On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 07:45:54PM +0000, FRLinux wrote: > Hello, > > I have two questions about the ixgb driver. > > I saw it supports [1] some oldish Intel 10g cards. Do you know if it > might support more recent ones? (such as specifically: 10g XF SR [2] > or NetEffect SFP+SR [3]). >
The 10g XF SR (if it is based on the PCI-express Intel 82598 controller) is supported by the ix(4) driver. No idea about the NetEffect ones - I think they need some other driver (which may get supported if developers get hands on such cards - hint hint). > Also, when i registered on this list about a year ago, there had been > a thread on replacing a cisco 6500 with OpenBSD, and there were mixed > views at the time about how OpenBSD would perform in serious 10g > traffic [4]. So if anyone has experience about such a setup (and > hardware recommendations), I'd love to hear from them. > I consider a Cisco 6500 as a pure L2 switch (the L3 capabilities of the 6500 are pure joke even if you invest tonns of money into a SUP720 or bigger and the huge CAMs (but that's then normaly called a 7600)). Now OpenBSD's bridge(4) has no chance against a L2 switch. L3 is a different story and I think the old thread still covers that. Some people claim it is possible to move > 10Gbps traffic through a OpenBSD box (I for myself am unable to even produce that ammount of traffic so I can't verify). In short, know your numbers, get good HW, tune a bit and check if it fits your need. Last but not least don't push knobs you don't understand. -- :wq Claudio
