PfSense onto McAfee Intrushield I3000
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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:
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I hope those should suffice :)
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Hmm, lots of big scary parts. ;)
I don't see anything x86 though. Any clues on the serial port at boot?Steve
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nothing yet…
have to check my other cable and see what putty spits out at me.. -
Well…
No sign of life on a straight through or crossover cable.
Guess it back to network scan :/ -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 ;)
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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
