Hi,
Our customer wants now to buy a Nexus 5000 and the:
DELL Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Network Interface Card
http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/broadcom-netxtremeii-57711/pd
and
DELL 10GbE SR SFP+ Transceiver for Broadcom 10GbE Dual Port Server Adapter - Kit
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=za&l=en&s=gen&sku=407-10356
They have some Dell servers will have the Broadcom card with the DELL SFP+ transceivers and will be connected to a Cisco Nexus 5000 switch that will have SR SFP+ transceivers.
Now my question is:
Will there be any compatibility issue between the DELL SR SFP+ transceivers and the Cisco SR SFP+ transceivers (SFP-10G-SR (10GBASE-SR SFP Module))?
The reason I am asking this is because I found the below threat that talks about compatibility issues with the Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Network Interface Card:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3189099#3189099
Could anybody please confirm?
In theory if both the servers and the Nexus will have SR SFP+ transceivers shouldn't be a problem, it doesn't matter that the SR SFP+ transceivers are one DELL branded and another one Cisco branded, right?
Any help regarding this is very appreciated.
