From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 2 21:36:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72824680 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:36:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spawk@acm.poly.edu) Received: from acm.poly.edu (acm.poly.edu [64.147.113.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA0F2BF9 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acm.poly.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acm.poly.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D4E1F135A for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 17:30:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 61461 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2013 21:30:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.50.50.212?) (spawk@64.147.100.2) by acm.poly.edu with CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Aug 2013 21:30:49 -0000 Message-ID: <51FC2552.2010005@acm.poly.edu> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:32:02 -0400 From: Boris Kochergin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130711 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for 10gbps NIC References: <51F0386D.2000709@acm.poly.edu> In-Reply-To: <51F0386D.2000709@acm.poly.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:36:26 -0000 Thanks for everyone's input. I ended up buying a Chelsio 420-CR. It works well, and with all four existing 10GBASE-SR SFP+ modules I had lying around. I won't need the the performance offered by netmap in the foreseeable future (at which support for it may exist), so that was not critical. I had tried Intel first, which resulted in this saga: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2013-June/035709.html. I have not yet tested the SFP+ modules in the Intel card with -CURRENT, because I'm not ready to upgrade the machine in question to -CURRENT. Aside from allowing a wider variety of SFP+ modules in 9.x, the Chelsio card also has the benefit of supporting hot-plugging of SFP+ modules. -Boris On 07/24/13 16:26, Boris Kochergin wrote: > Hi. > > I am looking for recommendations for a 10gbps NIC from someone who has > successfully used it on FreeBSD. It will be used on FreeBSD > 9.1-R/amd64 to capture packets. Some desired features are: > > - PCIe > - LC connectors > - 10GBASE-SR > - Either single- or dual-port > - Multiqueue > > Specific part numbers would be appreciated. Thank you. > > -Boris