SG-4100

stephenw10

Do you know the power consumption of this new SG-4100?

The test device I have shows 11W at the wall on a kill-a-watt style meter. Uncalibrated.
That's with an SFP WAN and 2x 2.5G LAN interfaces connected at close to idle.

Steve

mcury

@stephenw10 said in SG-4100:

@mcury said in SG-4100:

Do you know the power consumption of this new SG-4100?

The test device I have shows 11W at the wall on a kill-a-watt style meter. Uncalibrated.
That's with an SFP WAN and 2x 2.5G LAN interfaces connected at close to idle.

Steve

Thanks Steve

mdomnis

I bought a couple of 7100s for branch offices because they were rack mountable, but they were quite a bit more expensive than the 6100 (or 4100) and the performance specs over the 6100 weren't all that much. I see this mentions it's rack mountable, but I only see a wall mount kit available. How does the rack mounting work for this and is it the same for the 6100?

stephenw10

The rack mount is still in development, hard to put a date on it with global supply chains being what they are.
It will mount the unit rear facing for access to the ports with an extension for the USB ports.

Steve

NogBadTheBad

@stephenw10 Are they the same size as the SG-6100 ?

These might work if they are:-

[Admin edit: They might well but they are unsanctioned and untested, hard to recommend]

stephenw10

Yes the 4100 is the same dimensions as the 6100.

NogBadTheBad

[Admin edit: They might well but they are unsanctioned and untested, hard to recommend]

Fair enough but people have been asking for ages and there has been no action from Netgate re rack mounting the devices.

The OEM even lists a rack mount kit.

stephenw10

Yup, we hear you! Hence, rack mount coming soon...

Cabledude

@stephenw10 said in SG-4100:

@mcury said in SG-4100:

Do you know the power consumption of this new SG-4100?

The test device I have shows 11W at the wall on a kill-a-watt style meter. Uncalibrated.
That's with an SFP WAN and 2x 2.5G LAN interfaces connected at close to idle.

Steve

Hi Steve, how does the 4100 power consumption compare to the 6100 power consumption? Same form factor same processor, same figures for idle operation?

Also, the 4100 seeming so similar to the 6100, can we, potential buyers, be reasonably certain that the teething problems of this new line of appliances -- in close harmony with the also quite new 22.x pfSense+ software -- have already been solved?

Thanks,
Pete

stephenw10

The 10G PHYs can use a Watt or two with SFP+ modules in. The one I have here is using ~15W on the same meter but it's 'fully loaded'.

Yes, it's very similar to the 6100 so most of the issues had already been solved. The sort of things we saw in development were due to the differences, like the omission of the first two ix NICs from the SoC.

Steve