<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Dan, Sorry yes /var/adm/messages is filling up with ;- <div class="WordSection1"> Nov 28 08:35:17 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Failed to initialize adapter<o:p></o:p> Nov 28 08:35:17 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x41 vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 4<o:p></o:p> Nov 28 08:35:17 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x49 vector 0x65 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 5<o:p></o:p> Nov 28 08:35:17 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 28 08:35:17 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Invalid mac address<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p>The initial boot has ;- # grep </o:p>ixgbe /var/adm/messages.0 </div> Nov 25 11:08:34 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x40 vector 0x60 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 21<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:34 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x41 vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 22<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:34 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0 registered<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0: Intel 10Gb Ethernet<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 1 irq 0x4a vector 0x66 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 9<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 1 irq 0x4b vector 0x67 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 10<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe1: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1 registered<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1: Intel 10Gb Ethernet<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:08:35 myhost mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0 link up, 10000 Mbps, full duplex<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:09:07 myhost mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe0 unregistered<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:09:10 myhost mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: ixgbe1 unregistered<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:33 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x41 vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 8<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:33 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x49 vector 0x65 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 9<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:33 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:33 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Invalid mac address<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:36 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Failed to initialize adapter<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:36 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 1 irq 0x41 vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 10<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:36 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 1 irq 0x49 vector 0x65 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 11<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:36 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe1: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:36 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe1: Invalid mac address<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:12:39 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe1: Failed to initialize adapter<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:13:03 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x41 vector 0x61 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 12<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:13:03 myhost pcplusmp: [ID 805372 kern.info] pcplusmp: pciex8086,10fb (ixgbe) instance 0 irq 0x49 vector 0x65 ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 13<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:13:03 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Unsupported SFP+ module detected. Please replace it with a supported SFP+ module per Intel documentation, or bypass this check<o:p></o:p> Nov 25 11:13:03 myhost ixgbe: [ID 611667 kern.warning] WARNING: ixgbe0: Invalid mac address Dan McDonald wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:0D731D47-9BA4-4460-B5CD-1084E72CDBF9@omniti.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Check for any "ixgbe" output in /var/adm/messages* on your system as well, in case the driver was complaining about something. It's possible the newer ixgbe is detecting something wrong with your board now. ISTR some additional checks added. Dan </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>