pfSense AMD64

[spearox]

Hello!

I want to run pfsense 2.1 amd64. I want to ask which config is the best for this os (at this time the vm freeze after select default boot option)?

And another one question: Can i run pfsense normally in this option?
1 physical server with 1 nic (proxmox latest)
and this is the network config:
i want to create a transparent firewall between vmbr0-vmbr1 and i want to set the vms nic to vmbr1.
Its ok? Or any suggestion?

(Sorry for my bad english)

 

[mir]

pfsense cannot be installed in a 64bits version. Only option is 32bit.

 

[spearox]

Thanks! And in 32bit option what is the best setup?
And what about the secound question?

 

[lpallard]

pfsense cannot be installed in a 64bits version. Only option is 32bit.

Really??

Let me confirm that tonight, but I just installed pfsense in a proxmox VM and installed it from AMD64 image and it worked flawlessly..

The only thing I had to change was the CPU virtualization (from kvm64 to Qemu64

 

[mir]

What CPU does your hosts use? There are some reports saying pfsense64 is possible on Xeon < ivy bridge. AMD is a nogo.

 

[mir]

i want to create a transparent firewall between vmbr0-vmbr1 and i want to set the vms nic to vmbr1.

If this is your purpose then install two nics in pfsense. One on the same network as vmbr0 and the other on the same network as vmbr1.

 

[lpallard]

What CPU does your hosts use? There are some reports saying pfsense64 is possible on Xeon < ivy bridge. AMD is a nogo.

Node is running dual socket Opteron 4334 on a Supermicro H8DCL-iF motherboard.

root@proxmox:~# uname -a
Linux proxmox 2.6.32-27-pve #1 SMP Tue Feb 11 16:18:29 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@proxmox:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 00
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 21
model : 2
model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4334
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 3100.059
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 6
core id : 5
cpu cores : 3
apicid : 37
initial apicid : 21
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core arat cpb npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1
bogomips : 6199.09
TLB size : 1536 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro

VM is configured with 2 cores Qemu64

2.1-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Wed Sep 11 18:17:48 EDT 2013
FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p11

QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.7.0
2 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 1 core(s)

Works perfectly (better than baremetal!)

For the OP, my pfsense config looks like:

vmbr0 (proxmox mgmt IP)
vmbr1 passed to pfsense as WAN (physical cable from modem is connected to this bridge)
vmbr2 passed to pfsense as LAN (from that NIC to my main switch then to my clients)
vmbr3 passed to pfsense as DMZ (not currently used due to network topology uncertainties)...

 

[mir]

I have tested now and can confirm that pfsense 64bit works with kvm in proxmox-3.2. If somebody wants to use virtio for disk and/or nics you should follow this howto: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=50128.0

CPU: qemu64

 

[aderumier]

I have tested now and can confirm that pfsense 64bit works with kvm in proxmox-3.2. If somebody wants to use virtio for disk and/or nics you should follow this howto: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=50128.0

CPU: qemu64

the kvm64 bug + freebsd should be fixed with the final host kernel 3.10.