PfSense onto McAfee Intrushield I3000

_Adrian_

Hey guys…

Got these 2 units for a steal of a deal and looking to retire my Proliant DL360 G4 from its duties if this works as planned.

So... anyone got a clue if this will work ??

https://kc.mcafee.com/resources/sites/MCAFEE/content/live/PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/20000/PD20863/en_US/INTR_I-3000_Sensor_4.1.pdf

http://www.techdata.com/business/mcafee/files/august05/intrushld.applianceds.0405.pdf

stephenw10

Can't find much hardware info. What's inside it?

Steve

_Adrian_

Well, i just had it apart and looks like a few Broadcom chips and the boards are layered.
Seems like the whole system runs off a main CF card and there's a secondary one available at the front…

I tried accessing the console but no output VIA serial connection.
Here's the pics:

_Adrian_

I hope those should suffice :)

stephenw10

Hmm, lots of big scary parts. ;)
I don't see anything x86 though. Any clues on the serial port at boot?

Steve

_Adrian_

nothing yet…
have to check my other cable and see what putty spits out at me..

_Adrian_

Well…
No sign of life on a straight through or crossover cable.
Guess it back to network scan :/

_Adrian_

Here's a few data sheets on some of those "big scary" chips

http://www.ic72.com/pdf_file/v/265721.pdf

http://datasheet.elcodis.com/pdf/48/37/483780/bcm5693a2keb.pdf

http://www.broadcom.com/collateral/pb/5821-PB04-R.pdf

_Adrian_

All in all these units are going back…
I was able to have a peek on the card and its been erased.
However he does have a pair of i2700's that i will probably try

_Adrian_

Well… surprise, surprise...
The 2700 was a hunk of crap too, all embedded.

Good thing I didn't jump on that 5300 i was eyeing earlier last year LOL

Either way...
Time to go to a DL380 G5...
2.2GHz Duo Core Xeon w/ 8GB DDR2
Myricom 10GB card and HP Infiniband card

mattb253

i run pfsense on a pair of dl360 G5s dual quad cores with extra NICs for CARP, i love them

also running it on a pair of bl450c g5 blades w/ CARP

you should get a 1u 360, i feel like a 380 could still be used for something better ;)

_Adrian_

@mattb253:

i run pfsense on a pair of dl360 G5s dual quad cores with extra NICs for CARP, i love them

also running it on a pair of bl450c g5 blades w/ CARP

you should get a 1u 360, i feel like a 380 could still be used for something better ;)

That's the plan… but for now the 380G5 does just fine :P