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Intel X710-T4L Not Supporting 2.5G or 5G

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    vgarber
    last edited by vgarber Jun 3, 2024, 10:57 PM Jun 3, 2024, 10:57 PM

    Trying to get my intel nic working with my at&t modem. The modem has a 5G port, and I have a X710-T4L, so I should be able to negotiate at 5G. But ifconfig -m ixl0 reports

     ixl0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500
            description: WAN
            options=4e100bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,HWSTATS,MEXTPG>
            capabilities=4f507bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,HWSTATS,MEXTPG>
            ether b4:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
            inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%ixl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
            media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
            status: active
            supported media:
                    media autoselect
                    media 10Gbase-T
                    media 1000baseT
                    media 100baseTX
            nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
    
    

    What am I doing wrong here?

    I have tried to force 2.5G and 5G on the router side. But no dice.

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by Jun 3, 2024, 11:07 PM

      Might need a newer firmware. Which pfSense version are you using?

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        vgarber @stephenw10
        last edited by Jun 3, 2024, 11:16 PM

        @stephenw10

        2.7.2-RELEASE. Probably need a firmware upgrade; just not sure of the steps. Is this what I would need to grab https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18190/non-volatile-memory-nvm-update-utility-for-intel-ethernet-network-adapter-700-series.html and a linux bootable image?

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by Jun 3, 2024, 11:24 PM

          Shouldn't need to be that new. I'd only expect a problem if it's really ancient. Check the output of sysctl dev.ixl.0 the firmware version should be shown there.

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            vgarber @stephenw10
            last edited by Jun 3, 2024, 11:27 PM

            @stephenw10

            dev.ixl.0.fw_version: fw 8.84.67010 api 1.14 nvm 8.40 etid 8000b1f6 oem 20.5120.13
            
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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by Jun 3, 2024, 11:54 PM

              Hmm, that doesn't seem that old. Have you seen that NIC connect at 2.5G or 5G at all? In some other OS or host perhaps?

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                DBayPlaya2k3
                last edited by Jul 2, 2024, 10:36 AM

                I have a feeling it's because you have a x710-t4 instead of a x710-t4L .

                Only the T4L supports multi gig speeds.

                I also recently ran into this. I had the two port version which works at multi gig and wanted a 4 port card for future expansion so I purchased one. It just like you did not link up at 2.5gbs in my case and when I investigated (since I knew my 2 port card did) I learned it was because I didn't purchase the "L" variant.

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by Jul 2, 2024, 1:00 PM

                  Hmm, that would be interesting. Is it reported anywhere? Different PCI ID?

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