SOLVED only one of four nics i354 active

[berbox]

Good evening,

I wanted to add a link aggregation interface to my config as I realized that only igb0 is really working.
igb1-3 give in ifconfig.
status: no carrier
and no led (of the three) is showing up on cable-connection.

The i354 nics are on a supermicro a1sri-2558f board.

Thank you in advance

 

[jgreco]

You need to have the interfaces configured up prior to a link being indicated. "ifconfig igb1 up" etc.

 

[berbox]

Thank you for your answer!

Yes, I've tried this and some other things, but it didn't work.
The funny thing: what finally worked, was rebooting into live-ubuntu as I wanted to check if the board nics were even working... One live system reboot actually solved the problem. The led-lights went on and rebooting freenas it could bring them up in the startup process too.
What was that?

 

[jgreco]

Who knows.