Supermicro A1SRM-LN5F-2358 (C2358, 5x Intel NIC) - anyone using this?
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Anyone using this Supermicro A1SRM-LN5F-2358 as a basis for a pfSense system?
It has some attractive features:
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7 watt TDP Rangeley C2358 CPU (supports AES-NI)
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Quad Intel i354 NICs
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One Intel i210 NIC
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Standard-size 2x DDR3 DIMMs, ECC or non-ECC
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IMPI for out-of-band management
One vendor has it for $240.
If the power consumption is low, seems like there's a lot of potential there, particularly for high-end home use or small businesses.
I can't seem to find any info on actual power consumption of C2358-based systems. However, this review puts a similar c2750-based system (a 20W TDP cousin) at around 16 Watts idle. Under load the c2750 is probably higher, but I've found that generally among same-family Intel processors, the idle power consumption is the same. Note that c2750 review suggests there's around 5W of "fixed" power overhead for the IMPI subsystem.
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Welcome fellow n00b!
I'm using the 8-core big brother here: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SRM-LN7F-2758.cfm
I have my box assembled but other priorities have kept me from installing an operating system on it.
More important in the long run is your box supports QuickAssist (QAT), which is AES-NI for a lot more encryption types, as well as hardware compression acceleration. If you intend to have a VPN this widens your encryption options up quite a bit. Even though QAT is not implemented yet in pfSense it will be before your box gets too much older.
These c2*58 processors were designed for the firewall/vpn use case. I think you'll do fine.
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While I love SuperMicro, just be sure your IPMI controller isn't potentially selling you out:
http://serverfault.com/questions/606877/how-to-check-if-my-supermicro-ipmi-is-compromised-with-plaintext-admin-password
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Thanks, my IPMI was going to be limited to an admin only net but there's no reason to take chances.