Sorry for the terseness and top post. It's possible the X540 push broke something here - we've had a customer with a similar problem, and I've been hard-pressed to figure it out. There are updates from intel for ixgbe, and MAYBE it fixes the X520 flow control.
Dan Sent from my iPhone (typos, autocorrect, and all) On Apr 16, 2013, at 5:45 AM, Joerg Goltermann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am a bit confused about the flow control settings on the > ixgbe driver. I use a X520-DA2 with SFP+ copper twinax cable. > > "dladm show-ether" reports > LINK PTYPE STATE AUTO SPEED-DUPLEX PAUSE > ixgbe0 current up yes 10G-f bi > ixgbe1 current up yes 10G-f bi > > and "dladm show-linkprop -p flowctrl" shows > LINK PROPERTY PERM VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE > ixgbe0 flowctrl rw no no no,tx,rx,bi > ixgbe1 flowctrl rw no no no,tx,rx,bi > > > The switch says flow control symmetric/active and after changing the > flow control settings with "dladm set-linkprop -p flowctrl=bi ixgbeX" > the switch still reports flow control is active, but the link is dead > and can not transfer packets. > > Changing the settings in /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf to > > flow_control = 3; > > seems to have no effect at all. > > Who can explain this behavior? > > Thanks. > > - Joerg > -- > OSN Online Service Nuernberg GmbH, Bucher Str. 78, 90408 Nuernberg > Tel: +49 911 39905-0 - Fax: +49 911 39905-55 - http://www.osn.de > HRB 15022 Nuernberg, USt-Id: DE189301263, GF: Joerg Goltermann > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175487-ab455116 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
