How to bring up Solarflare adaptors?

[Will_K]

HI all,

previously I was looking to create new vSwitch and network with two separate interfaces on my system.  I was all looking at the wrong direction.  Now I found out I have a pair of Solareflare cards on the system.  How can I bring them up? 

I have ESXi 5 u 1. 

~ # uname -a

VMkernel <hostname> 5.0.0 #1 SMP Release build-623860 Feb 17 2012 13:11:21 x86_64 unknown

~ # esxcli hardware pci list|grep SF

   Device Name: SFN5122F-R6

   Device Name: SFN5122F-R6

   Device Name: SFN5122F-R6

   Device Name: SFN5122F-R6

/tmp # esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device     Driver  Link  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description                                        

------  -------------  ------  ----  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------

vmnic0  0000:003:00.0  bnx2    Up     1000  Full    44:d3:ca:da:26:c6  1500  Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

vmnic1  0000:003:00.1  bnx2    Up     1000  Full    44:d3:ca:da:26:c8  1500  Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

vmnic2  0000:004:00.0  bnx2x   Down      0  Half    44:d3:ca:da:30:54  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II 57711 10Gigabit Ethernet

vmnic3  0000:004:00.1  bnx2x   Down      0  Half    44:d3:ca:da:30:56  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II 57711 10Gigabit Ethernet

It doesn't have anything on the side of "VMkernel" name.

Does it means that it is not configured or it doesn't have the right driver?

000:006:00.0

   Address: 000:006:00.0

   Segment: 0x0000

   Bus: 0x06

   Slot: 0x00

   Function: 0x00

   VMkernel Name:

   Vendor Name: Solarflare Communications

   Device Name: SFN5122F-R6

   Configured Owner: Unknown

   Current Owner: VMkernel

   Vendor ID: 0x1924

   Device ID: 0x0803

   SubVendor ID: 0x1924

   SubDevice ID: 0x6206

   Device Class: 0x0200

   Device Class Name: Host bridge

   Programming Interface: 0x00

   Revision ID: 0x00

   Interrupt Line: 0x0b

   IRQ: 11

   Interrupt Vector: 0xc8

   PCI Pin: 0x72

   Spawned Bus: 0x00

   Flags: 0x0201

   Module ID: -1

   Module Name: None

   Chassis: 0

   Physical Slot: 1

   Slot Description:

   Passthru Capable: true

   Parent Device: PCI 0:0:5:0

   Dependent Device: PCI 0:6:0:0

   Reset Method: Function reset

   FPT Sharable: true

[spravtek]

Well ... There are drivers for these cards: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=21966&vcl=true

If you haven't got these in your current build, it might do the trick... What system are you using?

[Will_K]

I followed this link.  I guess I don't have SFC drivers.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1034782

~ # lspci -v|grep Solar
000:006:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: Solarflare Communications SFN5122F-R6
000:006:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: Solarflare Communications SFN5122F-R6
000:010:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: Solarflare Communications SFN5122F-R6
000:010:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: Solarflare Communications SFN5122F-R6

~ # vmkload_mod -l|grep sf
~ #

These are Cisco C460 M2 with a pair of Solarflare NIC.  Will update after I try the drivers.

Thanks

W

[spravtek]

I was just about to update my post with the driver CD: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESX50-SOLARFLARE-sfc-3216082A&productId=242

I guess they are specific yes ...