I'm unable to create a new VM with Xen Orchestra; when viewing the vm's disks, there is a message stating the cdrom is not completely installed and that start/stop would complete the installation. Trying to start the vm yields the following error message:

VDI_MISSING(OpaqueRef:f1c5dab1-07ce-4db8-96d7-533cca7da3b5, OpaqueRef:4c0ddfd3-d197-40c1-9043-7d3a70ed8aba).

Just for kicks Itried creating a vm with same parameters using XCP-ng Center and was successful.

Has anyone else experienced this behavior?

@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.

@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: yes

The 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

@olivierlambert

I ran through the install with a fixed address without success.

I've attached some screenshots for your perusal.

@olivierlambert

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.

@olivierlambert

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?

This info may also shed light:

[08:39 xandria /]# dmesg | grep i40e
[   24.513039] i40e: Intel(R) 40-10 Gigabit Ethernet Connection Network Driver - version 2.25.11
[   24.513042] i40e: Copyright (C) 2013-2024 Intel Corporation
[   24.530151] i40e 0000:04:00.0: fw 6.0.48442 api 1.7 nvm 6.01 0x80003484 1.1747.0
[   24.600704] i40e 0000:04:00.0: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.600844] i40e 0000:04:00.0: MAC address: 40:a6:b7:b8:45:e8
[   24.601304] i40e 0000:04:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled
[   24.601361] i40e 0000:04:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   24.609522] i40e 0000:04:00.0: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   24.612187] i40e 0000:04:00.0: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.626574] i40e 0000:04:00.0 eth1: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[   24.628624] i40e 0000:04:00.0: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   24.637352] i40e 0000:04:00.0: Features: PF-id[0] VFs: 32 VSIs: 34 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE PTP VEPA
[   24.654350] i40e 0000:04:00.1: fw 6.0.48442 api 1.7 nvm 6.01 0x80003484 1.1747.0
[   24.823713] i40e 0000:04:00.1: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.823850] i40e 0000:04:00.1: MAC address: 40:a6:b7:b8:45:e9
[   24.824318] i40e 0000:04:00.1: FW LLDP is disabled
[   24.824375] i40e 0000:04:00.1: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   24.832392] i40e 0000:04:00.1: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   24.834904] i40e 0000:04:00.1: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.848482] i40e 0000:04:00.1 eth3: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[   24.850610] i40e 0000:04:00.1: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   24.859297] i40e 0000:04:00.1: Features: PF-id[1] VFs: 32 VSIs: 34 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE PTP VEPA
[   24.876551] i40e 0000:04:00.2: fw 6.0.48442 api 1.7 nvm 6.01 0x80003484 1.1747.0
[   24.941234] i40e 0000:04:00.2: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.941368] i40e 0000:04:00.2: MAC address: 40:a6:b7:b8:45:ea
[   24.941827] i40e 0000:04:00.2: FW LLDP is disabled
[   24.941883] i40e 0000:04:00.2: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   24.949994] i40e 0000:04:00.2: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   24.952571] i40e 0000:04:00.2: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   24.966298] i40e 0000:04:00.2 eth5: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[   24.968447] i40e 0000:04:00.2: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   24.977158] i40e 0000:04:00.2: Features: PF-id[2] VFs: 32 VSIs: 34 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE PTP VEPA
[   24.994453] i40e 0000:04:00.3: fw 6.0.48442 api 1.7 nvm 6.01 0x80003484 1.1747.0
[   25.063546] i40e 0000:04:00.3: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.063681] i40e 0000:04:00.3: MAC address: 40:a6:b7:b8:45:eb
[   25.064149] i40e 0000:04:00.3: FW LLDP is disabled
[   25.064205] i40e 0000:04:00.3: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   25.072278] i40e 0000:04:00.3: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   25.075960] i40e 0000:04:00.3: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.089578] i40e 0000:04:00.3 eth7: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[   25.091713] i40e 0000:04:00.3: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   25.100391] i40e 0000:04:00.3: Features: PF-id[3] VFs: 32 VSIs: 34 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE PTP VEPA
[   25.117883] i40e 0000:41:00.0: fw 9.154.78653 api 1.15 nvm 9.54 0x8000fb5f 1.3800.0
[   25.306399] i40e 0000:41:00.0: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.306607] i40e 0000:41:00.0: MAC address: 68:05:ca:df:3b:26
[   25.307055] i40e 0000:41:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled
[   25.307111] i40e 0000:41:00.0: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   25.313620] i40e 0000:41:00.0: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   25.316748] i40e 0000:41:00.0: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.322371] i40e 0000:41:00.0: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   25.324617] i40e 0000:41:00.0: Features: PF-id[0] VFs: 64 VSIs: 66 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE PTP VEPA
[   25.342061] i40e 0000:41:00.1: fw 9.154.78653 api 1.15 nvm 9.54 0x8000fb5f 1.3800.0
[   25.402254] i40e 0000:41:00.1: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.402406] i40e 0000:41:00.1: MAC address: 68:05:ca:df:3b:27
[   25.402924] i40e 0000:41:00.1: FW LLDP is disabled
[   25.402981] i40e 0000:41:00.1: FW LLDP is disabled, attempting SW DCB
[   25.409497] i40e 0000:41:00.1: SW DCB initialization succeeded.
[   25.412550] i40e 0000:41:00.1: MAC source pruning enabled on all VFs
[   25.418165] i40e 0000:41:00.1: PCI-Express: Speed 8.0GT/s Width x8
[   25.420417] i40e 0000:41:00.1: Features: PF-id[1] VFs: 64 VSIs: 66 QP: 16 RSS FD_ATR FD_SB NTUPLE CloudF DCB VxLAN Geneve NVGRE P

@olivierlambert

Re: the pfSense 2.8.1/x710-T2l problem

Per your request I did the TSO performance checks with no success; TX checksumming is disabled. I've been sifting through forum posts looking for similiar issues and found this posting https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/44207 which sounds a bit similar.

Ethtool reports:

ethtool -i eth9
driver: i40e
version: 2.25.11
**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: yes

with lspci -vvxxx reporting:

lspci -vvxxx
41:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GBASE-T (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter X710-TL
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 66
        Region 0: Memory at c5000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 3: Memory at c6ff8000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32K]
        Expansion ROM at c8080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
                Masking: 00000000  Pending: 00000000
        Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=129 Masked-
                Vector table: BAR=3 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=3 offset=00001000
        Capabilities: [a0] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 2048 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                        ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+ SlotPowerLimit 0.000W
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- FLReset-
                        MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L0s <2us, L1 <16us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+, LTR-, OBFF Not Supported
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 65ms to 210ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-
                         EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-
        Capabilities: [e0] Vital Product Data
                Product Name: Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L
                Read-only fields:
                        [PN] Part number: ~PBA-----~
                        [SN] Serial number: ~MAC-------~
                        [V2] Vendor specific: ~WY~
                        [RV] Reserved: checksum good, 0 byte(s) reserved
                Read/write fields:
                        [V1] Vendor specific: Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L
                End
        Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt+ UnxCmplt+ RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP+ FCP+ CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC+ UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
                CEMsk:  RxErr+ BadTLP+ BadDLLP+ Rollover+ Timeout+ NonFatalErr+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number 26-3b-df-ff-ff-ca-05-68
        Capabilities: [150 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
                ARICap: MFVC- ACS-, Next Function: 0
                ARICtl: MFVC- ACS-, Function Group: 0
        Capabilities: [160 v1] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
                IOVCap: Migration-, Interrupt Message Number: 000
                IOVCtl: Enable- Migration- Interrupt- MSE- ARIHierarchy-
                IOVSta: Migration-
                Initial VFs: 64, Total VFs: 64, Number of VFs: 0, Function Dependency Link: 01
                VF offset: 79, stride: 1, Device ID: 154c
                Supported Page Size: 00000553, System Page Size: 00000001
                Region 0: Memory at 00000000c6800000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
                Region 3: Memory at 00000000c6e00000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
                VF Migration: offset: 00000000, BIR: 0
        Capabilities: [1a0 v1] Transaction Processing Hints
                Device specific mode supported
                No steering table available
        Capabilities: [1b0 v1] Access Control Services
                ACSCap: SrcValid- TransBlk- ReqRedir- CmpltRedir- UpstreamFwd- EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-
                ACSCtl: SrcValid- TransBlk- ReqRedir- CmpltRedir- UpstreamFwd- EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-
        Kernel driver in use: i40e
        Kernel modules: i40e
00: 86 80 ff 15 06 04 10 00 02 00 00 02 10 00 80 00
10: 0c 00 00 c5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 80 ff c6
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 00 00
30: 00 00 00 c8 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 01 00 00
40: 01 50 23 c8 08 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 05 70 80 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 11 a0 80 80 03 00 00 00 03 10 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 10 e0 02 00 e4 8c 00 10 3e 21 09 00 83 58 42 00
b0: 40 00 83 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 03 00 84 80 54 32 4c 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

TrueNAS VM with pci passthrough

The r720 also has an Intel x710-DA4 with much older firmware (v6.01) version. I've used this card with success in a VM, but when attempting a pci passthrough to a TrueNAS VM, the interface accepts an ip address from DHCP but is otherwise unreachable. TrueNAS shows the http/https addresses as unreachable.

Ethtool reports:

ethtool -i eth4
driver: i40e
version: 2.25.11
**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

with lspci -vvxxx reporting:

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-4
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 48
        Region 0: Memory at d1000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M]
        Region 3: Memory at d3fe0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32K]
        Expansion ROM at da000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=8 DScale=1 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
                Masking: 00000000  Pending: 00000000
        Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=129 Masked-
                Vector table: BAR=3 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=3 offset=00001000
        Capabilities: [a0] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 2048 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                        ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+ SlotPowerLimit 0.000W
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- FLReset-
                        MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L0s <2us, L1 <16us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+, LTR-, OBFF Not Supported
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 65ms to 210ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                         Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
                         Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete+, EqualizationPhase1+
                         EqualizationPhase2+, EqualizationPhase3+, LinkEqualizationRequest-
        Capabilities: [e0] Vital Product Data
                Product Name: XL710 40GbE Controller
                Read-only fields:
                        [PN] Part number:
                        [EC] Engineering changes:
                        [FG] Unknown:
                        [LC] Unknown:
                        [MN] Manufacture ID:
                        [PG] Unknown:
                        [SN] Serial number:
                        [V0] Vendor specific:
                        [RV] Reserved: checksum good, 0 byte(s) reserved
                Read/write fields:
                        [V1] Vendor specific:
                End
        Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt+ UnxCmplt+ RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP+ FCP+ CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC+ UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
                CEMsk:  RxErr+ BadTLP+ BadDLLP+ Rollover+ Timeout+ NonFatalErr+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number e8-45-b8-ff-ff-b7-a6-40
        Capabilities: [150 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
                ARICap: MFVC- ACS-, Next Function: 1
                ARICtl: MFVC- ACS-, Function Group: 0
        Capabilities: [160 v1] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
                IOVCap: Migration-, Interrupt Message Number: 000
                IOVCtl: Enable- Migration- Interrupt- MSE- ARIHierarchy+
                IOVSta: Migration-
                Initial VFs: 32, Total VFs: 32, Number of VFs: 0, Function Dependency Link: 00
                VF offset: 16, stride: 1, Device ID: 154c
                Supported Page Size: 00000553, System Page Size: 00000001
                Region 0: Memory at 00000000d3400000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
                Region 3: Memory at 00000000d3d80000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
                VF Migration: offset: 00000000, BIR: 0
        Capabilities: [1a0 v1] Transaction Processing Hints
                Device specific mode supported
                No steering table available
        Capabilities: [1b0 v1] Access Control Services
                ACSCap: SrcValid- TransBlk- ReqRedir- CmpltRedir- UpstreamFwd- EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-
                ACSCtl: SrcValid- TransBlk- ReqRedir- CmpltRedir- UpstreamFwd- EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-
        Capabilities: [1d0 v1] #19
        Kernel driver in use: i40e
        Kernel modules: i40e
00: 86 80 72 15 06 04 10 00 02 00 00 02 10 00 80 00
10: 0c 00 00 d1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 fe d3
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 04 00
30: 00 00 00 da 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 01 00 00
40: 01 50 23 c8 08 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 05 70 80 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 11 a0 80 80 03 00 00 00 03 10 00 00 00 00 00 00
80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
a0: 10 e0 02 00 e4 8c 00 10 3e 21 09 00 83 58 42 00
b0: 40 00 83 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00
d0: 01 00 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 03 00 3c 80 31 00 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Let me know if there are further tests you'd like me to perform.

@olivierlambert I

Hello!

I apologize for the long silence. Major medical and system hardware problems came up and had to be dealt with.

I now have what I consider to be a very stable v8.3 install. I can report that the base i40 driver does not work with Intel x710 v9.54 firmware. In pfSense's console, both interfaces are report as active but there is no traffic flow, no response to a ping request, and the GUI is unavailable.

I installed the alternate drive with both interfaces reported as active but again there is no traffic on the WAN interface. The LAN interface is ping-able and the GUI available.

At this point I feel my option is to build the driver from source. As I am not a developer I asked (don't laugh) ChatGPT for a recipe. The installed kernel is 4.19.0+1 and ChatGPT claims 4.19.19-8.0.38.2.xcpng8.3 is the development kernel and is installed.

Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Best regard

I feel I must add that I'm totally out of my depth here.

@olivierlambert

Hi!

Thanks for your response.

When XCP-ng v8.3 is up and running, I have pfSense 2.8.1 running in a vm. An Ookla speed test shows 5.77mbps download speeds and 42.07mbps upload speeds.

I then booted the r720 with a Windows 10 disk I use for undating nics and ssds. Here Ookla shows speeds of 1.8gb

Comcast rates the link at 2.5gb

Intel's current driver is at version 2.28.9.

I'm currently checking out building the driver rabbit hole but am unable to locate kernel-devel-4.19.0+1.x86_64.rpm to build against.

Best regards