Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:21:46 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Sebastian Stach <sebsta@t-online.de> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: em interfaces supermicro X9SCM-F board Message-ID: <4FCE786A.2030205@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <FF941767-FFC3-4D5E-B884-5D487F71E98E@t-online.de> References: <4FCE37FC.1090405@gmail.com> <878874BA-2F5C-4A7E-8690-2A8A96536AE0@t-online.de> <4FCE6931.6010901@quip.cz> <FF941767-FFC3-4D5E-B884-5D487F71E98E@t-online.de>
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Sebastian Stach wrote: > I just need to run a tool like iperf and let it run. After about 1-2 hours my nic will just hang > without any messages. I can't even ping the machine anymore. I also installed Solaris to check > if it's maybe a FreeBSD problem but it's the same there. > > The support told me that they know about problems with the nics and the BIOS version 2.0 > but that the new update should fix it. > > Which BIOS version do you have? The board had BIOS 1.1a with build date 2011-09-28 so I updated it to version 2.0 with build date 2012-05-08. I am preparing iperf test so I will let you know tomorrow about results. One question - are you using dedicated management port or shared with Intel NIC? Miroslav Lachman > Am 05.06.2012 um 22:16 schrieb Miroslav Lachman: > >> There is a differenc between X9SCM-F and X9SCA-F. The SCM version has 82579V and 82574L NIC, but X9SCA-F has both NICs 82574L. >> And as I read about some problems with 82579V on the net, I bought X9SCA-F few weeks ago. >> I didn't notice any problem. >> >> Can you describe the conditions when you have some network problems so I can do some tests? >> >> I am running FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE for testing, not heavily loaded. >> >> Miroslav Lachman
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