Hi tech@, ix(4) does not detects link then cable is plugged in into already running machine.
ix0: flags=28b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr bc:30:5b:f3:60:10 description: HW_EXT priority: 0 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) status: active inet 172.16.0.232 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 172.16.7.255 ix1: flags=28b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr bc:30:5b:f3:60:12 description: HW_INT priority: 0 media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier inet 192.168.10.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255 ix0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X540T" rev 0x01: msi ix1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X540T" rev 0x01: msi //maxim