KevinM
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I have a Supermicro e1r36n running FreeNAS 8.3.1 and parts are arriving for another unit to be a backup host for the first. The second system will be about 300m from the production box. We have some unused single-mode fiber between the two locations, so I found this 10GB X520-LR1 82599ES-based NIC on Intel's website: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/product-brief/ethernet-x520-server-adapters-brief.pdf
While the FreeBSD 8.3 hardware notes http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html#ETHERNET does not list this card, the ixgbe driver description on the Intel site
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/De...g=eng&OSVersion=FreeBSD*&DownloadType=Drivers says it supports all x520-based cards.
What I'm wondering is if the ixgbe driver that comes with FreeNAS 8.3.1 natively supports the Intel X520-LR1. I'd like to know what I'm in for before dropping 2x $1000+...
While the FreeBSD 8.3 hardware notes http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html#ETHERNET does not list this card, the ixgbe driver description on the Intel site
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/De...g=eng&OSVersion=FreeBSD*&DownloadType=Drivers says it supports all x520-based cards.
What I'm wondering is if the ixgbe driver that comes with FreeNAS 8.3.1 natively supports the Intel X520-LR1. I'd like to know what I'm in for before dropping 2x $1000+...