Supermicro X7SPA-H
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What kind of internet speed can this board handle ?
With the same CPU and lesser ethernet interfaces (1 're' and 1 'vge') on an Intel D510MO board I am pushing 80mbps on my 100/100 fibre at home and that seems to be a bottleneck of the upstream rather than the hardware.
I think I'd be safe saying that you could run 100mbps ethernet at wirespeed.
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Mine is around 70/50 most of the time as it is now situated in the Datacentre looking after a number of clients
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Ok thx for the answers. The area that I live in has a shared 500/500 mbit line that isnt overused.
I'm still thinking about switching my router to a PfSense and this could be the board I chose if I build one. I'll get back with some benchmarks if/when I get it.
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What about the "(Supermicro) SuperServer 5015A-PHF" with the "X7SPA-HF" Board; it has 2 Intel 1Gbit Interfaces and looks very nice for pfSense …
Did someone test pfSense 1.2.3 on this new version with the "Intel Atom D510" ??FBI01
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Do you know if the pci-e x4 allows a card other then a video card. I am interested in getting the board and put a 3ware 9650 in it.
Looking to run openfiler.
thanks,
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AFAIK there is no reason to believe only a graphics card would work in that PCI-e slot. Just make sure the expansion card you're going to use is compatible with PCI-e x4 or lower.
I'm also looking into buying one of these new pineview mobo's from SuperMicro and running pfSense on it. I haven't dug into all the chipset specs yet but I would also be interested to know if a stock pfSense 1.2.3 install would run on it.
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Here is a discusion of the board for UnRaid - a NAS OS
http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5133.0
The PCI-e slot supports other cards than a graphics card.
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Has anyone found any stock available for immediate purchase ?
If so, please post.
North American source preferred, but anything will be helpful :)
Thanks!
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Wow - you just missed it! Provantage had 4 in stock this morning. http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-x7spa-h~7SUPM362.htm
If it were me, I would wait until the "X7SPA-HF" model is available. That one has embedded IPMI (built-in KVM over IP) which is essential for a headless box stuck in a closet or datacenter.
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Yes … it is the X7SPA-HF model that I am actually after.
Should have said that.Either way, can anyone clarify what size of pico psu should be used for this board? Intel forums are all over the map.
Wondering if I should get a PicoPSU-150-XT w/102Watt adapter or if the PicoPSU-90 w/60Watt adapter is sufficient??
Other than RAM, the only other thing I will be running is an SSD .. and maybe a few extra case fans if the little bugger runs too hot.
Anyone have any solid info re: minimum / recommended power supplies ?
re: your comment about IPMI ... I noticed that fro the HF model as well but could not determine if there was an extra module to buy to use it. It also says "shared with LAN1" so I hope that means that LAN1 is used to communicate with it and than LAN1 can also be used for the pfSense LAN/WAN config, etc.
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Update time.
My pair of X7SPA-H boards arrived, as did the other necessary parts. On Saturday, I built my two mini-servers and confirmed that the parts work. I used very nice Silverstone black cube cases that have lots of room for future expansion. I'll post part descriptions and pictures in several days, when I am finished with the project.
pfSense is not installed yet. My plan to boot from a 4GB thumb drive hit a snag: the pfSense embedded image wants to use serial console instead of VGA. I can't be bothered with that, as I got rid of my last RS-232 junk many years ago. It seems a few others have been through this before, so I will look at those threads in depth and figure out the best way around the problem.
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The manual says it needs 2-amp from the 5v standby rail.
I got the chenbro case, a little pricey :) that has 180 watts psu.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123128&cm_re=chenbro--11-123-128--Product
tnt
Yes … it is the X7SPA-HF model that I am actually after.
Should have said that.
Either way, can anyone clarify what size of pico psu should be used for this board? Intel forums are all over the map.
Wondering if I should get a PicoPSU-150-XT w/102Watt adapter or if the PicoPSU-90 w/60Watt adapter is sufficient??
Other than RAM, the only other thing I will be running is an SSD .. and maybe a few extra case fans if the little bugger runs too hot.
Anyone have any solid info re: minimum / recommended power supplies ?
re: your comment about IPMI ... I noticed that fro the HF model as well but could not determine if there was an extra module to buy to use it. It also says "shared with LAN1" so I hope that means that LAN1 is used to communicate with it and than LAN1 can also be used for the pfSense LAN/WAN config, etc.
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Yes … it is the X7SPA-HF model that I am actually after.
Should have said that.Either way, can anyone clarify what size of pico psu should be used for this board? Intel forums are all over the map.
Wondering if I should get a PicoPSU-150-XT w/102Watt adapter or if the PicoPSU-90 w/60Watt adapter is sufficient??
Other than RAM, the only other thing I will be running is an SSD .. and maybe a few extra case fans if the little bugger runs too hot.
Anyone have any solid info re: minimum / recommended power supplies ?
re: your comment about IPMI ... I noticed that fro the HF model as well but could not determine if there was an extra module to buy to use it. It also says "shared with LAN1" so I hope that means that LAN1 is used to communicate with it and than LAN1 can also be used for the pfSense LAN/WAN config, etc.
We've just gotten in a (Supermicro Xeon) board with what's probably the same module. The documentation is pretty slim but it seems like you can put the IMPI directly onto a seperate 802.1q tagged VLAN and use the rest of the VLANs and untagged as usual.
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The manual says it needs 2-amp from the 5v standby rail.
I got the chenbro case, a little pricey :) that has 180 watts psu.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123128&cm_re=chenbro--11-123-128--Product
tnt
That is helpful to know if I go with a bigger case, but I am still motivated to use a case with a PicoPSU.
Can anyone tell me if the PicoPSU-150-XT will drive this board OK ?
Intel's D510MO board is recommended to be used with a PicoPSU-80, so one might assume the 150Watt would be more than plenty.
But I'd like to know this before ordering parts.I emailed SuperMicro support, but so far all they have confirmed is that the X7SPA-HF works in their 1U chassis w/200Watt P/S
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Can anyone tell me if the PicoPSU-150-XT will drive this board OK ?
Intel's D510MO board is recommended to be used with a PicoPSU-80, so one might assume the 150Watt would be more than plenty.
But I'd like to know this before ordering parts.I have a Zotac ION-ITX board with Atom 330, nvidia Ion, 2 * 3.5" hdd. It runs typically around 35W, and I've never seen it hit 50W (using a brick power supply). I'm not sure you could make the X7SPA-H pull 150W if you wanted to.
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I just finished building a new, completely silent, no moving parts pfSense system using this board (actually, the X7SPA-HF). The -HF includes on-board IPMI 2.0.
At idle it's using ~20 watts. Maxxing my cable connection at ~25Mbps I'm seeing around 8% CPU usage.
It's definitely a sweet little board. ICR9R, good Intel NICs, and I can verify that the PCIe x16 slot works with cards other than video. I have a PCIe x4 Intel PRO/1000 PT dual port card and pfSense sees it. I had to take it out though as I don't have a 90* PCIe adapter yet.
The IPMI is very nice. It gives full control over the board via web management (don't even need to install software on your pc). You get temps, alerts, and console access via the web interface.
It's running off a SATA -> CompactFlash adapter that mounts in one of the expansion slots. The card sticks out the back like on a Cisco router.
This is the case: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0294113
Riley
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Nice write up. Very helpful. By the way what are the temps like? What type of power supply are you using?
Thanks again!
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CPU Temp @ idle is 45C with a max of 90C.
Keep in mind this is fanless. I'm sure with some airflow it would be pretty close to ambient..
Riley
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Thanks-
Are you using a pico power supply?
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No, a 60 watt DC-DC unit came with the case.
Also, tonight I added a small 40mm fan to the one side of the case. It's only rated at 7cfm, but it's for all intents and purposes silent. It's brought the CPU and system temp down quite a bit.
Riley