Hi,
Would it be possible to get some clarification on what would work and
not for the 10Gb Intel network cards?
I compare the man page, both man(4) ixgb and man(4) ix as well as the
hardware section and looked at the data from Intel to find more in
trying to answer that question.
But I am still looking for confirmation of the support or not in OpenBSD
for some of them. I get conflicting information and I am not sure what
is real.
The hardware compatible page do list:
# Intel 82597 PRO/10GbE based PCI adapters (ixgb)
# Intel 82598 PRO/10GbE based PCI adapters (ix)
The man(4) ixgb show the 82597, fine.
The man(4) ix does list the 82598AF, 82598EB, 82598AT and 82599EB as
well and the X520 series SFP models, X520,DA2, X520-SR1, X520-SR2,
X520-LR1 but not the RJ-45 model X520-T1 based on the same 82599ES.
But again the man(4) ix do not list the 82599ES as a supported chipset,
but that's what is in the X520 SFP series.
Looking more at Intel to try to figure this out here:
http://download.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/prodbrf/252454.pdf
I see all the listed model in the man page X520-DA2, X520-SR1, X520-SR2,
X520-LR1 are all based on the 82599ES, but then the 82599ES is not
listed in the chipset in that man page, however these cards works based
on the man page and then the X520-T2 is also based on the same chip
82599ES as well. So, it should work right and should be in the list or
am I missing something?
What about the Intel 10 Gigabits AT2 then. It's designed with the
82598EB and that's on the man page, but not listed in hardware, anyone
knows if that works or not?
Based on the man page, the X520-T1 may be wouldn't work, but looking at
what chip it used and what other model are supported it should also
work. I would appreciate confirmation or denial here and possibly an
update to the man page to clarify that?
Anyone have one of these and can tell for sure if that's true or not?
So, shouldn't the 82599ES be added to the man page if the X520 series
are all supported then?
And possibly the X520-T1 as well as it does use the same chipset, but
only the difference in the connector or am I missing something here?
I would appreciated some feedback either way as spending $600+ to find
out if it doesn't is a bit hard. (;>
Best,
Daniel
