From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 20:48:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C741065672 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D39258FC18 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werg1 with SMTP id g1so2030820wer.13 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:48:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to :x-gm-message-state; bh=ODsSzAk1azuxpZWR5IrGhHdBnuotKmB5pJt1fU94XMM=; b=N94/2JhEM/cuQVs2yu0Bn7RaffbuxFMH3skD4p52umHLTfWolVo1zpMVMUBiMIKj7d sPn2PaQZH8z/c5Hz1z/81CkV4OO0b8LXrpo8xoJg0jNF/PhfTvheJfkYoEwhZcL7NIB4 xIsTF68NCFmw9VwECrecOCnsnqp+2Kua4XDfT88ovvSvXafU/ZMpdvN2K1iY5nbGzNt0 rXYM3a62SOH5Zwujieahgk+BxkDrJdcbX8gEgtsD7A0CnYsHFCwUj5mQgXYBfDcorETb oTaBB9KZCdRWkK55KnNN54o0VVIs5xZrVwWe/QhuojirBFKTVOvaSRtEY+xPIBxPgdvW SNbA== Received: by 10.180.14.34 with SMTP id m2mr7268851wic.22.1340398126077; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:48:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.9.217.206] ([92.90.20.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f7sm1558287wiv.2.2012.06.22.13.48.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:48:45 -0700 (PDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:48:40 +0200 To: Rick Miller X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn7Puk1uekqMUQPp/ascVo7SDkLMgb8176C5PFKVW4bsLgMLW63ox1gtdBaq1krPyS9cI3A Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD Questions , Andrew Boyer Subject: Re: Intel X520-DA2 Supported in stable/8? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:48 -0000 On 22 Jun 2012, at 22:02, Rick Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Boyer wr= ote: >> The ixgbe driver creates devices named ix0, etc. >>=20 >> I believe you need to run 'ifconfig ix0 up' before it will attempt to get= link. >=20 > Thanks for clarifying that tidbit. At least I know the driver loading > is the correct driver :) >=20 > I did try ifup'ing the interface...it shows the interface up, status > is still no carrier. I've had confirmation that the cable itself is > good. I wonder if it matters that the upstream switch has VLAN > tagging enabled? >=20 Nope, having a link is layer 1, VLAN tagging happens at layer 3 iirc. If you're unsure, you can always create a VLAN interface bound to your NIC. I suppose you've tried reversing the fibre pair.=