Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, below you can find the summary of "openssl speed" on the network appliance. Speed is not amazing, but AFAIU "openssl speed" is single-threaded. The CPU has 8 cores (no hyperthreading). Assuming IPsec encryption/decryption is running in kernel space, I wonder if the OpenBSD kernel can

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-22 Thread Tom Smyth
Hello, re bypass mechanisms on on other platforms they can be just purely passive relays, that when power is attached to the system and the bios /EFI firmware confirms load (after the beep) an 8pole relay (that is normally closed electrically linking two RJ45 ports together, it can be useful in

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-21, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> dmesg would be of interest :) > > See attachment. Product web site: > > https://www.ibase.com.tw/english/ProductDetail/NetworkAppliance/FWA8506 > > OpenBSD 6.8 booted from USB cdrom and installed fine. I didn't try > the USB installer image. > > The host was

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-21 Thread Mihai Popescu
> Hope this helps How much did you pay per unit, please?

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-21 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 10/19/20 4:40 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: Hi folks, I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". dmesg would be of interest :) See attachment. Product web site: https://www.ibase.com.

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-20, Harald Dunkel wrote: > On 10/19/20 9:46 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: >>> >>> What would these bypass problems look like? Hopefully the bypass feature >>> can be turned off/ignored. >> >> If there are problems then possibly 2 of the ports

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-20 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 10/19/20 9:46 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: What would these bypass problems look like? Hopefully the bypass feature can be turned off/ignored. If there are problems then possibly 2 of the ports either won't work or will be connected directly to 2 of the

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: > On 10/19/20 4:36 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2020-10-19, Tom Smyth wrote: >>> Hi Harald, check the Atom processor and make sure that it is not one >>> of those ones that fail after a while (some electrical issue) ... >> >> It isn't. >> >> > Anyway,

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: > On 10/19/20 4:40 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> >> I can't say for sure but I think there's a high chance that the 10G >> will work, and at least some of the 1G will work, but you might run into >> problems with the 1G "bypass" ports. >> >> dmesg would be

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 10/19/20 4:36 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2020-10-19, Tom Smyth wrote: Hi Harald, check the Atom processor and make sure that it is not one of those ones that fail after a while (some electrical issue) ... It isn't. Anyway, some more precise information about the affected models

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 10/19/20 4:40 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: I can't say for sure but I think there's a high chance that the 10G will work, and at least some of the 1G will work, but you might run into problems with the 1G "bypass" ports. dmesg would be of interest :) Of course. The host are already on

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Sven F.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an > > "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". > > This is the PHY (physical int

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an > "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". This is the PHY (physical interface layer) not the NIC type itself. Since the gigabit are listed as i211 (which *is* a NIC type

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-10-19, Tom Smyth wrote: > Hi Harald, check the Atom processor and make sure that it is not one > of those ones that fail after a while (some electrical issue) ... It isn't.

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 01:28:50PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an > "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". > > Does this ring a bell? Is this already supported by 6.8? Other > technical s

Re: Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Tom Smyth
Hi Harald, check the Atom processor and make sure that it is not one of those ones that fail after a while (some electrical issue) ... On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 12:48, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an > "Inphi CS4

Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+

2020-10-19 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". Does this ring a bell? Is this already supported by 6.8? Other technical specs can be found on https://www.ibase.com.tw/english/ProductDetail/NetworkAppliance/FWA8506 BTW, congr