Intel SFP NIC not detected

[petben]

Hi, I have a 5 year old Intel S2600 server running Windows 2012r2 (required to be on this OS). I am trying to install a 10G Intel X520 SFP network card. The server has a 3 port PCIe riser, which I know works as it has RAID card in it. I have tried plugging the SFP NIC card into both ports on the riser and tried 2 different cards of the same model, but it simply does not pick up the card in Windows.

 

The BIOS 'PCI config' for the port that the card is plugged into is set as 'Gen3'. I have tried setting this to Gen2 (it's a Gen2 card) but still not detected in BIOS or Windows.

 

Any ideas? Thanks

[Davit2005]

My only thought is to try the card in a different server/slot and/or another card in the S2600 same slot.

 

To be honest I have never had an issue with the X520-DA2 and have always found them very compatible apart from in a Dell Optiplex 3020MT but from what I understand that could be how the x16 PCIe slot works on that board.

 

I've used them in HP MicroServer N36L/Gen8/Gen10, Dell T620/R730, Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 (running Windows 10), Fujitsu TX1310 M1, an IBM x3650 M3 and a Synology DS1715+ . In actual fact I have 6 of them at home and they are my go to 10Gb card.

 

I did have an issue once because I was using an DAC cable that was too long plugged into a switch and one of the ports did not show in ESXi.

Edited February 22, 2021 by Davit2005

[petben]

This is OK now.

The issue FYI was the PCIe riser has very specific slots that are live if only 1 processor is used on the server board. I needed to read the manual more carefully.

[Davit2005]

This is OK now.

The issue FYI was the PCIe riser has very specific slots that are live if only 1 processor is used on the server board. I needed to read the manual more carefully.

 

Glad you sorted

 

Yeah that makes sense, due to the lack of the second CPU .