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Subject: Re: Dual-rate transceivers with ixgbe?
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 19:56, Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> wrote:
> $ ifconfig ix1
> ix1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500

You need to bring the interface up in order for the SFP configuration to occur.

> # ifconfig ix1 down
> # ifconfig ix1 up
> # ifconfig ix1
> ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500