Will a Dell Broadcom 57800T G8RPD work in an R710?

Question

I searched as best I could to see if this was previously covered and didn't find it. I have some R710's and they are very solid machines, so much so that I am considering upgrading the networking a bit to 10GB. (Some are Revision I and some are Revision II ) I have been trying to find out if I can replace the Net Extreme daughter cards for the G8RPD or possibly the Y36FR If I am not mistaken each of these cards are similar daughter cards with 2 1GB ports and 2 10GB ports I have not decided if I need the upgrade on these particular machines, but as a starting point in my research I would like to know if those can be on the options list.

DELL-Shine K · Accepted Answer

Both G8RPD and Y36FR are RNDC which is only supported from 12th generation servers. R710 does not have a RNDC slot to connect these parts. R710 do support 10Gig adapter cards which you can connect on PCIe Slot. Below are some part# of Broadcom 10Gig network adapter cards supported on R710

RK375 - CRD,NTWK,PCIE,10GE,BCOM,1P - BCM57710 10GBase-T NIC, 1 Port, PCIe, Network Card, 10 GbE, Copper Broadcom
KJYD8 - CRD,NTWK,PCIE,BCOM,10G,SFP+ - BCM957711 10G SFP+ NIC, Dual Port, PCIe, Network Card, 10 Gb, Broadcom
K188P - CRD,NTWK,PCIE,BCOM,10G,SFP+ - BCM957711 10G SFP+ NIC, Dual Port, PCIe, Network Card, 10 Gb, Broadcom
W601R - CRD,NTWK,PCIE,BCOM,10G,SFP+,LP - BCM957711 10G SFP+ NIC, Dual Port, PCIe, Network Card, 10 Gb, Low Profile, Broadcom

universal4 · Answer

Thanks, and listing the cards known to work is helpful to refer to when shopping the cards out.

universal4 · Answer

What about these cards listed in another Dell forum thread?

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=11n8f&dgc=SM&cid=376139&lid=spr3495210601&linkId=93921641

QLogic 57810S Dual 10GE PCIe Standup SFP+/DA CNA
QLogic 57810S Dual 10GE PCIe Standup Base-T CNA
QLogic 57800S Quad Port 2, 1GB x 2, 10Gb rNDC Base-T
QLogic 57800S Quad Port 2, 1GB x 2, 10Gb rNDC SFP+/DA
QLogic 57810S-K Dual Port 10Gb bNDC KR CNA
QLogic 57810S-k Dual Port 10Gb bMezz KR CNA
QLogic 57840S-K Quad Port 10Gb bNDC KR CNA
QLogic 57840S Quad Port 10GB rNDC SFP+/DA

DELL-Shine K · Answer

Those cards are not supported and validated in R710. R710 is not listed as supported systems in 'Compatible Systems' section of the link you provided.

universal4 · Answer

Thank you very much, I was just trying to broaden the target a little during pricing research. The cards you listed as being supported are not hugely difficult to find.

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