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t_shaffer1465
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Nov 18, 2020

Server 2019 supported NICs on a PCI gen 2 bus

Hello all, hoping that I can find some ideas from others in a similar spot. And hoping I am posting to the right forum, if not, I sincerely apologize. 

 

I am running a couple pairs of HP Proliant DL380 G6 and G7s, two pair of the G6s and a single pair of G7s. 

 

I am putting Server 2019 onto these, and would ideally like to enable Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on them, but I am running into issues locating a suitable NIC to cross connect each pair. Because the G6 and G7s have  PCIe 2.0 bus, I am limited with what I can find with 10Gb speed, and I as of yet haven't found a supported card that also is RDMA capable.  

 

Has anyone else had the same challenge, or can anyone make a suggestion that would meet the need I am running into?

 

Thanks in advance for any input. 

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