Dell R220 or HP DL320e - Ethernet compatibility

jasonlitka

That's a brand new system from Dell. I doubt anyone has tried it.

i350 NICs will work. I don't know about the Broadcom NICs, I only use Intel, and I've never heard of i350 V2.

Guest

Maybe you should send us on… or two.

Feldunost

I'll discuss about this compatibility with a Dell technician.
And will report my tests here.

Thanks you.

jasonlitka

@Feldunost:

I'll discuss about this compatibility with a Dell technician.
And will report my tests here.

Thanks you.

Yeah… No one at Dell is going to help you. Their official position is going to be that it only works with whatever OS options that they offer on the config page. That means Windows and a few Linux variants.

Feldunost

Yeah, but they may be able to ship the server and if that does not work / not fit our requirements we can ship back to them ?
Anyway i'll ask some more informations to know some things.*

And what about the H200A raid controller in R210 II ?
Apparently seems to be supported, the integrated BCM5716 NIC as well, would be a safer pick.
http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/2AdLpdBaEo1U3MFCOycz

jasonlitka

Well, yeah, if you're willing to buy it you can test all you'd like. Watch out though, some Dell gear comes with a restocking fee if you return it. Ask your account rep before you place the order.

Feldunost

Yup, anyway, did someone test the H200A raid card with pfsense ?
Can't seems to find a real good answer.

komale

Does the i350v2 work? Have you tried this?

jasonlitka

@komale:

Does the i350v2 work? Have you tried this?

I'm not sure there's a difference. The "V2" badge seems to be applied to the complete cards (eg. i350-T4V2), not the controller itself, so it might just be a PCB revision.

komale

Somebody using this NEtwork Card with Pfsense? I wanna buy a del Server with this card and i need to know it is compatible

tonpelaud

Hi,

Conclusion: Does someone uses pfSense with a Dell R220 and Intel NIC i350v2 ?

Best regards

djguana

any news regarding this ?
I am also thinking of buying a dell server for running pfsense… has anyone tested this ?

viragomann

I'm running pfSense on two DELL R210 II in a CARP setup. Additional NICs are Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter (Chip 82576) from dell.
The onboard NIC is used just for sync.

At the beginning with pfSense 2.1 the backup box crashed sporadically. After board replacement, BIOS updates and pfSense upgrades it worked. Don't know, what the real issue was.

mamatov

@tonpelaud:

Hi,

Conclusion: Does someone uses pfSense with a Dell R220 and Intel NIC i350v2 ?

Best regards

Any news on this ?

Thanks

dmurphynj

Instead of the Dell, what about adding a SmartArray controller to the DL320e instead of the onboard junky one?

I'd rather have quality NICS and an add-on RAID card than a solid RAID card and wonky NICs for pfSense.

A P430 array or some such should work with FreeBSD-10.1. Shouldn't it?

Just my $0.02.