unRAID with QNAP 10GbE NIC - Driver Problem?

[Pedro85]

Hello everyone,

 

I am trying to get my unRAID testing box up and running on my 10g network and I am having a problem.  I cannot seem to get the NIC online.  The card in question is:

 

QNAP QXG-10G1T Single-port (10Gbase-T) 10GbE network expansion card, PCIe Gen3 x4

 

I downloaded the linux driver from Aquantia (now Marvell).  The NIC controller is the AQC107.  I haven't gotten the system to recognize the NIC, but I have verified that it works.  So, I wanted to check here and see if I was doing something wrong or needed an unRAID dev team to include the driver in the next release?  I saw a post about only popular/requested drivers get included to save space so that made me curious.

 

Thanks!

[limetech]

2 hours ago, Pedro85 said:

Hello everyone,

 

I am trying to get my unRAID testing box up and running on my 10g network and I am having a problem.  I cannot seem to get the NIC online.  The card in question is:

 

QNAP QXG-10G1T Single-port (10Gbase-T) 10GbE network expansion card, PCIe Gen3 x4

 

I downloaded the linux driver from Aquantia (now Marvell).  The NIC controller is the AQC107.  I haven't gotten the system to recognize the NIC, but I have verified that it works.  So, I wanted to check here and see if I was doing something wrong or needed an unRAID dev team to include the driver in the next release?  I saw a post about only popular/requested drivers get included to save space so that made me curious.

 

Thanks!

Driver should already be present.  Post diagnostics.zip from Tools/Diagnostics.

[Pedro85]

Alright, I still do not have the NIC showing up in the system device list nor where I can configure it in the UI.  Only eth0 shows up, which is my 1Gb NIC in the mobo.  The broadcom wireless NIC also shows up as a network controller under system devices. 

 

I have updated to unRAID 6.8.0, I have removed the NIC and re-tested it in a windows box (verified working), tried moving the NIC into a different PCIe port, verified the link lights are on when plugged in.

 

I have attached my diagnostic data.  Let me know if you want me to do a hardware profile also.

 

Thank you!!!

 

diagnostics.zip

[JorgeB]

10GbE NIC isn't being detected, besides the onboard gigabit I only see a wireless NIC, if possible try on a different board.

[Pedro85]

Thanks for the quick reply.  Sadly, I don't have another board I could run unRAID on so I guess I am dead in the water on this project.  😭

[JorgeB]

It would be just for testing, but most likely the NIC isn't working on that board, you can also look for a bios update if available and/or restore bios defaults.

[Pedro85]

Got it.  I will try that and report back with my results.  Thank you!

[BartDG]

Did you get it working in the end?  I'm also looking into upgrading my network to 10Gbit, and this card is a good candidate.

[Pedro85]

4 hours ago, BartDG said:

Did you get it working in the end?  I'm also looking into upgrading my network to 10Gbit, and this card is a good candidate.

Sadly, not yet.  As it turned out, the NIC just straight up doesn’t work with my motherboard and doing the BIOS update didn’t help.  
 

I’m currently building up a replacement server with newer hardware and larger storage drives.  I have most of the hardware, just waiting on a cope things.  I’ll post full specs of the server once I get it built and tested.  

Hopefully in the next month or so.

[BartDG]

Thanks for the swift reply!  I think I'll take a chance and order it then.  My hardware is reasonably recent.  If I have more news, I'll post it here too.

 

Cheers!

 

[Pedro85]

Awesome!  I’m looking forward to it!