I'm seeing nice used options for the Intel X540-T1 10g and X540-T2 (two 10g ports) for roughly the same price. But while I was trying to find out if the -T2 uses the same power as the -T1 when only one port used (that's all I'll use), I found some other options which claim to be supported in Linux. However, that could mean compiling drivers, which I understand is not possible for TrueNAS Scale.
These forums generally recommend Intel. But I'm currently using a spare ASUS ROG AREION 10G NIC (Aquantia AQC107 controller), which somewhat worked in CORE, but I haven't had any issues with it in Scale. It just worked using the included aquantia.ko driver. I am considering the ASUS PEB-10G/57811-1S (1 or 2 port) to add SR-IOV support, but it is based on the Broadcom BCM 57840S or BCM 57811. I see two "Broadcom" drivers in Scale, but how do I know they support that controller?
Beyond the conventional wisdom of "just use Intel," is there a list of supported NICs (supported by the kernel, not necessarily recommended/guaranteed), or is there a way to ask my running TrueNAS Scale Linux kernel to output all supported NICs? I wouldn't mind trying alternative options, but I really don't want to waste time and money on something there isn't even an included driver for.
These forums generally recommend Intel. But I'm currently using a spare ASUS ROG AREION 10G NIC (Aquantia AQC107 controller), which somewhat worked in CORE, but I haven't had any issues with it in Scale. It just worked using the included aquantia.ko driver. I am considering the ASUS PEB-10G/57811-1S (1 or 2 port) to add SR-IOV support, but it is based on the Broadcom BCM 57840S or BCM 57811. I see two "Broadcom" drivers in Scale, but how do I know they support that controller?
Beyond the conventional wisdom of "just use Intel," is there a list of supported NICs (supported by the kernel, not necessarily recommended/guaranteed), or is there a way to ask my running TrueNAS Scale Linux kernel to output all supported NICs? I wouldn't mind trying alternative options, but I really don't want to waste time and money on something there isn't even an included driver for.
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