hi Matthew,
We are using multiple ixl(4) quad cards and encountered the same issue when
testing with 3rd party optics.
Using official intel optics or re-branded optics works ok for us on openbsd
7.4.
Kind regards,
Wouter
On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 12:27 PM matthew j weaver <m...@ice-nine.org> wrote:
> Thanks, Jan & Stuart -- I'll grab some more likely intel compatible
> transceivers and give them a shot.
>
> I appreciate the pointers.
>
> weaver
>
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, at 04:32, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > On 2024-10-04, Jan Klemkow <j...@openbsd.org> wrote:
> >> Hi Matthew,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 01:52:11PM -0500, matthew j weaver wrote:
> >>> Howdy, all. I'm having basic trouble with some ixl(4) interfaces and
> >>> cannot figure out what I am overlooking.
> >>>
> >>> The hardware is an Intel X710 SFP+ card with two interfaces. I cannot
> >>> seem to get the interfaces to achieve carrier link. The interfaces are
> >>> always status: no carrier. I've tried a few transceivers, cables,
> different
> >>> equipment on the far end, to no avail.
> >>>
> >>> The transceivers and cables currently set up have worked fine in
> >>> other hardware.
> >>>
> >>> Install is OpenBSD 7.5, dmesg is below.
> >>>
> >>> For ease of experiment, I've put matching transceivers into the two
> >>> interfaces, connected by an appropriate cable. Even in this
> >>> configuration I can't get link, as can be seen here in output from
> >>> ifconfig ixl{0,1} transceiver:
> >>>
> >>> -----
> >>> ixl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >>> lladdr 40:a6:b7:b3:4b:28
> >>> index 1 priority 0 llprio 3
> >>> media: Ethernet autoselect
> >>> status: no carrier
> >>
> >>> transceiver: SFP LC, 850 nm, 300m OM1, 300m OM2, 600m OM3
> >>> model: Ubiquiti Inc. OM-MM-10G-D rev A1
> >>
> >> This kind of transceiver may incompatible with Intel NICs.
> >> Do you have Intel-Transceivers to verify that?
> >
> > or Finisar usually work in ixl, or something intel-coded (fs.com,
> > flexoptix, etc).
> >
> > --
> > Please keep replies on the mailing list.
>
>
--
Wouter Prins
w...@null0.nl
