Gen10 DL Servers and 560SFP+ Adapter

[MrRubble]

Greetings,

We are looking at getting a couple Gen10 (either DL360 or DL380).  We have some 560SFP+ cards from previous generation HPE's.  Would these work ok with the Gen10's?  When I look at the docs, I'm not seeing this particular card listed but I do see 562SFP+ adaptors mentioned.  Would we be required to get 562's or can we reuse the 560's?

Thanks!

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

Yes you got it right,  560SFP+ Adapter is not compatible with Gen10 servers.
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04111506
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04605518

It could be because of the card BUS type:
560SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 2.0 (Gen 2) x8
562FLR-SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 3.0 (Gen 3) x8

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[MrRubble]

It could be because of the card BUS type:
560SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 2.0 (Gen 2) x8
562FLR-SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 3.0 (Gen 3) x8

Hmm, that doesn't seem quite right.  Looking around online and I'm seeing that 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0. 

2.0 card in a 3.0 slot.

Perhaps we just need to try it out and see what happens before buying the newer card.

Thanks

[Sasssh]

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@Suman_1978 wrote:

Hi,

Yes you got it right,  560SFP+ Adapter is not compatible with Gen10 servers.
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04111506
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c04605518

It could be because of the card BUS type:
560SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 2.0 (Gen 2) x8
562FLR-SFP+ Adapter - PCI Express 3.0 (Gen 3) x8

Thank You!
I am a HPE employee
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In HPE support there is article - https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00029615en_us , that Gen10 servers are support HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter.

But, if we read 560SFP+ Adapter specs, there is no Gen10 servers support. I think, there is no Gen10 support, because at that time there were no Gen10 servers.

And, where is the truth? Сonsidering the fact that the slot versions are compatible?

[Sasssh]

And there is no answers, what is truth. Ok.

When I can get HW, I shall test this issue.

[KevinSpring]

The 560 NICs aren't officially listed as qualified on Gen10 since HPE wanted customers to move to the newer 562, that's why you only found "support" for them in a VMware issue advisory. But do they work? Yeah.