XL710 QSFP NICs: will a 4xSPF breakout give me 4 ethernet ports?

[JTreb1]

I have a very basic question concerning the new XL710 QSFP NICs (i.e., XL710QDA1/2). Will a QSFP to 4xSPF breakout give me 4 ethernet ports or are these NICs only intended to be connected to switches.

TIA.

John Treble

Ottawa, Canada

[VincentT_T_Intel]

Hi jtreble, breakout cable will give you flexibility to connect XL710 QSFP+ to SFP+ switch with downgrade speed of 10Gbps. in the operating system, you should still see 1 Ethernet adapter if you would go with DA1 and 2 Ethernet adapter with DA2.

sharing the product brief of QSFP+ cable for your reference:

http://www.intel.my/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/ethernet-qsfp-cables-brief.pdf http://www.intel.my/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/ethernet-qsfp-cables-brief.pdf

hope this help.

regards,

Vince

[JTreb1]

Vince,

Thanks for your quick response.

j.t.