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 ====== FreeNAS 11.2-U5 and 10Gbe ====== ====== FreeNAS 11.2-U5 and 10Gbe ======
  
-This is just a note as I see a lot of posts out there saying use Chelsio cards for FreeNAS as they are well supported.  Well I tried this and yes the card was recognized but the DAC cable was not. I was using SPF+ CISCO Passive Twinax cable [[https://www.molex.com/molex/products/datasheet.jsp?part=active/0747521101_CABLE_ASSEMBLIES.xml&channel=Products|part 74752-9519]] connected to [[https://mikrotik.com/product/crs305_1g_4s_in|Mikrotik CRS305]] switch but the link would not activate.  I switched to a different 10Gbe card and presto.+This is just a note as I see a lot of posts out there saying use Chelsio cards for FreeNAS as they are well supported.  Well I tried this and yes the card was recognized but the DAC cable was not.  
 +<code> 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgbc0: <Chelsio T310, 1 port> mem 0xfb881000-0xfb881fff,0xfb000000-0xfb7fffff,0xfb880000-0xfb880fff irq 
 + 42 at device 0.0 on pci10 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale kernel: PHY 0 i2c read of dev.addr a0.0 timed out 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale kernel: PHY 0 i2c read of dev.addr a0.0 timed out 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgbc0: using MSI-X interrupts (9 vectors) 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale kernel: found old FW minor version(7.10), driver compiled for version 7.11 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale kernel: found old FW minor version(7.10), driver compiled for version 7.11 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgbc0: firmware needs to be updated to version 7.11.0 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgb0: <Port 0 10GBASE-R> on cxgbc0 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgb0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgb0: Ethernet address: 00:07:43:05:fe:ae 
 +Aug  9 18:45:00 ale cxgbc0: Firmware Version 7.10.0 
 +</code> 
 +Firmware update - I don't think this was necessary as the driver auto updates we just need a reboot 
 +<code> 
 +cxgbtool cxgb0 loadfw t3fw-7.11.0.bin 
 +Reboot 
 +</code> 
 +Next time around the firmware has been updated 
 +<code> 
 +Aug  9 18:55:44 ale cxgbc0: using MSI-X interrupts (9 vectors) 
 +Aug  9 18:55:44 ale cxgb0: <Port 0 10GBASE-R> on cxgbc0 
 +Aug  9 18:55:44 ale cxgb0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 
 +Aug  9 18:55:44 ale cxgb0: Ethernet address: 00:07:43:05:fe:ae 
 +Aug  9 18:55:44 ale cxgbc0: Firmware Version 7.11.0 
 +</code> 
 +The drive is plumbed into the kernel but the link won't come up to ACTIVE. 
 + 
 +I was using SPF+ CISCO Passive Twinax cable [[https://www.molex.com/molex/products/datasheet.jsp?part=active/0747521101_CABLE_ASSEMBLIES.xml&channel=Products|part 74752-9519]] connected to [[https://mikrotik.com/product/crs305_1g_4s_in|Mikrotik CRS305]] switch but the link would not activate.  I switched to a different 10Gbe card and presto.
  
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