[SOLVED] INTEL X540-T2 network card installed but only at 100Mbit, cant change or improve
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INTEL X540-T2 network card installed but only at 100Mbit, cant change or improve
Hello forum, hello experts!
I successfully installed Debian 10 on my old hardware, after some problems with my onboard Dual-LAN Realtek 8110 network card.
Now I disabled the onboard Dual LAN-adatpers in the bios and plugged a INTEL X540-T2 card in a PCI-slot, booted in rescue-mode, found the card, installed, reboot and...
The LAN-adatper is running, but only on 100MBits, cant even reach 1GBE, but never 10GBE; tried the following:
- Updated IXGBE to latest 5.9.4. (sucess unclear, pls see logs)
- de-installed frimware, re-installed
- restarted network device
- Used Debian Network-Manager to change settings
- ethtool -s enp2s0f0 autoneg on/off, then change 'speed'
- I checked Patch cable: Cat6a, changed them
- I check my router-settings 'auto, fixed 1000, fixes 10GBE' (Netgear 'GS110EMX')
- I check the wall patch panel, tried a other pc: 1000MBits ok
- plugged the card, with same patch panel & cabel in my -hopefully soon obsolete- Win10: 10GBE-mode: worked!
Outputs of different CMD, asking you to please check!
# Trying to „talk“ to eth0
Code:
root@NAS:/etc/network# ip a show eth0
Device "eth0" does not exist.
# searching for network card?
Code:
root@NAS:/etc/network# /usr/sbin/ethtool -S eth0
Cannot get stats strings information: No such device
root@NAS:/etc/network# ip link show | grep "UP"
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
2: enp2s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
3: enp2s0f1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
4: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default
#Trying to talk to ‚enp2s0f0‘
Code:
root@NAS:/etc/network# ip a show enp2s0f0
2: enp2s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether a0:36:9f:6e:15:04 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.178.7/24 brd 192.168.178.255 scope global dynamic enp2s0f0
valid_lft 6908248sec preferred_lft 6908248sec
inet6 2003:f8:5739:d400:a236:9fff:fe6e:1504/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute
valid_lft 7131sec preferred_lft 1731sec
inet6 fe80::a236:9fff:fe6e:1504/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
# settings & info of ‚enp2s0f0‘
Code:
root@NAS:/etc/network# /usr/sbin/ethtool enp2s0f0
Settings for enp2s0f0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
MDI-X: Unknown
Supports Wake-on: d
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
drv probe link
Link detected: yes
From the output of your first 3 commands, It's modules or firmware. You would probably get an lspci output from the hex code and pci.ids without one or the other. It looks as if you have 2 of them, but I'm not following the 'enp2s0f0' stuff. Are those two 10gb nics? I'm told there can be problems with 2 identical nics on the same driver.
On my Intel system, which does work at 1000, the driver is e1000e, not ixgbe. I don't know anything about ixgbe. Are you certain that's the correct driver for the card? It's advertised as being for PCI-Express cards. From the Intel website:
Quote:
There are three Linux* base drivers for Intel® Gigabit Network Connections:
igb-x.x.x.tar.gz driver: Supports all 82575/6, 82580, I350, I354, and I210/I211 based gigabit network connections.
e1000e-x.x.x.x.tar.gz driver: Supports the Intel® PRO/1000 PCI-E (82563/6/7, 82571/2/3/4/7/8/9, or 82583) I217/I218/I219 based gigabit network adapters.
e1000-x.x.x.tar.gz driver: Supports Intel® PRO/1000 PCI and PCI-X family of gigabit network connections.
Hey sgosnell, you were right about the drivers/firmware you linked here.
However, the zip contains exactly the same Ixbe driver that I have already installed.
(25_5.zip -> PROXGB -> Linux -> ixgbe-5.9.4.)
At least I have a confirmation about the Firmware pack.
Again thx for your help, I appreciate your help.
SB
Maybe try one of the others. I don't have the ixgbe driver, nor any hardware which uses it, so I can't test it. I think one of the e1000 versions should work.
It would be good to review the exact conditions to get 1Gb. Cat6, run length, etc. I remember looking at those criteria which went in as 'Knowledge Bulimia' [= Learn it for the test, immediately forget it] but I noted in passing that people would be better going to POF.
cable lenght, errors, faults, losses and cable attenuation
Hey business_kid,
thx for your answer & suggestions.
I know the cable lenght, errors, faults, losses and cable attenuation from my Netgear router. Short version: Everthing perfect & only 25m through a Pro-Cat6a cable from Company called "Belden" (they do datacenter normally.
But mst important: I can get 10Gbit throught my old Win10-Client just by using the exact same infrastructure in my house = same Network card, same patch cables to the same wall plate, same in-wall cables, patch panel and port on switch(!)
Just startet new installation from scratch... hopefully I will find something.
SOLVED: 2x10GBE network card needed a x8-Slot to achieve the theoretical bandwidth.
Hallo Debian-people,
before reinstalling my Debian I did a little SATA & power cable management & fixed a loose fan in my case. For that I had to take out my Intel x540-T2. After finishing the installation I plugged the network card but one PCI-Slot higher...
After a reboot both 10GBE J45 Ethernet ports were running with full 10Gbit speed!!!
So I was just using a "wrong" PCI-Slot.
I think, but I am not sure, I have on my Mobo Abit IP-35Pro 2x PCIE Express slots (one working at x16 and the other, black, working at x8 and three more with x1(?) PCI slots.
I dont know how the PCI-lanes are connected to the SATA-Controller or the other two onboard 1GBE network cards, but at least I know now: PCI-Slot are not all the same ;-D
Solution: The 2x10GBE portd network card needed a x8-Slot to achieve the theoretical bandwidth.
I hope this will help other with the similar problems.
SB
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INTEL X540-T2 network card installed but only at 100Mbit, cant change or improve
SOLVED: 2x10GBE network card needed a x8-Slot to achieve the theoretical bandwidth.
