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Bill McIlhargey Jr COMPUTERONIX, LLC 978.500.5936 [email protected] www.compute-ronix.com On May 13, 2009, at 11:24 AM, "Paul Mansfield" <[email protected] > wrote: > Rainer Duffner wrote: >> AFAIK, SUN still provides eval-systems for free. >> I would evaluate one of the new X2270 with the Nehalem Xeons. >> This should provide a 50% boost even on 5400-series Xeons. >> Also, they use Intel NICs, IIRC. > > > we've got a shiny Dell R710 with twin L5520 Xeon-EPs, very nice; not > tried pfSense on it (I should though!). > > > interestingly, the stock x86-64 kernel from ubuntu 8 LTS didn't work - > didn't like the memory controller, although the 32 bit did. > > > It has quad broadcom gigabit NICs onboard, here's results of lspci: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev > 13) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 1 (rev 13) > 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 3 (rev 13) > 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 4 (rev 13) > 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 5 (rev 13) > 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 6 (rev 13) > 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 7 (rev 13) > 00:09.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root > Port > 9 (rev 13) > 00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers > (rev 13) > 00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad > Registers (rev 13) > 00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS > Registers (rev 13) > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI > Controller #4 (rev 02) > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI > Controller #5 (rev 02) > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 > EHCI > Controller #2 (rev 02) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI > Controller #1 (rev 02) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB > UHCI > Controller #2 (rev 02) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 > EHCI > Controller #1 (rev 02) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface > Controller (rev 02) > 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 2 port SATA > IDE > Controller (rev 02) > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > 02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > 03:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E > PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) > 08:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW > WPCM450 (rev 0a) > > for the sake of completeness, here's /proc/iomem: > 00000000-00000fff : System RAM > 00001000-00005fff : reserved > 00006000-00007fff : System RAM > 00008000-0000ffff : reserved > 00010000-00092fff : System RAM > 00100000-bf698fff : System RAM > 00200000-006a5b27 : Kernel code > 006a5b28-009214ff : Kernel data > 00a70000-00b854af : Kernel bss > bf699000-bf6aefff : reserved > bf6af000-bf6cdfff : ACPI Tables > bf6ce000-bfffffff : reserved > d5800000-d5ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:08 > d5800000-d5ffffff : 0000:08:03.0 > d6000000-d9ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 > d6000000-d7ffffff : 0000:01:00.0 > d6000000-d7ffffff : bnx2 > d8000000-d9ffffff : 0000:01:00.1 > d8000000-d9ffffff : bnx2 > da000000-ddffffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 > da000000-dbffffff : 0000:02:00.0 > da000000-dbffffff : bnx2 > dc000000-ddffffff : 0000:02:00.1 > dc000000-ddffffff : bnx2 > de000000-deffffff : PCI Bus 0000:08 > de000000-de00ffff : 0000:08:03.0 > de7fc000-de7fffff : 0000:08:03.0 > de800000-deffffff : 0000:08:03.0 > df0ff800-df0ffbff : 0000:00:1a.7 > df0ff800-df0ffbff : ehci_hcd > df0ffc00-df0fffff : 0000:00:1d.7 > df0ffc00-df0fffff : ehci_hcd > df100000-df2fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03 > df100000-df1fffff : 0000:03:00.0 > df2ec000-df2effff : 0000:03:00.0 > df2ec000-df2effff : mpt > df2f0000-df2fffff : 0000:03:00.0 > df2f0000-df2fffff : mpt > e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0 > e0000000-efffffff : reserved > e0000000-efffffff : pnp 00:0a > fe000000-ffffffff : reserved > fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0 > fec80000-fec80fff : IOAPIC 1 > fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 0 > fed90000-fed91fff : pnp 00:0c > fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC > 100000000-83fffffff : System RAM > > and here's /proc/ioports: > 0000-001f : dma1 > 0020-0021 : pic1 > 0040-0043 : timer0 > 0050-0053 : timer1 > 0060-0060 : keyboard > 0064-0064 : keyboard > 0070-007f : rtc0 > 0080-008f : dma page reg > 00a0-00a1 : pic2 > 00c0-00df : dma2 > 00f0-00ff : fpu > 02f8-02ff : serial > 03c0-03df : vga+ > 03f8-03ff : serial > 0800-087f : 0000:00:1f.0 > 0800-087f : pnp 00:07 > 0800-0803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK > 0804-0805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK > 0808-080b : ACPI PM_TMR > 0810-0815 : ACPI CPU throttle > 0820-082f : ACPI GPE0_BLK > 0830-0833 : iTCO_wdt > 0850-0850 : ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK > 0860-087f : iTCO_wdt > 0880-08bf : 0000:00:1f.0 > 0900-091f : pnp 00:07 > 0920-0923 : pnp 00:07 > 0924-0924 : pnp 00:07 > 0c00-0c7f : pnp 00:07 > 0ca0-0ca7 : pnp 00:07 > 0ca8-0ca8 : pnp 00:08 > 0ca9-0cab : pnp 00:07 > 0cac-0cac : pnp 00:08 > 0cad-0caf : pnp 00:07 > 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 > ec08-ec0b : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec08-ec0b : ata_piix > ec0c-ec0f : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec0c-ec0f : ata_piix > ec10-ec17 : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec10-ec17 : ata_piix > ec18-ec1f : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec18-ec1f : ata_piix > ec20-ec2f : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec20-ec2f : ata_piix > ec30-ec3f : 0000:00:1f.2 > ec30-ec3f : ata_piix > ec40-ec5f : 0000:00:1a.0 > ec40-ec5f : uhci_hcd > ec60-ec7f : 0000:00:1a.1 > ec60-ec7f : uhci_hcd > ec80-ec9f : 0000:00:1d.0 > ec80-ec9f : uhci_hcd > eca0-ecbf : 0000:00:1d.1 > eca0-ecbf : uhci_hcd > f000-ffff : PCI Bus 0000:03 > fc00-fcff : 0000:03:00.0 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
