Thread: Quad Port Ethernet Card does not work properly

dear all,

i've got 2 hp proliant 380 g7 servers running ubuntu server 10.04 lts. come 4 internal ethernet ports working fine , expected , quad port ethernet pci card makes me head aches.

vendor of ethernet card qlogic (aka netxen?). chip nx3031 should ubuntu-certified (see_here) - @ least more or less, since i'm not pci domain number.

both servers connected back-2-back via ethernet card. use cat6 cabling , tried both streight , crossed cables. started used cables , ended brand new ones. attemps made no difference.

ethernet card recognized os. ports can configured , show in ifconfig , ip link output.

unfortunately not possible configure ethernet-specific parameters autonegotiaten or line speed ethtool.

isn't possible bring link up. 1 control led green , other yellow.

jk@raider:~$ lspci -d | grep netxen
0000:0b:00.0 ethernet controller: netxen incorporated nx3031 multifunction 1/10-gigabit server adapter (rev 42)
0000:0b:00.1 ethernet controller: netxen incorporated nx3031 multifunction 1/10-gigabit server adapter (rev 42)
0000:0b:00.2 ethernet controller: netxen incorporated nx3031 multifunction 1/10-gigabit server adapter (rev 42)
0000:0b:00.3 ethernet controller: netxen incorporated nx3031 multifunction 1/10-gigabit server adapter (rev 42)

jk@raider:~$ sudo lshw
...
*-network:3
description: ethernet interface
product: nx3031 multifunction 1/10-gigabit server adapter
vendor: netxen incorporated
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.3
logical name: eth7
version: 42
serial: 78:ac:c0:11:5b:7f
size: 1gb/s
capacity: 1gb/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: msix pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=netxen_nic driverversion=4.0.50 duplex=full firmware=4.0.555 ip=172.20.7.2 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1gb/s
resources: irq:31 memory:fb800000-fb9fffff
...

jk@raider:~$ ip link show eth7

9: eth7: <broadcast,multicast,up> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state unknown qlen 1000
link/ether 78:ac:c0:11:5b:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

jk@raider:~$ ifconfig eth7
eth7 link encap:ethernet hardware adresse 78:ac:c0:11:5b:7f
inet adresse:172.20.7.2 bcast:172.20.7.3 maske:255.255.255.252
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metrik:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
kollisionen:0 sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b)
interrupt:95

jk@raider:~$ sudo ethtool -s eth7 autoneg off
cannot set new settings: input/output error
not setting autoneg

jk@raider:~$ dmesg | grep eth7
[ 20.539064] eth7: not cleanup lro flows
[ 20.548039] netxen_nic 0000:0b:00.3: eth7: gbe port initialized
[ 20.753540] addrconf(netdev_up): eth7: link not ready
[ 7496.841204] addrconf(netdev_up): eth7: link not ready

wasted hours debugging. neither qlogic nor hp support pages of help. googling around didn't reveal substantial.

have clue if feasable bring ports of qlogic quad port ethernet card , running? reasonable launch bug report?

appreciated.

cheers

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