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Date:      Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:20:07 +0000
From:      "Pieper, Jeffrey E" <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: SFP+ on PRO/10GbE
Message-ID:  <2A35EA60C3C77D438915767F458D6568B90935EC@ORSMSX111.amr.corp.intel.com>
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Hi Dan,

Intel(R) Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 only supports Intel-branded optics,=
 however you can bypass that check in the driver by adding the following to=
 /boot/loader.conf:

hw.ix.unsupported_sfp=3D1

I hope this helps,
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org <owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org> On Beha=
lf Of Dan Langille
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2020 3:25 PM
To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: SFP+ on PRO/10GbE

Hello,

I have an PRO/10GbE in a Dell R720, running FreeBSD 12.1, connected to a Un=
ifi US-16-X switch. At present it is using an SFP transceiver. I wanted to =
move to SFP+.

I am not sure which card this is.  The iDRAC tells me:

* Integrated NIC 1 - Intel(R) 2P X520/2P I350 rNDC
* the service tag claims this R720 was configured with a Intel X520 DP 10Gb=
 DA/SFP+
  with part number C63DV. Looking that up, the images I found are consisten=
t with
  what I have in the box. The NIC has room for two transceivers and two eth=
ernet cables.

When the SFP+ transceiver is inserted, this message appears:

  kernel: ix0: Unsupported SFP+ module type was detected.

I don't know if this is:

* the wrong transceiver - I've tried two [1]
* the card firmware rejects anything not on a whitelist [2]
* the transceiver is in the wrong slot [3]
* only does DAC on 10G [4]

Ideas and suggestions please. Thank you.

$ dmesg|grep ix0|head -n 1
ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver> port 0xfcc0-0xfcdf mem=
 0xd8d00000-0xd8dfffff,0xd8ff8000-0xd8ffbfff irq 36 at device 0.0 numa-doma=
in 0 on pci1

pciconf -lcbv provides this:

ix0@pci0:1:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x1f721028 chip=3D0x10fb8086 rev=3D=
0x01 hdr=3D0x00
    vendor     =3D 'Intel Corporation'
    device     =3D '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection'
    class      =3D network
    subclass   =3D ethernet
    bar   [10] =3D type Memory, range 64, base 0xd8d00000, size 1048576, en=
abled
    bar   [18] =3D type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xfcc0, size 32, enabled
    bar   [20] =3D type Memory, range 64, base 0xd8ff8000, size 16384, enab=
led
    cap 01[40] =3D powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[50] =3D MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks=20
    cap 11[70] =3D MSI-X supports 64 messages, enabled
                 Table in map 0x20[0x0], PBA in map 0x20[0x2000]
    cap 10[a0] =3D PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) FLR RO NS
                 link x8(x8) speed 5.0(5.0) ASPM disabled(L0s)
    cap 03[e0] =3D VPD
    ecap 0001[100] =3D AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected
    ecap 0003[140] =3D Serial 1 ecf4bbffffc0bda0
    ecap 000e[150] =3D ARI 1
    ecap 0010[160] =3D SR-IOV 1 IOV disabled, Memory Space disabled, ARI di=
sabled
                     0 VFs configured out of 64 supported
                     First VF RID Offset 0x0180, VF RID Stride 0x0002
                     VF Device ID 0x10ed
                     Page Sizes: 4096 (enabled), 8192, 65536, 262144, 10485=
76, 4194304



[1] - The working 1G SFP is a Fiberstore SFP1G-SX-85. I have tried a Fibers=
tore SFP-10GSR-85
      and a Avago AFBR-703SDZ

[2] - https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/patching-intel-x520=
-eeprom-to-unlock-all-sfp-transceivers.24634/

[3] - there are two slots for transceiver in this unit - I thought I read s=
omething
      about one being different from the other, but I cannot locate that no=
w.
      I tried inserting a second SFP+ into the second slot, but nothing see=
med to change.
      I suspect it is just for lagg.

[4] - https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/intel-x520-da2-or-x520-sr2.72173/

--=20
  Dan Langille
  dan@langille.org
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