Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:02:22 +0200 From: Marek Salwerowicz <marek_sal@wp.pl> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: igb Intel Gigabit Network Connection I350, lagg, vlan - increase mtu Message-ID: <522DC6DE.3040908@wp.pl>
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Hi, My server is running with 4 Gigabit NICs: igb0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet igb1@pci0:5:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet igb2@pci0:5:0:2: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet igb3@pci0:5:0:3: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet those NICs are connected to switch with LACP aggregation: lagg0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO> ether 00:25:90:c1:1d:18 inet6 fe80::225:90ff:fec1:1d18%lagg0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: active laggproto lacp lagghash l2,l3,l4 laggport: igb3 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> laggport: igb2 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> laggport: igb1 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> laggport: igb0 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> Using this lagg interface I created 2 vlan interfaces: vlan14: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=103<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4> ether 00:25:90:c1:1d:18 inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::225:90ff:fec1:1d18%vlan14 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: active vlan: 14 parent interface: lagg0 vlan900: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=103<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4> ether 00:25:90:c1:1d:18 inet6 fe80::225:90ff:fec1:1d18%vlan900 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa inet 172.25.25.65 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.25.255.255 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: active vlan: 900 parent interface: lagg0 I would like to increase the MTU on cards, but I can't set it in any way: % sudo ifconfig igbX mtu 9000 [14:59:37] ifconfig: ioctl (set mtu): Invalid argument event setting the MTU to 1500 (default value) results in same error. same for lagg0, and vlanX How can I increase the MTU for lagg interface ? Is it possible without rebooting or only via /etc/rc.conf ? Regards, -- Marek Salwerowicz
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