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    10Gbe Tuning?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Promising stuff.  :)
      I look forward to any results (everyone loves a nice graph  ;))

      Steve

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        q54e3w
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        I just couldnt get past 6.5gbps on 2.1.4….but 2.2 flies :)

        this is as fast as my little fileserver can go....

        and iperf from laptop<–>FS (my laptop struggles to get > 9gbps due to using a thunderbolt to PCIe adapter which daisy chains a monitor which consumes some bandwidth)

        All the above at circa 60% utilisation on one core of a 8 core rangeley 2758 board.

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          jasonlitka
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          @irj972:

          I just couldnt get past 6.5gbps on 2.1.4….but 2.2 flies :)

          this is as fast as my little fileserver can go....

          and iperf from laptop<-->FS (my laptop struggles to get > 9gbps due to using a thunderbolt to PCIe adapter which daisy chains a monitor which consumes some bandwidth)

          All the above at circa 60% utilisation on one core of a 8 core rangeley 2758 board.

          Very nice. Intel X520 adapter?

          I can break anything.

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            Guest
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            I've been saying for nearly a year that the c2000 SoC is a huge win for pfsense.

            Just wait to see what we do with it.

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              q54e3w
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              @Jason:

              Very nice. Intel X520 adapter?

              yup….I'm planning on building a little stripe of SSDs and seeing what bonded 10gig interfaces can do...
              I still want to get a test on one of the chinese knocks off to see what they can do too....too much fun stuff to try and not enough time.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                @irj972:

                ….too much fun stuff to try and not enough time.

                Ha! First world problem if ever I saw it.  ;)
                Thanks for sharing your results.

                Steve

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                  kenshirothefist
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                  Anybody has any experience with pfSense 2.1.x and Intel 10GbE network controller 82599ES? Supermicro AOC-STGN-i2S is based on this controller, therefore I would like to know weather 82599ES is supported under pfSense 2.1.x? Does it work out-of-the-box or does it require some manual drivers installation?

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                    jasonlitka
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                    The Intel X520 cards with the same chip work great so I would assume that SuperMicro's card also works, though I do not know for sure.

                    I can break anything.

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                      kenshirothefist
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                      @Jason:

                      The Intel X520 cards with the same chip work great so I would assume that SuperMicro's card also works, though I do not know for sure.

                      Intel x520 uses 82599 and 82599ES chips … are there any essential differences between those two chips?

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                        jasonlitka
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                        82599 is the family.  82599ES is the actual chip.

                        If you want a feature comparison between the chips in that family then take a look at the link below.

                        http://ark.intel.com/compare/66004,32207,41282

                        I can break anything.

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                          shms
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                          What fiber sfp+ modules are you guys using for the intel x520?

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                            jasonlitka
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                            @shms:

                            What fiber sfp+ modules are you guys using for the intel x520?

                            I use mostly Direct Attach cables, not optics, but when I do use fiber it's either genuine Intel modules or knockoffs from approvedoptics.com.

                            I can break anything.

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                              shms
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                              @Jason:

                              @shms:

                              What fiber sfp+ modules are you guys using for the intel x520?

                              I use mostly Direct Attach cables, not optics, but when I do use fiber it's either genuine Intel modules or knockoffs from approvedoptics.com.

                              Nice, regular 8431 cables like http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-XDACBL5M-Twinaxial-Netwrk-Cable-Twinaxial-Netwrk-16-40ft-SFF-8431-Male-/311114486894?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item486fde546e or? And this card is 2x10gbit full duplex? if so, possible lacp @ 2x10gbit?

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                                jasonlitka
                                last edited by

                                @shms:

                                @Jason:

                                @shms:

                                What fiber sfp+ modules are you guys using for the intel x520?

                                I use mostly Direct Attach cables, not optics, but when I do use fiber it's either genuine Intel modules or knockoffs from approvedoptics.com.

                                Nice, regular 8431 cables like http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-XDACBL5M-Twinaxial-Netwrk-Cable-Twinaxial-Netwrk-16-40ft-SFF-8431-Male-/311114486894?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item486fde546e or? And this card is 2x10gbit full duplex? if so, possible lacp @ 2x10gbit?

                                Yes, cables like that.

                                Theoretically, yes, you could put two links together for 2x10Gbit/s.

                                I can break anything.

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                                  Guest
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                                  @Jason:

                                  @shms:

                                  @Jason:

                                  @shms:

                                  What fiber sfp+ modules are you guys using for the intel x520?

                                  I use mostly Direct Attach cables, not optics, but when I do use fiber it's either genuine Intel modules or knockoffs from approvedoptics.com.

                                  Nice, regular 8431 cables like http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-XDACBL5M-Twinaxial-Netwrk-Cable-Twinaxial-Netwrk-16-40ft-SFF-8431-Male-/311114486894?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item486fde546e or? And this card is 2x10gbit full duplex? if so, possible lacp @ 2x10gbit?

                                  Yes, cables like that.

                                  Theoretically, yes, you could put two links together for 2x10Gbit/s.

                                  Now do the math on 40Gbps NICs and a $99 break-out cable.  :-)

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                                    nikkon
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                                    on my actual setup - J1900 + ssd + 8gb ram and 2xIntel i210T
                                    For PPPoE i got verry low speed. Around 346.96 Mbit/s. connection is 1000 Mbit/s.I'm not expecting to get 1000 but @least 50%
                                    dev.igb.0.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection version - 2.4.0

                                    pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                    Happy PfSense user :)

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      What CPU usage are you seeing?

                                      Steve

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                                        nikkon
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephenw10:

                                        What CPU usage are you seeing?

                                        Steve

                                        not more than 60% and that's a spyke

                                        pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                        Happy PfSense user :)

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          How does that divide across the cores? I imagine you have one core at 100%

                                          Steve

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                                            nikkon
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                                            one core is reaching 100% yeah…rest of them are low in load.

                                            pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                            Happy PfSense user :)

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