On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, at 4:43 PM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > Partial success. The card is now able to use an SFP+ optic. It warns me > > when the optic is installed: > > > > Mar 22 16:49:45 r720-01 kernel: WARNING: Intel (R) Network Connections are > > quality tested using Intel (R) Ethernet Optics. Using untested modules is > > not supported and may cause unstable operation or damage to the module or > > the adapter. Intel Corporation is not responsible for any harm caused by > > using untested modules. > > > > I cannot use an SFP+ optic at the switch. The connection just does not > > happen. > > > > If I go back to the original SFP optic, the connection occurs, as expected > > at 1G. > > > > On the switch side, I've tried a known good optic from an existing > > connection. > > > > I could install an PRO/10GbE instead, that has a built-in transceiver. I > > have > > two of those in use now, both working on 10G. > > Have you tried connected it to something other than the Unifi switch?
The only SFP+ capable switches I have are Unifi. I just tried the other switch (US-48) which had one SFP+ port free. Same issues there. > I have two Dell R430 servers running 12.1-STABLE, using Intel X520 DP > 10Gb DA/SFP+ cards with non-Intel branded LR optics. Works fine with > hw.ix.unsupported_sfp=1 setting - one of them connected to a Juniper > MX480 router, the other to an Extreme X670 switch. I had Extreme switches here before. They are long gone now. Nice things though. Thank you. -- Dan Langille d...@langille.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
