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

[Chih-Hung Hsieh]

If your X9DRE-TF+ BIOS revision is not R 3.0a.
You can use the following file to update.

Mother Board: Super Micro X9DRE-TF+
BIOS Revision: R 3.0a
File Name: X9DR7P3_C04.zip

http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/disclaimer.cfm?url=/support/resources/getfile.aspx?ID=2526




2014-06-10 7:41 GMT+08:00 Rune Tipsmark <rt at steait.net>:

> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> OmniOS-discuss mailing list
> OmniOS-discuss at lists.omniti.com
> http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omniosce.org/ml-archive/attachments/20140610/cd519750/attachment.html>