PowerEdge XE2420

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Is it possible to install Pfsense's latest version on Dell PowerEdge XE2420?

#PowerEdge #XE2420

stephenw10

Probably. It's also probably total overkill. What are you doing with it?

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@stephenw10
The server assumed to handle eighty Gigabytes of network traffic.

stephenw10

You mean 80Gbps? (Gigabits per second) Across multiple interfaces?

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@stephenw10
Yes. Across 8 mezzanine card slot.

stephenw10

Hmm, well not overkill then. It's unlikely pfSense would be able to route that much traffic though. Even with a CPU that powerful. You might looks at TNSR if you need to pass 80Gbps.

Steve

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@stephenw10 w
On the TNSR page, I can see nothing about Dell PowerEdge servers.

"Bare Metal Image for 3rd party hardware deployment"
The above sentence is the only information for Bare metal servers. But I need more information about Dell PowerEdge.

Is it possible to install TNSR on these servers?

stephenw10

There doesn't appear to be anything particularly exotic about those servers so I'd expect it to install no problem. TNSR is built on Ubuntu and VPP. The only thing I would want to be sure about is the VPP support for whatever NICs you are using. Check this page:
https://docs.netgate.com/tnsr/en/latest/platforms/#recommended-components
However I'd suggest getting in contact with our sales guys to discuss it:
https://www.netgate.com/get-started

Steve

A Former User

Is it possible to install Pfsense's latest version on Dell
PowerEdge XE2420?

pfSense 2.6+ (Plus) is able to get over an LAB license
for a probe or test installation!

Is it possible to install TNSR on these servers?
TSNR is able to get over an LAB license for a probe or test
installation too!

So you will be able to test out and if it is running fine for you
you might be getting a real license then!