[talk] OT: tiny/giant pfsense/opnsense box

[Charles Sprickman]

> On Jul 22, 2018, at 3:56 PM, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
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>> But this monster, look at this thing:
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>> http://www.wiredzone.com/supermicro-servers-compact-embedded-processor-sys-e300-8d-10026325 <http://www.wiredzone.com/supermicro-servers-compact-embedded-processor-sys-e300-8d-10026325>
>> https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm <https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm>
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>> 2x 10gb/s ethernet, 6x 1Gb/s ethernet, and room for more.  Includes IPMI/IP-KVM and processor (add drive and RAM).  Under $700.
> 
> I had one on my desk until I handed it to one of our engineers to address this issue:
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> https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8618 <https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8618>
Hmmm…  I have a pair of “full size” supermicro servers, I need to check what chipset they use for the 10Gb interfaces as they have some odd behavior that sounds similar to this.  I just updated to 11.2, I’ll see if they still present the same issue and confirm the chipset.

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> and 
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> https://forum.netgate.com/topic/132529/2-4-4-possible-bug-with-intel-c3858-and-interface-auto-detection-on-10gb-interfaces <https://forum.netgate.com/topic/132529/2-4-4-possible-bug-with-intel-c3858-and-interface-auto-detection-on-10gb-interfaces>
> 
> FreeBSD buildworld times are respectable. 
> 
> Jim

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