Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:21:47 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel NIC issues Message-ID: <ade45ae90906021521s42cca5c6o527ca73486fe2a26@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090602220709.GA24465@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F7897392956DF@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> <20090602220709.GA24465@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:56:01PM +0100, Graeme Dargie wrote: > > Hi all > > > > > > > > Ok lets not go to war over this I just need some advice. > > > > > > > > I have a 1u rack system that has one of these motherboards > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/E7501/X5DPR-iG2+.cfm > > Are you *sure* that you actually have that particular motherboard? > > As you can see if you look through their product listings > ( http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/#e7501 ) > Supermicro has > several other similar models, some of which are equipped with one Gigabit > NIC and one 100Mbit NIC much like you seem to have.. > > > > > > > > > Now according to where I got the server and that page it is supposed to > > have dual gigabit nics on board. > > > > > > > > Dmesg shows the following > > > > > > > > em0: <Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection 6.9.6> port 0x3000-0x301f mem > > 0xfc220000-0xfc23ffff,0xfc200000-0xfc21ffff irq 31 at device 4.0 on pci3 > > > > em0: [FILTER] > > > > em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:24:84:f2 > > > > > > > > fxp0: <Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0x4400-0x443f mem > > 0xfc321000-0xfc321fff,0xfc300000-0xfc31ffff irq 17 at device 2.0 on pci4 > > > > miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 > > > > inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > > > > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > > > fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:24:84:f3 > > > > fxp0: [ITHREAD] > > > > > > Now for reasons I can not fathom, one nic is showing just fine and the > > other is using a different driver and only speeds of upto 100mbs. > > The obvious reason is that there is two different ethernet controllers > on that board - one Gigabit and one 100Mbit. > > It is worth noting that according to the above, they are found on different > PCI-buses, while the dual-gigabit controller you thought you had is a > single > chip where obviously both ports would be connected to the same bus. > > > > > > > > > I have tried both 7.1 and 7.2 So is the information on the board wrong > > or is there something I am missing. > > Most likely you have a different motherboard than you think you have. > The *complete* dmesg output as well as the output of 'pciconf -lv' might > be useful in determining what you actually have. (Opening the box and > checking for any useful labels on the motherboard can also of course be > useful, but is not something we can help you doing.) > Using kenv smbios.system.product might be a good indication of what you have too. Good luck. Nothing like troubleshooting a piece of hardware from remote. :)
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