How to change Chelsio T580 40gbe mode in pfsense command line?
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I've got a fresh pfsense installation and I would like to change the T580 qsfp adapter mode from 40gbe to 4x10gbe (because I'm using a breakout cable). Where can I do that in the pfsense command line? I found on linux you can call the "Chelsio_adapter_config.py" script, but this command doesn't work in the pfsense shell. I also didn't find anything about it in the Chelsio-UnifiedWire-FreeBSD-UserGuide.pdf.
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Actually it looks like that change is done by uploading a different config file to the card so it should be possible to set the mode in any OS.
Also there is code for FreeBSD to do this:
https://service.chelsio.com/beta/drivers/freebsd_tool/README.txtSteve
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@stephenw10 I was able to mount a usb drive with the Chelsio utility for T5 adapters. I executed the chelsio_adapter_config.py with the following command in /usr/local/bin:
python2.7 chelsio_adapter_config.pyThe config file seemed to work, it asked to choose the chelsio adapter and to select the adapter mode. After selecting the second mode, which is Spider(4x10G), I got the following output:
/usr/local/bin/t5seeprom -b 1:0:0 write -f:/usr/src/sys/dev/cxgbe/firmware/adapter_configuration/t580_lp_cr_init_gen3_500Mhz_variable_2133_vpd.bin Error in running command: ('Shared object "libpci.so.3" not found, required by t5seeprom"\n',)I checked in /usr/local/lib and the libpci.so.3 is not there. Should it be?
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Not by default. You can add it from our repo, for example by installing flashrom:
[2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: pkg install flashrom Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue... pfSense-core repository is up to date. Updating pfSense repository catalogue... pfSense repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: flashrom: 1.0 [pfSense] libpci: 3.5.6_1 [pfSense] pciids: 20180428 [pfSense] Number of packages to be installed: 3 The process will require 2 MiB more space. 399 KiB to be downloaded. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y [1/3] Fetching flashrom-1.0.txz: 100% 154 KiB 157.7kB/s 00:01 [2/3] Fetching libpci-3.5.6_1.txz: 100% 50 KiB 51.2kB/s 00:01 [3/3] Fetching pciids-20180428.txz: 100% 195 KiB 199.4kB/s 00:01 Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) [1/3] Installing pciids-20180428... [1/3] Extracting pciids-20180428: 100% [2/3] Installing libpci-3.5.6_1... [2/3] Extracting libpci-3.5.6_1: 100% [3/3] Installing flashrom-1.0... [3/3] Extracting flashrom-1.0: 100% [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: rehash [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root:Steve
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@stephenw10 Will try that! Thank you!
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@stephenw10 It seems to have worked! I'll have wait to till I receive the breakout cable to validate that it worked!
