Finally got 10G to work on my network. But not without some hoops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got this Dell 10G card, apparently it is a Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES, or an Intel X520-DA2 10Gb, apparently it is picky on what GBIC transievers that will work with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Found this post <\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/people.binf.ku.dk\/~hanne\/b2evolution\/blogs\/index.php\/2015\/03\/04\/ixgbe-failed-to-load-because<\/a> https:\/\/access.redhat.com\/solutions\/275333<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Which talk about adding some flags to grub and bypassing the cards check to allow any GBIC to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But also found this post which changed the eeprom using nothing more than ethtool<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/forums.servethehome.com\/index.php?threads\/patching-intel-x520-eeprom-to-unlock-all-sfp-transceivers.24634\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although I did the math (to make sure the correct but was set), it was verbatim<\/p>\n\n\n\n To check the value or <\/p>\n\n\n\n ethtool -e eth1 offset 0x58 length 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n The original value was fc and it needed to be fd (I did do the math, so if you are following the post, do your own math)<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the command to allow any gbic in the eeprom was <\/p>\n\n\n\n ethtool -E eth1 magic 0x10fb8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was awesome, it worked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now I can use freebsd (pfsense) and not worry about the GBIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weight: 325.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finally got 10G to work on my network. But not without some hoops. I got this Dell 10G card, apparently it is a Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES, or an Intel X520-DA2 10Gb, apparently it is picky on what GBIC … Continue reading
And this Redhat post (which requires a login)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ethtool -e eth1 | head<\/p>\n\n\n\n