RE: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Well long story short, we had to use the firewalls, we have 2 working in failover, to secure internal Corporate data to meet Fed Requirements. We had looked at purchasing additional Sonicwalls for this task. We have 2 sonicwall 5060's that are our corporate firewalls. (purchased before my time). I convince the higher ups to give pfsense a chance. We are a Dell shop using 2850's and 6850's exclusively to a tune of about 120 servers. We decided to order 2 dual core AMD whiteboxes for the firewalls and because of our implantation we needed 6 nics per. Well the person that did the ordering did not realize that the whiteboxes did not have the pci ports required for the Intel 4 port nic, so we just happened to have 8 2850's setting on 2 pallets in their boxes... so I grabbed 2 of those. Overkill Yes, but they work, and as long as I do not SSH into them the CPU sets around 2% utilization. Seems when I start SSH'ing though I drop to about 50% and system becomes unresponsive and requires a reboot to clear up. Regards There are 10 types of people in this world, those who can read binary, and those who cannot. -Original Message- From: Jeroen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:33 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge On 6/28/06, Scott Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add to this, I just installed PFSense on 2 PE 2850's each with 6 10/100/1000 Interfaces 2GB RAM and 2X250GB Sata Harddrives using Dell's Hardware raid. Using RC1 all is well. Just curious, what are you empowering with this kind of hardware? And why use 250GB, on a firewall? -- Jeroen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person without the consent of the sender. Unless expressly stated herein to the contrary, only agreements in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company, may be enforced against it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Damn strange - I can ssh into a P166 running pfSense and it still works full speed. -Original Message- From: Scott Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 30 June 2006 12:27 a.m. To: support@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge ...Overkill Yes, but they work, and as long as I do not SSH into them the CPU sets around 2% utilization. Seems when I start SSH'ing though I drop to about 50% and system becomes unresponsive and requires a reboot to clear up. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
On 6/29/06, Craig FALCONER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn strange - I can ssh into a P166 running pfSense and it still works full speed. Run this from a shell: cvs_sync.sh releng_1 shutdown -r now I need to keep track of how many times I have had to say this over this week. It has to be close to one hundred times. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
On 6/28/06, Scott Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add to this, I just installed PFSense on 2 PE 2850's each with 6 10/100/1000 Interfaces 2GB RAM and 2X250GB Sata Harddrives using Dell's Hardware raid. Using RC1 all is well. Just curious, what are you empowering with this kind of hardware? And why use 250GB, on a firewall? -- Jeroen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Hi Guys, Im having issues with my current PFSense box in that everytime the power is lost (Our Colo provider had a poweroutage last week) PFSense needs to be re-installed to work. The latest one meant I had to drive 200 miles in order to fix it. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening other than putting a UPS onto the machine (Its a Poweredge 1850, 2.8Ghz Xeon, 1Gb Ram, Single 72Gb SCSI Disk). This time the machine booted, but I couldnt ping anything from it nor ping the machine (It did hang for a while bringing up CARP interfaces). Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... Cheers for the heads up Lee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
What's the exact error when the machine doesn't come up again after failure? I usually just power down my testmachines by unplugging the psu just to see how it will survive such a condition and I never had such a breakdown yet. You mention CARP? So there is a second machine? Or are you only using the CARP as VIP for the one machine? In case you have a CARP-cluster and sync over the config.xml make sure you don't have build a syncing loop. This way the config.xml is moved from master to backup to master to backup... and it's most likely that you hit a write cycle of the config.xml then when the poweroutage appears. This will end up in a broken config file. Holger -Original Message- From: Lee Hetherington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 11:22 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge Hi Guys, Im having issues with my current PFSense box in that everytime the power is lost (Our Colo provider had a poweroutage last week) PFSense needs to be re-installed to work. The latest one meant I had to drive 200 miles in order to fix it. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening other than putting a UPS onto the machine (Its a Poweredge 1850, 2.8Ghz Xeon, 1Gb Ram, Single 72Gb SCSI Disk). This time the machine booted, but I couldnt ping anything from it nor ping the machine (It did hang for a while bringing up CARP interfaces). Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... Cheers for the heads up Lee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:22:00 +0100 Lee Hetherington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, Im having issues with my current PFSense box in that everytime the power is lost (Our Colo provider had a poweroutage last week) PFSense needs to be re-installed to work. The latest one meant I had to drive 200 miles in order to fix it. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening other than putting a UPS onto the machine (Its a Poweredge 1850, 2.8Ghz Xeon, 1Gb Ram, Single 72Gb SCSI Disk). This time the machine booted, but I couldnt ping anything from it nor ping the machine (It did hang for a while bringing up CARP interfaces). Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... Cheers for the heads up Lee I would use an IDE-CF adapter and the embedded version on the CF card. Regards Imre signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:22 , Lee Hetherington wrote: Im having issues with my current PFSense box in that everytime the power is lost (Our Colo provider had a poweroutage last week) PFSense needs to be re-installed to work. The latest one meant I had to drive 200 miles in order to fix it. I have a poweredge 1850 running pfsense 1.0b4 which a month ago survived a power loss. The server is using the internal scsi controller with the RAID reiser card option. (PERC 4e/Si) Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... The 850 works pretty well with FreeBSD though I'm not sure about the SATA controller. Found this: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-January/ 016615.html You can alway install a cheap promise TX2200 og TX2300 controller after delivery... Cheers for the heads up Good luck - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Holger Bauer wrote: What's the exact error when the machine doesn't come up again after failure? I usually just power down my testmachines by unplugging the psu just to see how it will survive such a condition and I never had such a breakdown yet. You mention CARP? So there is a second machine? Or are you only using the CARP as VIP for the one machine? In case you have a CARP-cluster and sync over the config.xml make sure you don't have build a syncing loop. This way the config.xml is moved from master to backup to master to backup... and it's most likely that you hit a write cycle of the config.xml then when the poweroutage appears. This will end up in a broken config file. Holger Hi Holger, I used to have two machines doing this, but its now not configured to sync to the 2nd machine. Basically the first time it all happened it was giving errors where it couldnt find a file (Wasnt the config tho), not sure now of the exact error. But this time, it booted as normal. Everything seemed fine, I just couldnt ping nor could I ping it. Although now you mention the sync thing, that could have been it :( Just was very strange, as before I had 2 boxes, and the 2nd just died on a reboot. Now im using this 1850 as primary, id definitly like to get a backup of some description running... I lost a couple of customers this weekend after the Redbus Power failure in London :( Cheers, Lee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Anders D. Hansen wrote: On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:22 , Lee Hetherington wrote: Im having issues with my current PFSense box in that everytime the power is lost (Our Colo provider had a poweroutage last week) PFSense needs to be re-installed to work. The latest one meant I had to drive 200 miles in order to fix it. I have a poweredge 1850 running pfsense 1.0b4 which a month ago survived a power loss. The server is using the internal scsi controller with the RAID reiser card option. (PERC 4e/Si) Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... The 850 works pretty well with FreeBSD though I'm not sure about the SATA controller. Found this: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-January/016615.html You can alway install a cheap promise TX2200 og TX2300 controller after delivery... Cheers for the heads up Good luck Thanks Anders. My current 1850 has a single disk, as I had always planned to use CARP to sync to another box, but it doesnt really warrant buying a 2nd 1850 todo this. I may look at a SCSI 850 as the 2nd box. Cheers, Lee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:22 AM, Lee Hetherington wrote: Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... so driving 200 miles is cheaper for you than buying a $150 UPS?!?!? man, you must be underpaid. anyhow, to answer your question, I run Pfsense on a PE SC 400 with a Dell SATA RAID card (which is basically adaptec) with no problems. I've never had problems with FreeBSD not recognizing devices on a Dell box. You should be safe. I know for sure FreeBSD 6.1 recognizes the SATA RAID on a PE800. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
RE: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge
Just to add to this, I just installed PFSense on 2 PE 2850's each with 6 10/100/1000 Interfaces 2GB RAM and 2X250GB Sata Harddrives using Dell's Hardware raid. Using RC1 all is well. Regards, Scott There are 10 types of people in this world, those who can read binary, and those who cannot. -Original Message- From: Vivek Khera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:12 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] PFSense + Poweredge On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:22 AM, Lee Hetherington wrote: Im tempted to buy 2x Poweredge 850's with SATA, are their any known issues installing onto this, im not sure if SATA on these is supported under FreeBSD... so driving 200 miles is cheaper for you than buying a $150 UPS?!?!? man, you must be underpaid. anyhow, to answer your question, I run Pfsense on a PE SC 400 with a Dell SATA RAID card (which is basically adaptec) with no problems. I've never had problems with FreeBSD not recognizing devices on a Dell box. You should be safe. I know for sure FreeBSD 6.1 recognizes the SATA RAID on a PE800. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person without the consent of the sender. Unless expressly stated herein to the contrary, only agreements in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company, may be enforced against it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
