(SOLVED) Broadcom 10g network LAN card driver for unRAID

[airport]

I plug a Broadcom 10g LAN card to my unRAID but it can not run, I think maybe lack of driver installed. Would you help me solve that my matter.

Best regards,

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by airport

[JorgeB]

Please post the diagnostics (with the NIC installed).

[airport]

Thanks for your reply. Here is my diagnostic file

1mehien-diagnostics-20230222-2234.zip

[JorgeB]

The only NICs being currently detected are these:

 

06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard Intel Ethernet 1
    Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc I350 Gigabit Network Connection [15d9:1521]
    Kernel driver in use: igb
    Kernel modules: igb
06:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard Intel Ethernet 2
    Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc I350 Gigabit Network Connection [15d9:1521]
    Kernel driver in use: igb
    Kernel modules: igb
06:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard Intel Ethernet 3
    Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc I350 Gigabit Network Connection [15d9:1521]
    Kernel driver in use: igb
    Kernel modules: igb
06:00.3 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard Intel Ethernet 4
    Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc I350 Gigabit Network Connection [15d9:1521]
    Kernel driver in use: igb
    Kernel modules: igb

 

This is not a software problem, you can try the NIC in a different PCIe slot if available, or another computer to confirm it's working.

[airport]

Dear Sir,

 

I've tried the NIC in a diferent PCIe slot and plug LAN cable, it's show LED in NIC but I can't connect to unRAID by that NIC.

 

1mehien-diagnostics-20230222-2302.zip

[JorgeB]

Still not detected, could be a bad NIC, or some compatibility issue, try it in a different PC if possible.

[airport]

I've pluged the NIC in pc and it's running well at 10G speed.

[JorgeB]

Then looks like a compatibility issue between the NIC and that server, if it's not detected on a hardware level it will never work.

[airport]

Thank you very much for your support. I should be buy another 10 NIC to install in my unRAID. 

[GRRRRRRR]

It could be there aren't enough PCI-e lanes, limited either by BIOS, CPU, chipset or physical electrical contacts, as well as there is also the possibility of power delivery creating the limiting factor.

 

Try turn off some PCI stuff from BIOS/UEFI to see if the PCIe connection starts working. Didn't look inside the attached diagnostics, what is the motherboard and all PCIe chips and devices attached?

[airport]

6 hours ago, GRRRRRRR said:

It could be there aren't enough PCI-e lanes, limited either by BIOS, CPU, chipset or physical electrical contacts, as well as there is also the possibility of power delivery creating the limiting factor.

 

Try turn off some PCI stuff from BIOS/UEFI to see if the PCIe connection starts working. Didn't look inside the attached diagnostics, what is the motherboard and all PCIe chips and devices attached?

Thank you very much for your suggestion. I'll try another NIC in my Supermicro mainboard and inform you then.

Regards,

 

[airport]

Dear all,

After search and read the manual of my Mainboard Supermicro X9DR3-LN4F+ I find out mainboard supports Dual Socket Intel® Xeon® processor but now I installed only one CPU so some PCI-E slots did not work, after change my NIC card to the last of PCI-E slot it is working now, so happy (before that I changed 2 times iin slot 1 and 2).

Thank you very much for yours help.
Conclution that my unRAID can work very well with my Broadcom 10g.
Regards,

 

1mehien-diagnostics-20230224-0921.zip

Edited February 24, 2023 by airport