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Quintus23M got a reaction from petrmaje in Quick review of Solidrun's Clearfog
@Igor,
in the meantime, I was able to run some first tests with the ClearFog Pro:
1) Using a fast mSATA SSD
Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA 500GB
Write: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 3.06723 s, 342 MB/s (write cache=ON)
1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 8.91889 s, 118 MB/s (write cache=OFF)
Read: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 1.96029 s, 535 MB/s
2) Ethernet connection over SFP
Connecting two ClearFog Pro over a SFP fiber link.
# ethtool eth1 Settings for eth1: Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: FIBRE PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: external Auto-negotiation: on Link detected: yes Network speed was just 1Gbit/sec, we were not able to change the settings to get up to 2.5Gbit/sec.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 942 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 941 Mbits/sec receiver We used the following GBIC's "Brocade GBIC 4 Gbit/s SW FC SFP - 57-1000013-01".
Any clues how to get the maximum ethernet speed over SFP? Maybe for 2.5G there has to be some special settings, or there is something missing in the kernel drivers to support 2.5G.
Update:
The 2.5Gbit mode for SFP can be enabled with a patch in U-Boot. I already have prepared the patch and compiled the new u-boot, but I'm having trouble to boot the new image because u-boot has some problems. (will update this post as soon as I have a solution)
Update2: (13.03.2016)
We were able to successfully test the 2.5Gbit mode for SFP, using two ClearFog Pro boards connected directly with two Brocade GBIC's and a 1m optical fibre cable. Testing with `iperf3` shows us the maximum network speed which is really excellent.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec receiver 3) COMPEX WLE900VX-7A miniPCIe module
This WiFi module has just arrived, hope to get it running soon...
Specs: AR9880, 802.11ac, 2,4/5GHz, 3*3 MIMO
Update:
WiFi is working, I just added the correct kernel modules and recompiled and installed the new kernel 4.4.4.
CONFIG_ATH10K=m CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI=m Additionally I had to install the correct firmware files for the Compex WLE900VX card:
/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin -> firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin -
Quintus23M got a reaction from whatever4711 in Quick review of Solidrun's Clearfog
@Igor,
in the meantime, I was able to run some first tests with the ClearFog Pro:
1) Using a fast mSATA SSD
Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA 500GB
Write: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 3.06723 s, 342 MB/s (write cache=ON)
1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 8.91889 s, 118 MB/s (write cache=OFF)
Read: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 1.96029 s, 535 MB/s
2) Ethernet connection over SFP
Connecting two ClearFog Pro over a SFP fiber link.
# ethtool eth1 Settings for eth1: Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: FIBRE PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: external Auto-negotiation: on Link detected: yes Network speed was just 1Gbit/sec, we were not able to change the settings to get up to 2.5Gbit/sec.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 942 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 941 Mbits/sec receiver We used the following GBIC's "Brocade GBIC 4 Gbit/s SW FC SFP - 57-1000013-01".
Any clues how to get the maximum ethernet speed over SFP? Maybe for 2.5G there has to be some special settings, or there is something missing in the kernel drivers to support 2.5G.
Update:
The 2.5Gbit mode for SFP can be enabled with a patch in U-Boot. I already have prepared the patch and compiled the new u-boot, but I'm having trouble to boot the new image because u-boot has some problems. (will update this post as soon as I have a solution)
Update2: (13.03.2016)
We were able to successfully test the 2.5Gbit mode for SFP, using two ClearFog Pro boards connected directly with two Brocade GBIC's and a 1m optical fibre cable. Testing with `iperf3` shows us the maximum network speed which is really excellent.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec receiver 3) COMPEX WLE900VX-7A miniPCIe module
This WiFi module has just arrived, hope to get it running soon...
Specs: AR9880, 802.11ac, 2,4/5GHz, 3*3 MIMO
Update:
WiFi is working, I just added the correct kernel modules and recompiled and installed the new kernel 4.4.4.
CONFIG_ATH10K=m CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI=m Additionally I had to install the correct firmware files for the Compex WLE900VX card:
/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin -> firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin -
Quintus23M got a reaction from Igor in Quick review of Solidrun's Clearfog
@Igor,
in the meantime, I was able to run some first tests with the ClearFog Pro:
1) Using a fast mSATA SSD
Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA 500GB
Write: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 3.06723 s, 342 MB/s (write cache=ON)
1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 8.91889 s, 118 MB/s (write cache=OFF)
Read: 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 1.96029 s, 535 MB/s
2) Ethernet connection over SFP
Connecting two ClearFog Pro over a SFP fiber link.
# ethtool eth1 Settings for eth1: Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: FIBRE PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: external Auto-negotiation: on Link detected: yes Network speed was just 1Gbit/sec, we were not able to change the settings to get up to 2.5Gbit/sec.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 942 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 941 Mbits/sec receiver We used the following GBIC's "Brocade GBIC 4 Gbit/s SW FC SFP - 57-1000013-01".
Any clues how to get the maximum ethernet speed over SFP? Maybe for 2.5G there has to be some special settings, or there is something missing in the kernel drivers to support 2.5G.
Update:
The 2.5Gbit mode for SFP can be enabled with a patch in U-Boot. I already have prepared the patch and compiled the new u-boot, but I'm having trouble to boot the new image because u-boot has some problems. (will update this post as soon as I have a solution)
Update2: (13.03.2016)
We were able to successfully test the 2.5Gbit mode for SFP, using two ClearFog Pro boards connected directly with two Brocade GBIC's and a 1m optical fibre cable. Testing with `iperf3` shows us the maximum network speed which is really excellent.
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec 0 sender [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec receiver 3) COMPEX WLE900VX-7A miniPCIe module
This WiFi module has just arrived, hope to get it running soon...
Specs: AR9880, 802.11ac, 2,4/5GHz, 3*3 MIMO
Update:
WiFi is working, I just added the correct kernel modules and recompiled and installed the new kernel 4.4.4.
CONFIG_ATH10K=m CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI=m Additionally I had to install the correct firmware files for the Compex WLE900VX card:
/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin -> firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.22-2 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin