PfSense Intel X520-da2

chichin79 · May 7, 2021, 7:03 PM

@stephenw10 said in PfSense Intel X520-da2:

First run ifconfig -vvvm ix0 (or ix1) and check it can see the module and a connection on it.

Steve

Yepp, got a lot of info but I think that this is what you where asking for:

supported media:
media autoselect
media 10Gbase-SR
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 10G Base-SR (LC)
vendor: FS PN: SFP-10GSR-85 SN: F2020534022 DATE: 2020-07-15
module temperature: 50.63 C Voltage: 3.34 Volts
RX: 0.64 mW (-1.88 dBm) TX: 0.67 mW (-1.73 dBm

stephenw10 · May 7, 2021, 8:53 PM

OK, so it sees the module correctly and the module is reporting incoming signal.

The info above that might show the interface status though. Can we see that too?

How is the switch port configured that it's connected to?

Steve

chichin79 · May 8, 2021, 3:46 AM

@stephenw10 said in PfSense Intel X520-da2:

OK, so it sees the module correctly and the module is reporting incoming signal.

The info above that might show the interface status though. Can we see that too?

How is the switch port configured that it's connected to?

Steve

Sorry, dident know you needed all that info:

ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
description: temp
options=e138bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
capabilities=f53fbb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,NETMAP,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
ether a0:36:9f:6d:cd:28
inet6 fe80::a236:9fff:fe6d:cd28%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.5.1 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.5.1
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
supported media:
media autoselect
media 10Gbase-SR
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 10G Base-SR (LC)
vendor: FS PN: SFP-10GSR-85 SN: F2020534022 DATE: 2020-07-15
module temperature: 50.63 C Voltage: 3.34 Volts
RX: 0.64 mW (-1.88 dBm) TX: 0.65 mW (-1.87 dBm)

    SFF8472 DUMP (0xA0 0..127 range):
    03 04 07 10 00 00 00 40 00 0C 00 06 67 00 00 00
    1E 0F 00 00 46 53 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
    20 20 20 20 00 00 1B 21 53 46 50 2D 31 30 47 53
    52 2D 38 35 20 20 20 20 41 20 20 20 03 52 00 0C
    00 1A 00 00 46 32 30 32 30 35 33 34 30 32 32 20
    20 20 20 20 32 30 30 37 31 35 20 20 68 90 01 5C
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Switchport is set to " Auto Negotiation" just like the other switchports and "flow control" is enabled.

stephenw10 · May 8, 2021, 2:26 PM

@chichin79 said in PfSense Intel X520-da2:

media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier

So not linked then. I assume the switch also shows it not linked?

The switch port is 10G? It won't link to a 1G port unless it's set as such.

I would try setting it to 10G fixed first.

Steve

chichin79 · May 8, 2021, 3:40 PM

@stephenw10

Yep, the switch dont report any link... And yes, it's 10G

The switch has a totall of 16 ports. I have 4 Dell R630 connected with 10G, one truenas server with the X520 card and the same sfp+ All of the connects automatically.
I can see light in the pfsense router and in the switch if I detach the cable.

On the switch I dont have the option to set 10gig?? Only 100/1000 and auto?

And also, I just tried to connect the truenas connection to the sfp port in the switch that pfsense connects to and got link directly so there is no problem with the switch.

stephenw10 · May 8, 2021, 5:57 PM

Sorry I meant set the port at the pfSense end to 10G fixed.

Or we have seen some that require resetting auto-select to re-trigger the negotiation if they are connected after boot.

ifconfig ix0 media autoselect

You might also try ifconfig ix0 down then ifconfig ix0 up.

Steve

chichin79 · May 8, 2021, 8:26 PM

@stephenw10 said in PfSense Intel X520-da2:

Sorry I meant set the port at the pfSense end to 10G fixed.

Or we have seen some that require resetting auto-select to re-trigger the negotiation if they are connected after boot.
ifconfig ix0 media autoselect
You might also try ifconfig ix0 down then ifconfig ix0 up.

Steve

Thanks for the suggestions but it did not help. Still says "no carrier"

chichin79 · May 9, 2021, 7:49 PM

Have been reading the documentation a bit and tried the sugestions here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tune.html

But even after adding suggested code in /boot/loader.conf.local it still wont work.

It has to be driver related, or else it wouldent have worked in truenas either? Correct?

chichin79 · May 10, 2021, 9:54 AM

@chichin79 said in PfSense Intel X520-da2:

ifconfig ix0 media autoselect

Found one other sfp with intel conf, however it's an older sfp and another brand and I could set the speed to 1G on that sfp. Did the same on the switch and got a link. Still "no carrier" though but got a link on the switch?

Also, when fideling around with the settings I went back to consoule and se an error message "ix1: Invalid media type"
Guessing pfSense dident like the old sfp after all??

Is it worth it to file a bugreport on this? The 520 card is older but it works and I have a total of four of them so have spareparts if one of the two I'm thinking of using breaks down.

stephenw10 · May 10, 2021, 11:00 AM

You would need to replicate it in FreeBSD and then open a bug report there. There is nothing specific in pfSense that could cause that as far as I'm aware.

Steve

chichin79 · May 10, 2021, 12:04 PM

@stephenw10 ok, a bit more complicated than I thought then...

If anyone have any idea what might help I`m open earl! Or else there seams to be more work to getting this to function than it is worth it..