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Configuring XL710 on Centos 7

JMcDo8
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I am trying to configure a XL710 interface card on Centos 7 with two 10G ports. The host is a DELL R610.

I have installed the latest drivers and up graded the firmware.

The network card does not come live - I have it connected to another R610 with IXGBE interfaces through a optical/copper interface - which shows that the optical interfaces of the XL710 are not live.

When I try yo use QCU to configure the interface it does not recognize the interface, but when I run nvmcheck4e it recognizes the interfaces.

Is my problem that I cannot set the configuration through QCU or is it something else?

Regards

John

My setup is as follows

[root@localhost Linux_x64]# uname -r

3.10.0-229.11.1.el7.x86_64

[root@localhost Linux_x64]# ethtool -i p1p1

driver: i40e

version: 1.3.38

firmware-version: 4.53 0x80001dc0 0.0.0

bus-info: 0000:04:00.0

supports-statistics: yes

supports-test: yes

supports-eeprom-access: yes

supports-register-dump: yes

supports-priv-flags: yes

[root@localhost Linux_x64]#

[root@localhost Linux_x64]# ./qcu64e

Intel(R) QSFP+ Configuration Utility

QCU version: v1.24.35.01

Copyright(C) 2015 by Intel Corporation.

Software released under Intel Proprietary License.

NIC B:D Ven-Dev Mode Adapter Name

=== ===== ========= ====== ====================================================

No supported adapters detected.

[root@localhost Linux_x64]# ./nvmcheck64e

NVM Integrity Verification Tool v1.25.01.03

Using: Intel (R) PRO Network Connections SDK v2.25.1

Copyright (C) 2012 - 2015 by Intel (R) Corporation.

Software released under Intel(R) Corporation Propietary License.

Usage:

/HELP Displays supported commands with description.

/? Displays supported commands with description.

/VERSION Displays tool and QV SDK version.

/DEVICES Shows available adapters.

/NIC=X Selects a specific adapter (1-32).

/VERIFY Verify NVM Signature of selected card.

Technical support options:

/HEADER Show NVM header of selected card.

/KEY Show NVM key of selected card.

[root@localhost Linux_x64]# ./nvmcheck64e -devices

NVM Integrity Verification Tool v1.25.01.03

Using: Intel (R) PRO Network Connections SDK v2.25.1

Copyright (C) 2012 - 2015 by Intel (R) Corporation.

Software released under Intel(R) Corporation Propietary License.

NIC B/D/F Ven-Dev MAC ENA Branding string

=== ======== ========= ============ === =======================================

1) 04/00/00 8086-1572 6805CA305270 YES Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Ada

2) 04/00/01 8086-1572 ------------ N/A ------------

3) 08/00/00 8086-10BC 001B21B69F21 N/A Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP Serve

4) 08/00/01 8086-10BC 001B21B69F20 N/A Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad...

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st4
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Hi Doonhammer,

Thank you for the post. Can you provide the serial number of the XL710 network adapter model? The serial number comes with the format of

15 alphanumerics + 6 alphanumerics + 6 alphanumerics -3 digits

Please feel free to update us.

rgds,

wb

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JMcDo8
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wb,

Thanks for the reply - from the driver support forum we figured out the problem is that we are not using Intel Optics. I have just ordered some and will try that.

Regards

John

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st4
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Hi Doonhammer,

Thank you for the update. It is recommended to use Intel optics and hope this will fix the issue.

rgds,

wb

 

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