[Compatibility] Intel X540

[mastahfr]

As per title, will pfsense 2.3.3 be able to use an Intel X540 (T1, T2, …) PCIe ethernet card as 10Gb?
https://ark.intel.com/fr/products/58953/Intel-Ethernet-Converged-Network-Adapter-X540-T1

Regards.

[newabc]

pfSense was based on FreeBSD 10.3-release-p16(https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.3.3_New_Features_and_Changes), and in this discussion(https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/56976/), FreeBSD 10.3 supports X540-T2 but someone is meeting a slow speed issue for driver version 3.1.13-k.

[flyersa]

Absolutly stay away from cards with this chipset as on the X540. You wont reach more then 2Gbit/s Troughput on them, and nothing will help except installing ESXi on the host and then pfsense on top. I made my head out with that cards with days trying to debug slow troughput with pfsense trying everything i could find, consulting with people on the pfsense ircchannel and alot more.

we finally fixed the issue by replacing the x540 cards with cards that have a qlogic chipset.