 2.0 x16.
The QPI link between northbridge and CPU(which hosts the memory controllers) is 6.4GB/s, or 51.6 gigabit.
Just FYI.
40 G will nearly saturate PCIe 2.0 x16.
The QPI link between northbridge and CPU(which hosts the memory controllers) is 6.4GB/s, or 51.6 gigabit.
Just FYI.