wikiAMD based Thomas-Krenn Firewall Server
Rackserver are optimal for the operation of an Open Source Firewall such as OPNsense in larger surroundings. In this article, we present suitable AMD based rackserver that we have tested with OPNsense at Thomas-Krenn.
Firewall optimized AMD based server
The following table shows AMD based server that we have tested with OPNsense at Thomas-Krenn:
| Server | RA1104-SMEPH V 1.0 |
RA1208-SMEP V 1.0 |
RA1208-AIEPN V 1.0 |
RA1208-AIEPH V 1.1 |
RA1212-AIEPN V 1.0 |
RA1104-SMEPFH V 1.0 |
invalid id V 1.0 |
RA1208-AIEPN V 2.1 |
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| Mainboard | H12SSL-i
H12SSL-NT H12SSL-CT |
H12SSW-iN
H12SSW-NT |
MZE2-G10-00 | H13SSL-N | ||||
CPU
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EPYC 7252 - EPYC 7713P
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EPYC 7252 - EPYC 7763
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EPYC 7252 - EPYC 7313P
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EPYC 7313P - EPYC 7713P
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EPYC 9124 - EPYC 9754
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| RAM | 16 GB - 1 TB | 16 GB - 1,125 TB | ||||||
| Disc (SATA) | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Disc (more) | 2 M.2 PCIe | 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe | ||||||
| NICs 1Gbit (included) | 2
2x BCM5720 (H12SSL-i) |
2
2x BCM5720 (H12SSW-iN) |
2
2x i350-AM2 |
2
2x BCM5720 (H13SSL-N) | ||||
| NICs 10Gbit (included) | 2
2x BCM57416 (H12SSL-NT and H12SSL-CT) |
2
2x BCM57416 (H12SSW-NT) |
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| NICs 25Gbit
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| PCIe slots for additional NICs | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
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Author: Thomas Niedermeier Thomas Niedermeier working in the product management team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his bachelor's degree in business informatics at the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences. Since 2013 Thomas is employed at Thomas-Krenn and takes care of OPNsense firewalls, the Thomas-Krenn-Wiki and firmware security updates.
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Translator: Alina Ranzinger Alina has been working at Thomas-Krenn.AG since 2024. After her training as multilingual business assistant, she got her job as assistant of the Product Management and is responsible for the translation of texts and for the organisation of the department.
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