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Hardware Compatibility: Intel X710-T4L 10Gbe Network Adapter?

BDK

Currently running Sophos Firewall v18.5 on our own hardware with an Intel i210-T4 ethernet card. Copacetic.

My earlier question (posted this afternoon) was about 2.5Gbe compatibility. A contingent suggests biting the bullet and going to 10Gbe using an Intel X710-T4L ethernet adapter. That is 2020 vintage, and being relatively new I somehow doubt it is compatible with Sophos Firewall v18.5 ... I would be DELIGHTED to learn that it is supported.

Cheers,
Bruce.



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    Hello,

    The Intel X710-T4L is supposed to use the NIC Driver i40e, which is currently available on v18.5 MR1.

    If someone on the Community can confirm It, I would be grateful.

    Thanks!

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  • 0 in reply to Prism

    Thanks for the super-prompt reply. The i40e driver DOES support the X710-T4L, per https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24411/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCIe-40-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-Under-Linux-.

    Looking at the drivers loaded on v18.5 MR5 (via advanced console) I see "i40e_nm" ... encouraging, though I confess that I do not know the meaning of the "_nm" suffix.

    Would be grateful for confirmation, as it would be painful to learn otherwise firsthand.

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

  • 0 in reply to Prism

    Prism--

    After a lengthy delay, I am finally taking delivery of an Intel X710-T4L.

    QUESTION FOR YOU: the ISO installer is v18.0-MR1 and the required i40e driver is in v18.5-MR1. Am I going to get 'stuck' because the v18.0-MR1 does not have the i40e driver, and therefore does not recongnize the X710-T4L?

    It has been a while since I did a full install to bare metal, so I do not recall when in the installation process a firmware update takes place.

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

  • 0 in reply to Prism

    Prism--

    I Screwed Intel X710-T4L into 'blank' testbench PC to validate network adapter before installing it in my 'live' Sophos Firewall. Sophos v18 home installation runs smoothly to completion (yea!) and reboots and ... does not see the X710-T4L. Error message "Network Interfaces lower than minimum required," and runs in failsafe mode.

    The installer drops v18.1 and without a pair of working ports I have no way to bring up the testbench and update it to v18.5 to see if THAT version sees the X710-T4L okay.

    QUESTION: is there any way to update the testbench (in failsafe mode) to v18.5 using, say, a USB drive?

    Plan B is to purchase an inexpensive Intel 82576 dual port NIC, bring up the firewall, update it to v18.5, and then swap out the dual port NIC for the X710-T4L (accompanied by appropriate prayers).

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

  • 0 in reply to BDK

    EUREKA, the X710-T4L is working!

    Mildly embarrassingly: when I created my install media ~2 weeks ago, the portal has v18.1 for download and that had the problem outlined above. Happily I re-checked the portal and found it now has v18.5 for download ... and that find the X710-T4L seamlessly.

    I am putting the NIC through its paces on my testbench, and will install it in my 'live' firewall after a banging on it bit.

    Cheers,
    Bruce.

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