Intel x710-t2l Problems
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Good morning!
I've performed a clean v8.3 install with all updates.
As before, the Intel x710-DA4 works when added to a vm in Xen Orchestra. I'm still unable to do a pci passthrough to a TrueNAS vm. I can pass LSI hba and Intel datacenter nvmes.
The Intel x710-T2l is listed via lspci but is otherwise unresponsive.
Your thoughts?
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Hi!
What do you mean by "unresponsive"?
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Good morning!
I've created a Debian 13 vm with x710-T2l as the network device.
When I try to install Debian 13, the installer fails when trying to acquire a DHCP address.
My original plan was/is to build a pfSense router/firewall using the x710. The installer configures the interfaces (WAN/LAN) but fails when trying to access the internet.
The XCP-ng v8.3 host is using the alt i40 driver.
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And if you add a fixed address, does it work?
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I ran through the install with a fixed address without success.
I've attached some screenshots for your perusal.
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Is your card having a recent firmware? I don't know why a passthrough NIC wouldn't work
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try to disable tx/rx offload from xcp-ng side.
- get VIF list of your VM
xe vm-vif-list uuid=VMUUID- disable features for each VIF
xe vif-param-set uuid=VIFUUID other-config:ethtool-tx="off" xe vif-param-set uuid=VIFUUID other-config:ethtool-rx="off"- reboot VM
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@olivierlambert
Yes, there has been a recent firmware update.Here is the info on the x710-T2l:
[08:19 xandria ~]# ethtool -i eth9,
driver: i40e
version: 2.26.8
firmware-version: 9.54 0x8000fb5f 1.3800.0
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:41:00.1
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yesThe x710-DA4, which is assignable to a vm via Xen Orchestra but not assignable via pci passthrough, is on a much older firmware rev:
[08:24 xandria ~]# ethtool -i eth4
driver: i40e
version: 2.26.8
firmware-version: 6.01 0x80003484 1.1747.0
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:04:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes -
@splastunov said in Intel x710-t2l Problems:
xe vif-param-set uuid=VIFUUID other-config:ethtool-tx="off"
xe vif-param-set uuid=VIFUUID other-config:ethtool-rx="off"Hi!
Thanks for your input. I set the vif parameters as suggested and am still unable to ping the gateway.
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I realize this is an older topic and I'd like to share you with what I have learned.
The x710 series has a reputation for being picky about driver and nvram versions.
According to the "332191_Intel
Ethernet Controller X710-XXV710-XL710 Feature Summary_Rev5_12" publication, page 34, the closest match for XCP-ng's intel-i40e-alt.x86_64 (version: 2.26.8) is nvram 9.52.I flashed both the x710-T2l and the X710-DA4 to 9.52 and have success passing the x710-DA4 through to a vm.
I haven't tried to do a passthrough with the x710-T2l; I've got PfSense running using XCP-ng's vlan feature and some tuneables in PfSense and am reluctant to rock the boat.
I'm including a snapshot of page 34 of the Intel pub for your review.
Best regards!
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Thank you very much for sharing your findings
Adding @Team-Documentation-Knowledge-Management and @Team-OS-Platform-Release to check what's next on our side
