# [OmniOS-discuss] Onboard Intel X540-T2 10gbe NIC shows 1gbit

Rune Tipsmark rt at steait.net
Tue Jun 10 00:33:43 UTC 2014

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    Thanks but it is already the latest version, I don’t know if there is a specific firmware available for the onboard LAN only.
    Br,
    Rune

    From: Chih-Hung Hsieh [mailto:flight.man at gmail.com]
    Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 5:29 PM
    To: Rune Tipsmark
    Cc: Dan McDonald; omnios-discuss
    Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Onboard Intel X540-T2 10gbe NIC shows 1gbit

    If your X9DRE-TF+ BIOS revision is not R 3.0a.
    You can use the following file to update.

    Mother Board: Super Micro X9DRE-TF+
    BIOS Revision: R 3.0a
    File Name: X9DR7P3_C04.zip

    http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/disclaimer.cfm?url=/support/resources/getfile.aspx?ID=2526

    2014-06-10 7:41 GMT+08:00 Rune Tipsmark <rt at steait.net<mailto:rt at steait.net>>:
    Var/adm/messages shows

    Jun  7 01:43:22 zfs10 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe0 registered
    Jun  7 01:43:22 zfs10 ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe0: Intel 10Gb Ethernet, ixgbe 1.1.7
    Jun  7 01:43:23 zfs10 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe0 link up, 1000 Mbps, full duplex
    Jun  7 01:43:24 zfs10 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe1 registered
    Jun  7 01:43:24 zfs10 ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe1: Intel 10Gb Ethernet, ixgbe 1.1.7
    Jun  7 01:43:26 zfs10 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info<http://kern.info>] NOTICE: ixgbe1 link up, 1000 Mbps, full duplex

    I tried looking for new FW from both Intel and SM but none seem to have any from what I can find.

    I tried connecting only one port on each end as they were different speeds (one port directly to another server, one port to a 1gbit switch) - no difference.
    Will check the BIOS setting too.

    Br,
    Rune

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Dan McDonald [mailto:danmcd at omniti.com<mailto:danmcd at omniti.com>]
    Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 4:26 PM
    To: Rune Tipsmark
    Cc: omnios-discuss
    Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Onboard Intel X540-T2 10gbe NIC shows 1gbit

    On Jun 9, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Rune Tipsmark <rt at steait.net<mailto:rt at steait.net>> wrote:

    > As stated above,
    >
    > Got a Super Micro X9DRE-TF+ with onboard Intel X540 10Gbase-T with a cat6 cable straight into another server (with Windows) using a PCI-E Intel X540-T2 10Gbase-T as well.
    >
    > Both ends are set to autosense, however only 1gbit is detected on OmniOS, I can force 10Gbit on Windows, but it won't come up because the other end supports max 1Gbit.
    >
    > I tried changing link speed manually in OmniOS, no luck, says not supported.
    >
    > Why does it not detect proper 10Gbit on the OmniOS end of things? Any suggestions as how to get this working?
    >
    > Version is 151010 , tried reinstall already - no difference.

    10Gig on here should work.  I've not had hands-on experience with built-in ones, but I've used add-on cards with X540 to great success.

    Did you inspect /var/adm/messages for any complaints from "ixgbe"?  You're using cat6, which is good.  One silly question --> on the BIOS on the OmniOS box, did you enable PCIe mappings for only the low 32-bits?  That's a longshot, I know, but it may be an issue.

    ALSO, we recently had someone else on-list post about X540, and it turned out they needed a firmware upgrade to get it to work.  Please make sure your BIOS and device firmware are up to date.

    Dan

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