On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Ko, Stephen S wrote:
> We tried another one of our Cisco switches over the weekend and have not
> been able to recreate the problem in our lab.
How can I help debuging it?
> Just to rule out the switch as an issue, would you happened to have
> another NIC you can connect to back-to-back?
No chance - no second 10G card, yet. This one is testing one before we'll
decide to but (many) more...
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paweł Gołaszewski [mailto:bl...@gda.pl]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 6:18 AM
> > To: Ko, Stephen S
> > Cc: 'e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: [E1000-devel] ixgbe with X520-DA2 problem
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Ko, Stephen S wrote:
> > > Just to make sure this is not an in-kernel only issue, could you
> > > please try our out-of-tree driver?
> > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbe%20stable/3.11.33/ At
> > > least that way we may be able to isolate the issue to in-kernel driver.
> >
> > It does not solve my problem, but reduces the severity of.
> > 2 days and only 3 up-donw flaps.
> >
> > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Ko, Stephen S wrote:
> > > > > > > When we saw a link flap/reset like this in the past, it was
> > > > > > > against a certain switch vendor.
> > > > > > Which one? :)
> > > > > > > Which switch or link partner is this NIC connected to?
> > > > > > This is Juniper EX4500.
> > > > > It was Arista 7124SX switch with certain DA cables only. :) But we
> > > > > have not seen it on other switches.
> > > >
> > > > I've never tried them :)
> > > >
> > > > > Have you tried connecting the NIC to another link partner?
> > > >
> > > > Tried to connect to Juniper MX-series but with earlier kernel (about
> > > > 3.0.x or 3.2.x, I don't remember).
> > > >
> > > > > And how about using different DA cables? (length or brand)
> > > >
> > > > I've tried: few SFP+'s (Single-mode fiber), ports in switch, two
> > > > patchcords (10m and 12m).
> > > >
> > > > > > > Also, can you please provide us with following info? This will
> > > > > > > help us debug your issue. dmesg
> > > > > > http://www.blues.gda.pl/dmesg.txt.gz
> > > > > Also could you please send us copy of your NIC's eeprom: "ethtool
> > > > > -e ethX" ?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.blues.gda.pl/eth2.eeprom
> >
> > --
> > pozdr. Paweł Gołaszewski jid:blues<at>jabber<dot>gda<dot>pl
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