Using 10Gigabit Network Card AOC-NXB-10G from Supermicro

[gregor]

Hi,
i use freenas in the newest version x64.
i use the get the NXB-10G Card running.
Driver downloaded from here:
ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/LAN/10_Gigabit_Ethernet_PCIe_Adapter/Linux/

I used to install it with the following commands in the shell:

su
tar xvzf 3.4.216.tar.gz
cd 3.4.216
make
make install

It returns some "Makefile" line errors like Missing dependency operator or need aperator.
And
Error expanding embedded variable.

Is this a 64 bit problem, wrong driver for freenas or is the file corrupt?

Many thanks for your help!

 

[praecorloth]

I could be mistaken, but I'm not sure that Linux drivers will work with FreeBSD. A quick search did not turn up any support for the NXB-10G in FreeBSD. You may need to look at a Linux based NAS like OpenMediaVault if you're set on using this hardware. :(

 

[gregor]

hi,
thank you for your quick reply.
I hope someone else has the sameproblem.
FreeNas is really good and i don`t want to use another os.
Are there 10 Gig LAN Cards which run good with freenas?

 

[praecorloth]

I know Intel has some FreeBSD-happy 10Gb cards, though I don't know which ones. Google around for FreeBSD and 10Gb NICs. See what you can find out there vs what you can get at your favorite tech shop.

Alternately, have you considered NIC teaming a couple of gigabit cards?

 

[peterh]

Browsing through the hardware nodes for freebsd 8,3 gives :
( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html#ETHERNET (

[i386,amd64] The cxgb(4) driver supports 10 Gigabit and 1 Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the T3 and T3B chipset:

Chelsio 10GBase-CX4

Chelsio 10GBase-LR
[i386,amd64] The mxge(4) driver supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Myricom LANai Z8E chips:

Myricom 10GBase-CX4 (10G-PCIE-8A-C, 10G-PCIE-8AL-C)

Myricom 10GBase-R (10G-PCIE-8A-R, 10G-PCIE-8AL-R)

Myricom 10G XAUI over ribbon fiber (10G-PCIE-8A-Q, 10G-PCIE-8AL-Q)
[i386,amd64] The nxge(4) driver supports Neterion Xframe 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters listed in http://www.neterion.com/how/pricing.html.


Chelsio 10GBase-SR
The ixgbe(4) driver supports the following cards:

Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/AF Dual Port Server Adapter

Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/LR Server Adapter

Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit AF Network Connection

Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection

 

[gregor]

Solution:

I returned the 10 GbE Card to the dealer and bought a intel 520 10 GbE card.
After i changed the card and reboot the system everything works fine.
Data rate is about 3.8 G says the freenas System monitor.

Thank you guys for your help.