If you really want to make the switch to 10G I would also seriously consider
moving to
FreeBSD 8, the changes that have been made in the stack will help you get
the most
out of the hardware.
When it comes to Intel hardware the model Andrew cites is the CX4 version of
the 82598, you
can also get
rihad wrote:
The only one worth getting IMO is Intel EXPX9502CX4
(INTEL 10 GIGABIT CX4 DUAL PORT SERVER ADAPTER)
Thanks. What does DUAL PORT mean? It has two jacks? I think one such
adapter will be more than enough to replace our two 1000 mbps cards,
whether two jacks or not?
Correct, it ha
Andrew Snow wrote:
The only one worth getting IMO is Intel EXPX9502CX4
(INTEL 10 GIGABIT CX4 DUAL PORT SERVER ADAPTER)
It is low power and very fast, and works under FreeBSD. Like all Intel
NICs It supports interrupt modulation so polling support isn't really
needed.
Thanks. What does DUA
The only one worth getting IMO is Intel EXPX9502CX4
(INTEL 10 GIGABIT CX4 DUAL PORT SERVER ADAPTER)
It is low power and very fast, and works under FreeBSD. Like all Intel
NICs It supports interrupt modulation so polling support isn't really
needed.
- Andrew
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Hi there,
We think it's time to switch from two GiGE bce cards to 10GiGE.
According to http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html
the 10GiGE cards listed below are supported on amd64. Anyone has
personal experience using any of them them? Should I prefer drivers that
support DEVICE_POLL
