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[Mitch2004]

Hi Everyone

I am looking at upgrading my home lab to 10GB Networking, and I am running into issues with TrueNAS Scale working correctly
I did already purchase an Intel X520-DA2 SFP+ NIC but upon further research and testing, it appears to be a fake as TrueNAS Scale does not see the card
and there is no YottaMark present on the card.

I was wondering if you guys could look over this list and see if you can spot anything that would be a red flag?

INTEL X520-DA2 10GB SFP+ PCI-E NETWORK CARD, NETWORK CARD, DELL 10GB, 10GB | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">INTEL X520-DA2 10GB SFP+ PCI-E NETWORK CARD, NETWORK CARD, DELL 10GB, 10GB.</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Low profile adaptor only</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Pulled from working...

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My current setup specs are
OS, TrueNAS Scale Buefin 22.12.3.3
Hardware
Chassis: Dell PowerEdge R720XD
CPU: 1 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2
RAM: 64GB (4x16GB) PC3-14900R 2Rx4 ECC
Hard Drives: 12 x 6TB 7.2K Dell SAS Drives in Raid Z3
NIC: Dell Broadcom 5720 Quad port
Power Supply: 2 x 750W HS 80+

 

[Davvo]

10 Gig Networking Primer

This is a discussion of high speed networking for newcomers, with specific emphasis on practical small- to medium-scale deployments for home labs or small office users. It originated with a forum thread located here that has many pages of...

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Resource - High Speed Networking Tuning to maximize your 10G, 25G, 40G networks

Both FreeBSD and Linux come by default highly optimized for classic 1Gbps ethernet. This is by far the most commonly deployed networking for both clients and servers, and a lot of research has been done to tune performance especially for local...

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More geared to HBAs:

Fake server cards

Some time ago, forum frequenter @artlessknave kindly sent me a pair of LSI HBA cards that had failed to work out in a FreeNAS build. Having suspected that these were fakes, I asked for them to be shipped here for comparison. However, COVID...

www.truenas.com

The card in the link you posted seems authentic.
I trust you understand you don't have enough drives and memory to saturate a 10Gbps network.

 

[Mitch2004]

10 Gig Networking Primer

This is a discussion of high speed networking for newcomers, with specific emphasis on practical small- to medium-scale deployments for home labs or small office users. It originated with a forum thread located here that has many pages of...

www.truenas.com

Resource - High Speed Networking Tuning to maximize your 10G, 25G, 40G networks

Both FreeBSD and Linux come by default highly optimized for classic 1Gbps ethernet. This is by far the most commonly deployed networking for both clients and servers, and a lot of research has been done to tune performance especially for local...

www.truenas.com

More geared to HBAs:

Fake server cards

Some time ago, forum frequenter @artlessknave kindly sent me a pair of LSI HBA cards that had failed to work out in a FreeNAS build. Having suspected that these were fakes, I asked for them to be shipped here for comparison. However, COVID...

www.truenas.com

The card in the link you posted seems authentic.
I trust you understand you don't have enough drives and memory to saturate a 10Gbps network.

Hi Davvo

Thank you for your reply,
Yes I am aware I don’t have enough drives or memory to saturate a 10GB Nic at the moment
My network is being upgraded for other external hardware and i thought depending on the price I may as well upgrade my TrueNAS connection as well

 

[Davvo]

Just make sure you are connecting your drives to a proper HBA in IT mode.

What's all the noise about HBAs, and why can't I use a RAID controller?

1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with, a server. RAID controllers typically aggregate several disks into a Virtual Disk abstraction of some sort...

www.truenas.com

 

[Mitch2004]

Just make sure you are connecting your drives to a proper HBA in IT mode.

What's all the noise about HBAs, and why can't I use a RAID controller?

1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with, a server. RAID controllers typically aggregate several disks into a Virtual Disk abstraction of some sort...

www.truenas.com

Hi Davvo

Thank you for the heads up, my drives are currently connected to a H710p flashed to IT mode so I should be all good on that front

Cheers