[OmniOS-discuss] Issues with 10GbE - X540

[Dale Ghent]

Interesting. So your switch configuration is set to nail the ports at 10Gbe rather than allow autoneg?

/dale

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
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> No no, I understood.
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> When I set it to 0 and back to 1, the link will lose connection.
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> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
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> Oof, I realized I may not have been clear in how I worded that. What I meant to ask is:
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> What happens when you set en_10gfdx_cap to 0, then back to 1 ?
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> > On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:23 PM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
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> > Hah, yes, I tried with both interface 0 and 1.
> >
> > Changing that back and forth has no change.
> >
> > Both ixgbe0 and ixgbe1 will show as either 1000 when my switch ports are set to auto, and will show as STATE - Down and SPEED - 0 when I set my switch ports to 10GbE.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
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> > I trust you set N to the interface instance of ixgbe :) (eg; ixgbe0)
> >
> > how about setting that to 0, then back to 1?
> >
> > /dale
> >
> > > On Oct 12, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, I'm getting a 1GbE link.
> > >
> > > Randomly it'll work as 10GbE after a reboot, but another reboot will cause it to go back to 1GbE.
> > >
> > > Running 'dladm set-linkprop en_10gfdx_cap=1 ixgbeN' has no change.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 7, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > I'm unable to link at 10GbE with my onboard X540 (X10DRW-iT). It works perfectly fine at 10GbE if using Windows or CentOS on the same machine. Just to be safe, I've tried multiple switches and Cat6a cabling.
> > > >
> > > > Any tips on how to get this going?
> > >
> > > Are you getting a 1Gb link instead of a 10Gb link?
> > >
> > > Can you run this:
> > >
> > > dladm set-linkprop en_10gfdx_cap=1 ixgbeN
> > >
> > > And check the link speed afterwards (dladm show-phys)
> > >
> > > /dale
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