Issue with throughput with X710-DA2 and PFsense 2.6

bawoodruff

@stephenw10 When running iperf from a physical machine attached to the LAN, to the PFsense box and using multiple streams (only can achieve 600+Mbps on a single stream), I'm able to achieve 1.1Gbps transfer from the physical host and the PFsense box.

stephenw10

Is that from a client connected at 10G?

Try running at the command line: top -HaSP

Whilst running a test how does the per core CPU loading look?

That NIC should have multiple queues and be able to use multiple CPU cores if the test opens several connections. iperf deliberately doesn't but speedtest does.

The other thing to check is the CPU frequency. On some hardware, like our own SG-8860, you need to have powerd enabled otherwise the CPU runs at it's lowest speed.

[2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq
dev.cpu.0.freq: 560

Steve

bawoodruff

@stephenw10

@stephenw10 said in Issue with throughput with X710-DA2 and PFsense 2.6:

Is that from a client connected at 10G?

No, its connected at 1Gbit, the SFP module I have on the LAN at the moment is a 1Gbit Ethernet Module till my Intel compatible 10G fiber module module arrives tomorrow.

Try running at the command line: top -HaSP
Whilst running a test how does the per core CPU loading look?
That NIC should have multiple queues and be able to use multiple CPU cores if the test opens several connections. iperf deliberately doesn't but speedtest does.

When running iperf3 in a single stream, Lan connected client to PFsense, 1 core maxes at 100%. When running a normal speed test from a client from the internet, all cores come under load up to about 20%

The other thing to check is the CPU frequency. On some hardware, like our own SG-8860, you need to have powerd enabled otherwise the CPU runs at it's lowest speed.

PowerD was already enabled, and the frequency is being reported as 2400Mhz, which is the base frequency of the chip.

stephenw10

@bawoodruff said in Issue with throughput with X710-DA2 and PFsense 2.6:

When running iperf3 in a single stream, Lan connected client to PFsense, 1 core maxes at 100%.

Ok, so in that case the limit you're hitting is almost certainly the iperf process itself running on the firewall.

@bawoodruff said in Issue with throughput with X710-DA2 and PFsense 2.6:

I'm able to achieve 1.1Gbps transfer from the physical host and the PFsense box.

I'm not sure how you managed >1Gbps on a 1G link unless you ran it bidir and summed the results?

I imagine that box has other NICs? The C2758 has 4 igb NICs on the SoC which are usually used. Can you test using those instead?

Steve

bawoodruff

Here are the sysctl outputs for hw.ixl and dev.ixl.1

sysctl hw.ixl

hw.ixl.flow_control: 0
hw.ixl.tx_itr: 122
hw.ixl.rx_itr: 62
hw.ixl.shared_debug_mask: 0
hw.ixl.core_debug_mask: 0
hw.ixl.enable_head_writeback: 1
hw.ixl.enable_vf_loopback: 1
hw.ixl.i2c_access_method: 0

sysctl dev.ixl.0

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dev.ixl.1.mac.xoff_txd: 0
dev.ixl.1.mac.xon_recvd: 0
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dev.ixl.1.mac.tx_frames_64: 86690
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dev.ixl.1.mac.good_octets_txd: 653008038
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dev.ixl.1.pf.good_octets_txd: 647144782
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dev.ixl.1.pf.good_octets_rcvd: 2207182593
dev.ixl.1.admin_irq: 4
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dev.ixl.1.eee.enable: 0
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dev.ixl.1.rx_itr: 62
dev.ixl.1.tx_itr: 122
dev.ixl.1.unallocated_queues: 760
dev.ixl.1.fw_version: fw 5.0.40043 api 1.5 nvm 5.05 etid 80002899 oem 17.4352.12
dev.ixl.1.current_speed: 1 Gbps
dev.ixl.1.supported_speeds: 6
dev.ixl.1.advertise_speed: 6
dev.ixl.1.fc: 0
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bawoodruff

Correct, that was the summed results from iperf of the simultaneous streams.
Also correct, this box has four igb interfaces. but the point in using this card is that I will be switching ISP's in the near future to which Im going to be using a fiber module for straight from the ONT. In the meantime, I'm trying to get this machine to use that same card with a 1gb ethernet module to save on having to recreate the wheel later when I do switch as far as the majority of the configurations. But I'm not even able to get the 900+Mbps I'm able to get with the UDMP. TBH this is the second card I've purchased, I also tried this with a Chelsio T520-CR with different SFP modules and saw the same results.

stephenw10

Well I would confirm you're able to pass 1G with the igb NICs before going further. That should be no problem for that device. Our own firewalls using that CPU could pass it easily.
The C2758 with a Chelsio NIC was good for somewhere in the 3-4Gbps range.

Steve

bawoodruff

WAN set up on igb2 instead of the ixl interface
iperf LAN client -> PFsense same result
Speedtest from PFsense to internet no change also.
Processor utilization on both are the same as earlier also.

stephenw10

So that was replacing the LAN interface? Are you able to test igb as WAN?

bawoodruff

No, that was replacing the WAN Interface

stephenw10

Hmm, well it could be the LAN side. Try it with igb as both.

You might also try testing against a local iperf server on the WAN side if you can to rule out anything upstream.

Steve

bawoodruff

If I'm ssh'ed into the PFsense box, and running speedtest-cli, and only getting 300-ish download speeds how would that involve the LAN adapter? Outside of being able to SSH into the PFsense box that is.

stephenw10

It doesn't but speedtest-cli is not an infallible tool, especially at higher speeds. An iperf test would be much better but really should use a local server. It's rare to find a public iperf server that can push 1G in my experience. Near me at least.

Steve

bawoodruff

My 10Gb SFP+ fiber modules I bought for the ixl interface came in today (weren't supposed to be in till tomorrow). I switched the LAN interface out with the Gbit SFP module that was in there and I'm able to get about 4.5Gbps between the LAN Client and PFsense using multiple streams running:iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1 -P 20 but still only getting 300ish when I try a normal speed test from PFsense to the internet or the LAN Client to the internet.

WAN: igb 1Gbit interface
LAN: ixl 10Gbit interface

Client running iperf3 -> 10Gb LAN->PFsense (iperf3 server) = 4.5ish Gbps
ssh -> PFsense -> Speedtest-cli -> WAN -> Internet = 300ish Mb/s
client running speedtest-> 10Gb LAN -> PFsense -> WAN -> Internet = 300ish Mb/s

The 300Mbps speed was basically the same whether the WAN was on a igb 1Gbit interface or the other ixl interface with a 1Gbit SFP module

I've tried multiple speed test sites from the client machine during testing and they all show basically the same speed.

stephenw10

Hmm, how is the WAN actually connected here?

Do you see any collisions or errors on the interfaces?

We have seen ISPs that provide a reduced rate profile to devices other than what is registered, which could still be the UDM. Have you tried spoofing the MAC address on WAN to match the UDM?

Steve

bawoodruff

Cable Co. ->Docsis3.1 Modem ->Cat6->igb Interface on PFsense box

ISP Connection is regulated by MAC address filtering of the Modem itself.

I actually already tried cloning the UDMP's MAC on the PFsense box. I saw no change in speed. Just grabbed the IP address last assigned to the UDMP.

stephenw10

And can I assume a client connected directly to the modem gets a public IP and can see the full bandwidth?

bawoodruff

yup

bawoodruff

Wonder if I backup my current config, and get re-install would make a difference.... Seen some posts involving throughout issues being resolved by this. although this is a rather new install to begin with tbh.

stephenw10

It's an easy enough test but I wouldn't expect it to make any difference at all.

I would want to test against a WAN side local iperf server to confirm that is capable of passing 1G.
Testing against a remote speedtest server there are a lot of variables.

Steve