SG-4860 with pfSense plus 21.02 - Does it have QAT ?

[mfld]

I upgraded to 21.02 and I see a new crypto engine listed: QAT.

Does the Intel Atom C2558 support Quick Assist Technology ?

If yes, what is the best way to leverage this now with 21.02 ? OpenVPN clients, AES-256-GCM.

[NogBadTheBad]

@mfld said in SG-4860 with pfSense plus 21.02 - Does it have QAT ?:

C2558

It does.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/77983/intel-atom-processor-c2558-2m-cache-2-40-ghz.html

[mfld]

@nogbadthebad

Awesome. I enabled it and rebooted but now the dashboard says no crypto acceleration is active. Anyone using it with OpenVPN ? I don't know if it is designed to replace AES-NI or....?

[stephenw10]

Run kldstat to check the module is loaded. We are aware he dashboard doesn't report it yet. A fix for that is incoming. You won't see much advantage with OpenVPN it accelerates IPSec more.

Steve