pfSense on Intel Xeon D-17xx SoC: SFP28 support?
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Has anyone tried to run pfSense 2.6.0 on a Intel Xeon D Ice Lake and tested the onboard SFP28 ports that are connected via SoC? There are a range of products from Supermicro like the SYS-510D-4C-FN6P (using a Xeon D-1718T) that seems suitable for a pfSense firewall or even a passively cooled one SYS-E302-12D-4C having the same SoC.
Are these SFP28 ports supported in pfSense? Does it work with any suitable modules?
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I know there have been some issues using that platform with Plus. I haven't seen any reports from 2.6 but I would expect the same issues to apply. So you may wish to wait until there are some positive reports at least.
Steve
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@phloggu said in pfSense on Intel Xeon D-17xx SoC: SFP28 support?:
Has anyone tried to run pfSense 2.6.0 on a Intel Xeon D > Ice Lake and tested the onboard SFP28 ports that are
connected via SoC?Supported OS on Ice Lake CPU based Supermicro mainboards
There are a range of products from Supermicro like
the SYS-510D-4C-FN6P (using a Xeon D-1718T) that
seems suitable for a pfSense firewall or even a passively > cooled one SYS-E302-12D-4C having the same SoC.Passively cooled in that "range" or that "league" might be
not the best choice in my eyes, if I need really that power
it is secondary for me personal how noisy it is.Are these SFP28 ports supported in pfSense? Does it
work with any suitable modules?If you need that really, you may be better sorted to go with TSNR on it, only in my eyes.
This two board I know pfSense will performing really well
on, but they own no SFP28 ports are in "game" play!- SuperServer E300-9A-16CN8TP - Intel Atom C3958
- SuperServer E300-9D-8CN8TP - Intel Xeon D-2146NT
For all network appliances I would be looking also for an Intel cpu ending with an "N" or "NT" (network) since the
they where out.- Xeon D-15xxN
- Xeon D-16xxN
- Xeon D-17xxNT
- Xeon D-21xxNT
- Xeon D-27xxNT
They are often sorted with all you "need" or wish to see like, DPDK, AES-NI, Intel QAT, Turbo Boost and Hyperthreading. I mean for the same money, getting all
on top what can be interesting in networking might be perhaps not really a changing point, but on the other side you will not miss "something" later.
