JohnDonaldson
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Hello,
I recently upgraded my FreeNas server with one of these Mellanox MNPA19-XTR ConnectX-2 network cards. I run a direct fiber line from my server to my main desktop. This setup seemed to work perfectly at the start, even after giving the interface a IP and a subnetmask in the range of the other card in my main desktop, everything was still in working order (I even was able to access my shares at amazing speeds :D). There is also a second gigabit connection just to access the internet on server. The problems started occurring after I rebooted the FreeNas server. For some reason the mellanox interface wasn't being detected? I went to the FreeNas webinterface using the second interface (gigabit internet connection) and in the networking tab the mellanox card was detected but had a "Unknown Media Status". I did some research and found this old link describing a similar problem (with a older version of FreeNas - comment is a the bottom) Unix StackExchange. Is there anybody with more experience than me about this subject that could help out a hand? I find it pretty strange that the card just disappears from the system after a reboot, so I can conclude that FreeNas does support my specific cards. And that I maybe am missing some required drivers or specific settings to make this work. I also did a "pciconf -lv" in the FreeBSD shell and the mellanox card showed up, but I was confused by the information it gave for the card:
vendor = 'Mellanox Technologies'
device = 'MT25408 [ConnectX IB Flash Recovery]'
class = memory
There were no other mentions about any other mellanox products.
Picture of the interfaces FreeNas detected in the network interface.
My sincere apologies for my English (not a native speaker)
Thank you for any responses.
I recently upgraded my FreeNas server with one of these Mellanox MNPA19-XTR ConnectX-2 network cards. I run a direct fiber line from my server to my main desktop. This setup seemed to work perfectly at the start, even after giving the interface a IP and a subnetmask in the range of the other card in my main desktop, everything was still in working order (I even was able to access my shares at amazing speeds :D). There is also a second gigabit connection just to access the internet on server. The problems started occurring after I rebooted the FreeNas server. For some reason the mellanox interface wasn't being detected? I went to the FreeNas webinterface using the second interface (gigabit internet connection) and in the networking tab the mellanox card was detected but had a "Unknown Media Status". I did some research and found this old link describing a similar problem (with a older version of FreeNas - comment is a the bottom) Unix StackExchange. Is there anybody with more experience than me about this subject that could help out a hand? I find it pretty strange that the card just disappears from the system after a reboot, so I can conclude that FreeNas does support my specific cards. And that I maybe am missing some required drivers or specific settings to make this work. I also did a "pciconf -lv" in the FreeBSD shell and the mellanox card showed up, but I was confused by the information it gave for the card:
vendor = 'Mellanox Technologies'
device = 'MT25408 [ConnectX IB Flash Recovery]'
class = memory
There were no other mentions about any other mellanox products.
Picture of the interfaces FreeNas detected in the network interface.
My sincere apologies for my English (not a native speaker)
Thank you for any responses.