SFP Direct Attach

I got it working!

First off, use RouterOS, not SwitchOS. Upgrade to at least 7.3.1, which added the option to force a 2.5Gbps SFP.

On the Omnia side (not persistent - put it in an init script):

ethtool -s eth2 speed 2500 autoneg off

On the Mikrotik side:

Interfaces → whichever SFP+ port you’re going to use → Ethernet → Auto Negotiation off, Speed 2.5Gbps, Full Duplex

(Unsure if flow control should be on or off)

That should be it.

# iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.4 port 43936 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   282 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec    0    814 KBytes
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec    0    947 KBytes
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   279 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0    947 KBytes
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec    0   1.06 MBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec    0   1.11 MBytes
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.11 MBytes
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   275 MBytes  2.31 Gbits/sec    0   1.22 MBytes
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   276 MBytes  2.32 Gbits/sec    0   1.30 MBytes
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.30 MBytes
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   275 MBytes  2.31 Gbits/sec    0   1.30 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.72 GBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.71 GBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
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