# [OmniOS-discuss] Issues with 10GbE - X540

Dale Ghent daleg at omniti.com
Wed Oct 12 16:25:53 UTC 2016

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    Oof, I realized I may not have been clear in how I worded that. What I meant to ask is:

    What happens when you set en_10gfdx_cap to 0, then back to 1 ?

    > On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:23 PM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
    >
    > Hah, yes, I tried with both interface 0 and 1.
    >
    > Changing that back and forth has no change.
    >
    > Both ixgbe0 and ixgbe1 will show as either 1000 when my switch ports are set to auto, and will show as STATE - Down and SPEED - 0 when I set my switch ports to 10GbE.
    >
    > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
    >
    > I trust you set N to the interface instance of ixgbe :) (eg; ixgbe0)
    >
    > how about setting that to 0, then back to 1?
    >
    > /dale
    >
    > > On Oct 12, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > Yes, I'm getting a 1GbE link.
    > >
    > > Randomly it'll work as 10GbE after a reboot, but another reboot will cause it to go back to 1GbE.
    > >
    > > Running 'dladm set-linkprop en_10gfdx_cap=1 ixgbeN' has no change.
    > >
    > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:
    > > On Oct 7, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com> wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Hi All,
    > > >
    > > > I'm unable to link at 10GbE with my onboard X540 (X10DRW-iT). It works perfectly fine at 10GbE if using Windows or CentOS on the same machine. Just to be safe, I've tried multiple switches and Cat6a cabling.
    > > >
    > > > Any tips on how to get this going?
    > >
    > > Are you getting a 1Gb link instead of a 10Gb link?
    > >
    > > Can you run this:
    > >
    > > dladm set-linkprop en_10gfdx_cap=1 ixgbeN
    > >
    > > And check the link speed afterwards (dladm show-phys)
    > >
    > > /dale
    > >
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    > > Garland McAlexander
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    > > Technology Manager
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    > > E: garland at bustle.com
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    > Garland McAlexander
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    > Technology Manager
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    > E: garland at bustle.com
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