Having run into this frustration with VMware + Intel NICs at $JOB-1, I feel your pain :) By default, the ixgbe driver does not allow unsupported SFPs ( https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/blob/master/usr/src/uts/common/io/ixgbe/ixgbe_sw.h#L172). However it does mean there is a driver property (allowed_unsupported_sfp) that can be changed to allow it. Standard disclaimer — I’ve not tested any of this, I would not try this on anything resembling production (if the ixgbe.conf file is messed up, it’s possible the system won’t boot), and of course you assume any risk of using third party optics. The driver properties for the ixgbe driver are in /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf. The shipped version has no settings enabled (i.e. everything is default) and you will need to replace this file with a version that enables the allowed_unsupported_sfp property. The comments in the shipped file should tell you how to determine the device path used to identify each card. Once you have your modified version of the file, http://blog.shalman.org/overriding-driver-config-files-on-smartos/ has some info on how to then configure grub so that this modified version will replace the shipped version on boot. On September 27, 2017 at 9:46:51 AM, Rob Seastrom (rs-li...@seastrom.com) wrote: Hi folks, Quick look through the archives doesn't find anything so I figured I'd ask here before trying to read the code... Name The Intel 10ge NIC family has a rep for being picky about third party pluggable optics that don't have the right vendor ID burned into them. In the Linux ecosystem apparently there's something you can do in order to make the board not care (probably a sysctl or something). So the question is, does the driver found in smartos DTRT by default? Is there something special I need to do in order to make it work with random grab bag optics or DAC cables? Trying to keep my sparing situation under control. War stories or success stories solicited. :) Thanks, -r Sent from my iPad
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