Currently running FreeNAS-11.3-U5 but this has been an issue on older releases also. Hardware is a HP Microserver N36L using the onboard HP NC107i NIC.
Whenever I shutdown the server (which isn't very often), the network doesn't come up unless I physically unplug the cable and plug it back in. I've got quite a few devices on this switch and this only occurs with this server. I've tried different switch ports but it makes no difference. I've had to add some additional config items to the NIC in FreeNAS as it was only negotiating at 100Mbps, so after some reading I added the following - "media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex"
Looking at the syslog from when I powered it on after replacing a hard drive this morning, I see this:-
The UP is not until I pulled the cable and plugged it back in again. I waited a while to see if it might eventually come up by itself.
I've searched around these forums and found various issues reported with these cards but not the same issue. Other than the above, everything is working fine. It's not a huge issue except that it means I have to be near the unit if I ever need to reboot it. So, it's not much more than an inconvenience unless I have an extended power outage that runs down the UPS when I'm not at home. That said, I'd really like to find a solution. Unfortunately, my switch is not manageable so I don't have access to any logs or anything from that side of the connection.
I'm considering dropping in an Intel NIC to see if that helps but would really like to fix it if possible.
Whenever I shutdown the server (which isn't very often), the network doesn't come up unless I physically unplug the cable and plug it back in. I've got quite a few devices on this switch and this only occurs with this server. I've tried different switch ports but it makes no difference. I've had to add some additional config items to the NIC in FreeNAS as it was only negotiating at 100Mbps, so after some reading I added the following - "media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex"
Looking at the syslog from when I powered it on after replacing a hard drive this morning, I see this:-
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Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas bge0: <HP NC107i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter, ASIC rev. 0x5784100> mem 0xfe9f0000-0xfe9fffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci2 Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas bge0: CHIP ID 0x05784100; ASIC REV 0x5784; CHIP REV 0x57841; PCI-E Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas bge0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048 Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas bge0: Ethernet address: 3c:d9:2b:02:96:94 Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN Jan 19 05:12:04 freenas kernel: bge0: link state changed to DOWN Jan 19 05:20:38 freenas kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP Jan 19 05:20:38 freenas kernel: bge0: link state changed to UP
The UP is not until I pulled the cable and plugged it back in again. I waited a while to see if it might eventually come up by itself.
I've searched around these forums and found various issues reported with these cards but not the same issue. Other than the above, everything is working fine. It's not a huge issue except that it means I have to be near the unit if I ever need to reboot it. So, it's not much more than an inconvenience unless I have an extended power outage that runs down the UPS when I'm not at home. That said, I'd really like to find a solution. Unfortunately, my switch is not manageable so I don't have access to any logs or anything from that side of the connection.
I'm considering dropping in an Intel NIC to see if that helps but would really like to fix it if possible.