On 08/11/2017 04:52, Bryan Socha wrote:
Doesn't this version support 10G in some way? Is there a vendor who is offering it with 10G or at least in a case you could add it yourself after?
Hi Bryan, Quick answer: no, it doesn't support 10G. In our different board evaluations, we found that requiring support for 10G conflicts with the desire to make the box cheaper and easily available. Getting a PCIe slot on cheap embedded boards is not common - they usually support miniPCIe instead. Longer answer: we did look, though :) There are two options: 1) the APU3a2/4 models have a PCIe slot option, but you'd need to order it as a custom board option, and get a case made that supports it. We could not find any existing cases that would support an extra card, or any current vendors who sell the board with the PCIe slot option. 2) It might be possible to use a miniPCIe-to-PCIe extender, to borrow a 1x PCIe lane from one of the miniPCIe slots and present it on a full-size PCIe card slot. We actually did try this, but could not figure out how to make it work. And you'd still need a case that supports a card. In the end we decided it was not wothwhile, since we wanted a model that was easily available worldwide from multiple suppliers. Kind Regards, Colin -- Colin Petrie Systems Engineer RIPE NCC