[OmniOS-discuss] Onboard Intel X540-T2 10gbe NIC shows 1gbit

[Rune Tipsmark]

Var/adm/messages shows

Jun  7 01:43:22 zfs10 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0 registered
Jun  7 01:43:22 zfs10 ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0: Intel 10Gb Ethernet, ixgbe 1.1.7
Jun  7 01:43:23 zfs10 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0 link up, 1000 Mbps, full duplex
Jun  7 01:43:24 zfs10 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1 registered
Jun  7 01:43:24 zfs10 ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1: Intel 10Gb Ethernet, ixgbe 1.1.7
Jun  7 01:43:26 zfs10 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1 link up, 1000 Mbps, full duplex

I tried looking for new FW from both Intel and SM but none seem to have any from what I can find.

I tried connecting only one port on each end as they were different speeds (one port directly to another server, one port to a 1gbit switch) - no difference.
Will check the BIOS setting too.

Br,
Rune


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan McDonald [mailto:danmcd at omniti.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 4:26 PM
To: Rune Tipsmark
Cc: omnios-discuss
Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Onboard Intel X540-T2 10gbe NIC shows 1gbit


On Jun 9, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Rune Tipsmark <rt at steait.net> wrote:

> As stated above,
>  
> Got a Super Micro X9DRE-TF+ with onboard Intel X540 10Gbase-T with a cat6 cable straight into another server (with Windows) using a PCI-E Intel X540-T2 10Gbase-T as well.
>  
> Both ends are set to autosense, however only 1gbit is detected on OmniOS, I can force 10Gbit on Windows, but it won't come up because the other end supports max 1Gbit.
>  
> I tried changing link speed manually in OmniOS, no luck, says not supported.
>  
> Why does it not detect proper 10Gbit on the OmniOS end of things? Any suggestions as how to get this working?
>  
> Version is 151010 , tried reinstall already - no difference.

10Gig on here should work.  I've not had hands-on experience with built-in ones, but I've used add-on cards with X540 to great success.

Did you inspect /var/adm/messages for any complaints from "ixgbe"?  You're using cat6, which is good.  One silly question --> on the BIOS on the OmniOS box, did you enable PCIe mappings for only the low 32-bits?  That's a longshot, I know, but it may be an issue.

ALSO, we recently had someone else on-list post about X540, and it turned out they needed a firmware upgrade to get it to work.  Please make sure your BIOS and device firmware are up to date.

Dan