HP 10G 554FLR freebsd driver

[gracz]

Hello,

may I ask which driver was working for you? I try to find a solution to use a HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter with FreeBSD 13.1 without any success so far. 

Thank you in advance.

[ServerPains]

Hate to sound like many forum trolls do but did you read the entire thread? The answer is on page one.
I hared it.

[gracz]

Yes, I've read all of the previous comments. Tried to enable the NIC as you suggested, but I still get POST failed in dmesg. I thought that maybe I need a driver, however I can only find the ones for RHEL and Suse. I guess I'll just change this card, I only asked because you mentioned that a similar setup is working for you. Thanks for the reply anyways. 

[ServerPains]

In my case, the driver was likely added by the installer when I first installed the OS. It's just not santioned or officially supported so it's not enabled.

[pchops]

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@gracz wrote:

Yes, I've read all of the previous comments. Tried to enable the NIC as you suggested, but I still get POST failed in dmesg. I thought that maybe I need a driver, however I can only find the ones for RHEL and Suse. 

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FreeBSD 13.1 includes a driver that "works" with this card (if_oce.ko), but as previously mentioned, it is not supported by HPE.

Can you post the related "POST failed" output from dmesg?

[ServerPains]

I simply added this into the /etc/rc.conf and rebooted and the interface came up. It's been fully reliable so far.

In rc.conf;

ifconfig_oce0="DHCP"

[gracz]

I've added ifconfig_oce0="DHCP" to rc.conf, though I have a different type NIC: HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB. It uses Emulex BE3 network processor which should work and it is listed as supported HW for FreeBSD.

This is the relevant piece from dmesg:

[ServerPains]

I don't know what that error is but did you use the correct interface name? I just shared mine, yours may be different.

[pchops]

@gracz -- What is the interconnect option that connects to the 554FLB? If it is not a Virtual Connect, would it happen to be a model that support 1Gb operation? Also, what firmware version is currently installed on the 554FLB?

[gracz]

Thank you for the answer. I tried to check the firmware version in iLO but it's unknown. I do not know if this is related to the OS or not.. This card has 2*10G and ports are connected to Catalyst switches.