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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