Any issues with LAGG and Broadcomm NICs?

[ZFS Noob]

My server has rebooted unexpectedly while diagnosing another issue, and some time with google has suggested that in FreeNAS 8.x there were some kernel issues with non-Intel NICs.

My test server has the Four embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme® II 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC configured as LAGG (and appropriately supported on both switches - verified at serial console). Is this likely to be contributing to my issue, or is something I can ignore for now?

Anyone else with a Dell R710 (or other Dell server that uses Broadcomm ports) have any issues, or is it mostly all good?

Thanks.

 

[cyberjock]

Hmm.. not sure as not many use broadcom. Usually they work fine. Intel's are the rock solid choice though.

 

[ZFS Noob]

Fair enough.

When I first installed this thing I had a 192.168 address on eth0, then I moved it to the datacenter and set up LAGG and assigned a 10. address to it. It was slow as molasses. Then I removed the 192.168 address and things picked right back up again. So I'm aware of LAGG issues as I diagnose.

I'll keep looking. I'm assuming I have to have an alias on a LAGG as I can't figure out how to remove it. That could also be part of my problem, I guess...