Karl fife. Take a look at a config backup. I assume you at some point set them manually?
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 21:42 Peder Rovelstad <[email protected]> wrote: > There were changes in the defaults from FreeBSD 9 to 10. > > https://pleiades.ucsc.edu/hyades/FreeBSD_Network_Tuning > > Could that be it? Old config overwriting new defaults? > > -----Original Message----- > From: List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl Fife > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:11 PM > To: ESF - Electric Sheep Fencing pfSense Support <[email protected]> > Subject: [pfSense] Intel Atom C2758 (Rangeley/Avoton) install/boot failure > with pfSense 2.3.2 > > pfsense 2.2.6 was running without issue on our Supermicro A1SRi-2758F > rangeley board (Intel Atom C2758) > > When we upgraded to 2.3.2, the new system failed to boot due to having > insufficient RAM allocated to network memory buffers. We had to interrupt > the boot process increase the value of kern.ipc.nmbclusters (as per below), > then complete the boot process long enough to set system tuneables (below) > to allow subsequent startup. > > What I've read online, the basic issue is that the combination of high CPU > count, high NIC count, and the igb driver create a (historically) > atypically > demand for network buffer RAM. That is consistent with our fix. > > The piece that's still missing for me is that there must have been some > change in default system setting for FreeBSD, or some other change between > versions, because the system booted fine with pfSense v 2.2.6 without the > need for an advanced system tuneables. Unless there's something > specific/quirky with our setup, it would seem sensible to me that for > subsequent releases, there should be system defaults suitable for modern > boards with resources like those found on boards like Rangeley. I observe > that many others have had this same issue, so I doubt that this is a case > of > our migrated settings preempting modern suitable defaults. > > Any thoughts? > > kern.ipc.nmbclusters Increased to 8x observed MBUF Usage. Default is > too low for CVP Rangeley board, causing boot failure. 295600 > kern.ipc.nmbufs Increased to 2x default value, ~2.2x observed usage > (netstat -m). Default is too low for CVP Rangeley board, causing lockups. > > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
