NetGate 1537 running latest pfSense - SFP compat?
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Hi folks, we have a 1537 with the add on card. I need to set up a pair of Cisco Firepower appliances but the last four available ports are 4,5,6 and 7. 6 and 7 are sfp ports. We are trying to go Cisco->Cat6->sfp but the transceivers so far are throwing the ‘Unsupported SFP+ module type was detected” from within pfsense. These were FS.com Cisco compat, second pair was Intel compat. I’ve now ordered a pair from NetGate themselves, probably should have done that to begin with.
Am I doing something incorrectly? Is there a cmd within pfsense that I can issue a command like Cisco has (service unsupported-transceivers).
Sorry if this is the wrong thread.
Thanks for your time.
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Which expansion card do you have? You are trying to use ports on the card?
That error is usually from Intel NICs so I assume it's an Intel card. There are sysctls for Intel drivers to allow that. For example:
[26.03-RC][root@4100-3.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl -d hw.ix.unsupported_sfp hw.ix.unsupported_sfp: Allow unsupported SFP modules...use at your own risk -
@stephenw10 No, the add-on card is RJ45 only. I'm attempting to use the two sfp ports built into the appliance. I tested a DAC from a Cisco 9300 switch to the sfp ports on the NetGate and they immediately lit up. Unfortunately the Cisco FirePower appliances I was issued are copper only and I'm out of copper ports on the firewall.
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Oh those are the ix0 and ix1 ports then so you can try those sysctls.
So you're using SFP to RJ-45 modules then? Linking at 10G?
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@stephenw10 So would this be added through System Tunables, correct?
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Ah sorry, you'd need to set that as a loader value so the driver uses it when it attaches. So run:
echo 'hw.ix.unsupported_sfp="1"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
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@stephenw10 Very cool. Thank you for the assist.
