Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:04:46 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Hunter Satterwhite <hsatterwhite@webassign.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: ambrisko@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cisco Virtual Interface Card (VIC) & FreeBSD Message-ID: <55B1E38E.4040001@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B5eA8Uug7ZJr3TD-yE3i6ouY%2BSjP8d4Dq2YxPNxo01VZ-ipdg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B5eA8Uug7ZJr3TD-yE3i6ouY%2BSjP8d4Dq2YxPNxo01VZ-ipdg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/23/15 8:19 AM, Hunter Satterwhite wrote: > Does anyone have experience or knowledge around FreeBSD enic/vnic driver > support for Cisco's Virtual Interface Card? We are moving to Cisco FlexPod > and this has been raised as a concern. I for one have not been successful > in finding any information around this and do not have the necessary > hardware to test FreeBSD on. unfortunately not a lot of people use the Cisco gear so it's possible that no-one does have this experience. Sounds like you are going to be the Guinea Pig! :-) IS this the "card" they have in their blade box that is for connecting all the servers in the one box to an internal switch? > > Cisco does not offer one and of course there are no plans on supporting > FreeBSD in this capacity, which came straight from one of their Data Center > specialist. > > My team and I are heavily invested in FreeBSD and would like continue using > it as our first choice of operating system. Any help our insight in to this > would be greatly appreciated. We appreciate the support. I can't go out and buy one however.. ;-) there is a CIsco division (IronPort) that does use FreeBSD.. maybe Doug (ambrisko@) (CC'd) can shake some info loose. last I saw they were using Dell gear though. Doug? > > Best,
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