From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 7 11:56:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD81106566C for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:56:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from omerfsen@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1918FC0C for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:56:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from omerfsen@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f40so1048588fka.11 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:56:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+Bux6MLwVUBKtXTsIt4t4cTAZ54A1TRVO+jLwvqTesM=; b=fNGzbqWyG/B29nBQ4NffFzna8VVu1F/34cBKFvYj9D56LSZBffWU+WYqIFR+fHu7lD ApN9LrBQyMpyt3YlXT4ukkypUxKgMDMCFYLecI/vsfNyGc6/Z17erVQtRr6h5XpgbUz9 eBA9jMn1q924YoNQRxmao/Bic5m9i9Ue8d4lc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=TfuR/paWdwWPCdvGZEdPwbC619EUileshL/HSYG3VxH1QoGMWO+3DSjvV8b4PhqjXZ t+lso5n3zLW5lX5hYSH/DRCcVw8phkg6QuTWK+3qnkWwLFkMz1cOv2QB4XdC7F/ggvXA yorjQborxquo5EsrXvWxZ+PuoZT+VjgRRL5Pg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.52.14 with SMTP id e14mr716821bkk.47.1234007786512; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:56:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 13:56:26 +0200 Message-ID: <75a268720902070356v51fa601cy98889f272d724555@mail.gmail.com> From: Omer Faruk Sen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 10gb network interface suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:56:29 -0000 Hi, I want to ask if anyone here in this list has any experience with 10gbE on FreeBSD? My questions: 1) Which 10gbE to use? I see that intel has a good support for 10gbE on FreeBSD with its own driver for FreeBSD: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?ProductID=2992&DwnldID=14688&lang=eng But also I am open to other brands. Especially If anyone has experience on that this matter would be very very helpful. I have seen that Sun has quad 10gbE adapters: http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigethernet/index.xml I am not sure if FreeBSD supports that? 2) Do you suggest fiber or copper? 3) Which bus option to use ? As far as I see intel has both (Pci Express and PCI-X not sure if their PCI Express cards are PCI Express 2.0 for pcie2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express shows significant performance boost) http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/server_adapters.htm?iid=nc+server#s1=10%20Gigabit%20Ethernet&s2=all&s3=all 4) Especially since I am new to 10gbE I also request if someone can suggest me 10gbE switch. There are lots switches but not sure. One of my colleague told me that enterasys is good ad 10gbE but not sure. Regards.