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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:16:44 -0500
From:      "John Cagle" <jcagle@gmail.com>
To:        "Greg Himes" <greg@laaco.net>
Cc:        freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: c-Class Connection Prob with HP NC326m Mezz Card
Message-ID:  <6863f0c90803311916p638e6b02gf40b1a8b0075589f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200803312334.m2VNYvFo031314@mail.laaco.net>
References:  <200803312334.m2VNYvFo031314@mail.laaco.net>

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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Greg Himes <greg@laaco.net> wrote:
>  Hello All,
>
>  I've got a chassis full of BL460c blades to which
>  I've just added the HP NC326m Dual Port 1 Gb mezzanine
>  card.  All of the blades running Windows Server 2003
>  work just fine.  The mission-critical FreeBSD blades
>  running 6.3-RELEASE see the cards as bge devices,
>  but both ports show status: no carrier.
>
>  I'm using the 1Gb ethernet pass-thru modules to a 1Gb
>  unmanaged switch.  Both the pass-thru module and the
>  switch show the ports connected at 1Gb.  But FreeBSD
>  still shows no carrier.
>
>  Anybody have any suggestions?

Hi Greg,

I would check two things:

1) has the bge driver been updated for 5715S support?
2) disable speed auto-negotiation in the driver, and in the switch.
If you use the pass-thru, it only functions at 1Gbe.  This might be
your problem.

John



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