Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a short follow-up to youtube.com/watch?v=9cEcX_a8on8
For my first pair of 100gbit network cards, I didn't know what to expect. I installed drivers the WRONG way and hit an issue on the first kernel upgrade. That bend was also driving me crazy! What I didn't think of is to check just how hot this network card actually runs.
Until the next makeitwork.club when I will dig into all the improvements - SPOILER(3D printed tall bracket, LACP bond, 40mm Noctua fans, CDN benchmarks) - this is a quick peek into what is coming.
Thank you for all the great comments, and especially those that addressed the lack of active cooling on the Mellanox ConnectX-5 card, and suggested a temporary fix until I get a 3D printed tall bracket.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:29 I was doing MLNX_EN wrong
00:01:34 _jodi33 has a solution for the bend
00:02:41 WillFul noticed that there is no active cooling
00:04:37 99Gbits/s for Marcos
00:07:31 Does the storage support 100Gbit/s?
00:09:46 Hopefully NO MORE Kubernetes
This is a short follow-up to youtube.com/watch?v=9cEcX_a8on8
For my first pair of 100gbit network cards, I didn't know what to expect. I installed drivers the WRONG way and hit an issue on the first kernel upgrade. That bend was also driving me crazy! What I didn't think of is to check just how hot this network card actually runs.
Until the next makeitwork.club when I will dig into all the improvements - SPOILER(3D printed tall bracket, LACP bond, 40mm Noctua fans, CDN benchmarks) - this is a quick peek into what is coming.
Thank you for all the great comments, and especially those that addressed the lack of active cooling on the Mellanox ConnectX-5 card, and suggested a temporary fix until I get a 3D printed tall bracket.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:29 I was doing MLNX_EN wrong
00:01:34 _jodi33 has a solution for the bend
00:02:41 WillFul noticed that there is no active cooling
00:04:37 99Gbits/s for Marcos
00:07:31 Does the storage support 100Gbit/s?
00:09:46 Hopefully NO MORE Kubernetes
