HAHAHA!
Ok, right. I see what has happened. The bit I was missing was 'close the guide me pop-up window'
Thinking I was on a reputable site, with a reputable company, with a trusted SSL certificate with a steady SHA fingerprint I made the STUPID and may I say 'N00b' internet faux pas of trusting a gad damned pop-up.
What an idiot. What a stupid website. Together we make a bad mix.
Additionally, a colleague claims to have filled in one of those forms yesterday evening with no response so far.
My apologies.
As I stated above I have filled in the appropriate form asking them to review the issue I have which I detailed rather verbosely. We have a further 4 of these cards so I would like to make use of them somehow, I would especially like to return this HV into full service without another rack visit.
This weekends maintenance window is being utilised upgrading the remaining 18 servers with Nextreme NICs which were tested last 2 nights ago without issue and purchased 6 hours ago having had no satisfaction with Intel. Small fry I know. I would have loved to be able to perform a comparison.
Be nice to get a result either way, can't or can.