PFSense Router Build Question

elliott35 · September 9, 2020

Hi All, thanks in advance for any help.

I am trying to setup a 10gbe PFSense server on some Supermicro hardware that I bought on eBay. I am trying to figure out if I have enough PCIe lanes for both the 10gbe NIC and a Samsung 970 evo in one of these enclosures. Any thoughts?

Separately, does anyone have a good way that I would retain functionality of the front bays? I assume that when I install the 10gbe NIC, there is no way to keep the front slots active?

This server doesn't seem to have any documentation from super micro which makes researching this difficult.

Electronics Wizardy · September 9, 2020

What board does your have?

There is only one pcie slot on those so you can only put one card in.

Also why do you want a 970 evo? That system probably can't boot from nvme drives anywyas, and pfsense doesn't care about io performance really. Id just get a sata ssd.

The front slots can be plugged into the onboard sata on the board, so you can have a 10gbe nic and the front sata ports.