Since I can't reply to your email, you guys are so obfuscated it's annoying.
Thanks Mark, I appreciate the assistance.
Too late to stop me looking like a fool to the client (and I guess to Intel forums) , but hey ho. That’s what happens when I behave gung ho and present untested solutions to a client and test mid-week all bravado – like nobody ever got fired for buying IBM days.
Entirely my fault and I should/do know better. I treated it as just another intel NIC upgrade and what could go wrong. Luckily my counterpart was clever enough to hedge the bet and propose a showdown.
I still have £1000 worth of NICs to try and utilise and I would rather do it with the same client. We are small and out 10GB (copper) roll outs are only just beginning…