Owning SANLink2 10G SFP+ ist there a Sanlink3 Verion of SFP+ (Thunderbolt3) ??

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Alexander Hafemann posted this 19 December 2019

Hi there,

I'm using a SANLink2 10G SFP+ and it works with tranceivers over a fiber connection towards a synology network raid without any problem. I bundled the 2x 10GB Optical at 10GBbaseSR.

QUESTION:

Is there a Thunderbolt 3 Verion of the SANLink2 10G SFP+ out yet? Looking for a solution for the new mac pro, where i just but the optical transceivers into a new Sanlink3 with Thunderbolt 3 to connect the Mac Pro 2019...

I now i could use an Thunderbolt2 to 3 Adapter, but is there already a native Thunderbolt 3 Version of the SANLink2 10G SFP+ out yet?

Thaks for your help. 

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Ranjith kumar posted this 19 December 2019

Hi Alexander,

For Thunderbolt3 and Fiber connection, you can prefer Sanlink3 F2, please verify below link for more information

https://www.promise.com/us/Products/SANLink/SANLink3-F2

Also you can refer below link for download compatability list for Sanlink3 F2:

https://www.promise.com/DownloadFile.aspx?DownloadFileUID=6308

Regards,

Promise Team

 

Alexander Hafemann posted this 19 December 2019

Hi Ranjith,

thanks for the link. As I use the Sanlink2 10G SFP+ as an IP Network towards the Synology NAS (this works) I have still the question if the SANLink3-F2 will work as a Network Connector over Fiber. In the Specs I only find "Fiber Channel" (which for sure will work.. but isn`t there a difference betwenn Fiber Channel and Network IP Connection over a Fibercable.

In the compatibility list of Sanlink3-f2 I only see Fiber Channel connectors. (like the previous sanlink2 8G FC or sanlink 16G FC. As I have the 10G SFP + for IP Networkinf over a Fiber Cable, i doubt (from the specs sheet) that it will work.

Thanks again for your help in clarifying if the SANLink3-F2 offers the possibility to connect to a Fiber IP Network and not only to a Fiber Channel Host.

Cheers,

Alex

R P posted this 08 January 2020

Hi Alexander,

Yes, there is a difference between ethernet over fibre and FC, probably the major differences are encoding and frame size. You cannot use an ethernet SFP+ in a FC Sanlink (or HBA) because the chipset and driver won't recognise the SFP+ and bring the port up, and vice versa.

The SL2-10G SFP+ should work with the Apple TB2 to TB3 adapter, the driver shows compatibility up to 10.15 (Catalina) for MAC and Windows 10 for Windows. I have not tested the Sanlink2 10G Utility with Catalina.

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