Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F-O N3700 - Has anyone used this board?
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It was suggested https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=111335.msg620109#msg620109 that the Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F-O board might be a good cost effective platform for a pfSense build.
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What is the quality of the Supermicro boards-Especially capacitors (Chinese Caps/Japanese Caps)?
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What is the expected lifespan of this type of hardware? I've had ASUS boards run 7-8 years… is Supermicro in the same class? Better? Worse?
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What throughput should I expect running VPN?
I'm targeting a 250/20 cable connection with a lot of the traffic through a OpenVPN.
Any guidance would be much appreciated from anyone with experience with this platform.
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It would behoove you to read this thread. It's long but worth it.
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Thanks, that's an interesting read….
It's not clear if the issue has been solved... It appears that someone may have solved the issue...
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=98230.msg620591#msg620591The board required an RMA to fix an issue which was likely a firmware issue somewhere in the network stack and/or support chips.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=98230.msg594532#msg594532 -
Thanks, that's an interesting read….
It's not clear if the issue has been solved... It appears that someone may have solved the issue...
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=98230.msg620591#msg620591The board required an RMA to fix an issue which was likely a firmware issue somewhere in the network stack and/or support chips.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=98230.msg594532#msg594532While firmware was updated to latest, there was some sort of hardware modification. I searched over my board and found no traces of hardware mods (no solder marks, etc). I suppose it could have been some sort of PLD (programmable logic device). Firmware alone has not solved this for anyone that I know of.
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I have 3 of these in production. Worked fine until Friday when they suddenly lost Link on one or two links during a scriptkiddie-dos :o
My guess for the fix is a change in aspm parameters on the nics eeprom. I am testing with aspm and msix disabled now.
Not sure if it helps though as the scriptkiddie is done w*nking ::) -
I have 3 of these in production. Worked fine until Friday when they suddenly lost Link on one or two links during a scriptkiddie-dos :o
How long was it in production before the failure?
Do you know what revision the boards are (or were they RMA's to receive a mod)?
Can you please comment on:
What case you used? / Do you have fans in the case? / What Temperature does the CPU run when under a reasonable workload?My guess for the fix is a change in aspm parameters on the nics eeprom. I am testing with aspm and msix disabled now.
Not sure if it helps though as the scriptkiddie is done w*nking ::)Thanks.
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Engineer has done a lot of work to figure out what the issues are
with this board, and based on his experience, the presence of
ECO 18137 makes the Supermicro X11SBA-LN4F-O N3700 a stable
and low power pfSense platform with decent performance.I took some of the info from the forum and approached SM Tech Support,
and I got the following back:–------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: RE: X11SBA-LN4F-O - Pre-Sales Enquiry [WT]
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 00:02:16 +0000
From: Technical Support support@supermicro.comTo: –---@---.ca>, Technical Support support@supermicro.comHelloAfter further investigation, the ECOs has been implemented onto
PCB 1.02 for the aforementioned issues. When you place an order
with your distributor, please ensure to specify a PCB 1.02 to be
shipped to you.Regards,
Technical Support
Assuming reasonable cost and workload match, would the above
make the X11SBA-LN4F-O N3700 PCB 1.02 a recommended pfSense
platform?/support@supermicro.com/support@supermicro.com -
I use this board for 4 months now.
I have no problems at all.Performance is great using ips, squid, Pfblocker.
Power consumption can’t be lower.It’s a very solid board. I like the Ipmi feature.
