On 8/10/16 19:12 , Ian Collins wrote:
> On 11/08/16 1:08 pm, Robert Mustacchi wrote:
>> On 8/10/16 18:01 , Robert Mustacchi wrote:
>>> Okay, thanks for providing that Ian. I'm trying to think through what
>>> might cause this case and how we might better handle this. I'm reviewing
>>> the PRM but will probably need some time on this one.
>>>
>>> One question I have is on this particular box are those on-board ports
>>> shared with the BMC? And are you using the dedicated BMC ports? I'm just
>>> wondering if, like the issue Dale mentioned with the X550, because we
>>> have a shared management port, the link was up and we never really reset
>>> it properly in the driver to run at full speed vs. it having been
>>> programmed for other, more limited speeds by the BMC.
> 
> No, the BMC has it's own port.
>> Aha, the X540 has LPLU (Low Power Link Up) mode. So, I bet that we have
>> this in use on your X540 that's onboard, but not on the PCIe card.
>>
>> Ian, if I have some time over the next week I can put together a custom
>> platform to test and verify that this is the case and with a potential
>> fix. Are these machines in a place where using a test platform would be
>> acceptable?
> 
> Yes, they are warming my office!

Hey Ian,

I had some time to put together what I think should fix this. I'm not
sure what format is the most useful for you, so I put them all together.
I haven't had a chance to test this on hardware locally unfortunately.

https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/ixgbe-link/platform-20160825T143356Z.tgz

https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/ixgbe-link/platform-20160825T143356Z.iso

https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/rmustacc/public/preview/ixgbe-link/platform-20160825T143356Z.usb.bz2

Thanks,
Robert


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