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    PfSense onto McAfee Intrushield I3000

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Can't find much hardware info. What's inside it?

      Steve

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      • _Adrian__ Offline
        _Adrian_
        last edited by

        Well, i just had it apart and looks like a few Broadcom chips and the boards are layered.
        Seems like the whole system runs off a main CF card and there's a secondary one available at the front…

        I tried accessing the console but no output VIA serial connection.
        Here's the pics:

        If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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        • _Adrian__ Offline
          _Adrian_
          last edited by

          I hope those should suffice :)

          If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, lots of big scary parts.  ;)
            I don't see anything x86 though. Any clues on the serial port at boot?

            Steve

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            • _Adrian__ Offline
              _Adrian_
              last edited by

              nothing yet…
              have to check my other cable and see what putty spits out at me..

              If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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              • _Adrian__ Offline
                _Adrian_
                last edited by

                Well…
                No sign of life on a straight through or crossover cable.
                Guess it back to network scan :/

                If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                • _Adrian__ Offline
                  _Adrian_
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                  Here's a few data sheets on some of those "big scary" chips

                  http://www.ic72.com/pdf_file/v/265721.pdf

                  http://datasheet.elcodis.com/pdf/48/37/483780/bcm5693a2keb.pdf

                  http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pb/5821-PB04-R.pdf

                  If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                  • _Adrian__ Offline
                    _Adrian_
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                    All in all these units are going back…
                    I was able to have a peek on the card and its been erased.
                    However he does have a pair of i2700's that i will probably try

                    If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                    • _Adrian__ Offline
                      _Adrian_
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                      Well… surprise, surprise...
                      The 2700 was a hunk of crap too, all embedded.

                      Good thing I didn't jump on that 5300 i was eyeing earlier last year LOL

                      Either way...
                      Time to go to a DL380 G5...
                      2.2GHz Duo Core Xeon w/ 8GB DDR2
                      Myricom 10GB card and HP Infiniband card

                      If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                        mattb253
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                        i run pfsense on a pair of dl360 G5s dual quad cores with extra NICs for CARP, i love them

                        also running it on a pair of bl450c g5 blades w/ CARP

                        you should get a 1u 360, i feel like a 380 could still be used for something better  ;)

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                        • _Adrian__ Offline
                          _Adrian_
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                          @mattb253:

                          i run pfsense on a pair of dl360 G5s dual quad cores with extra NICs for CARP, i love them

                          also running it on a pair of bl450c g5 blades w/ CARP

                          you should get a 1u 360, i feel like a 380 could still be used for something better  ;)

                          That's the plan… but for now the 380G5 does just fine :P

                          If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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