XL710 NIC dropping IPX ether type 0x8137 packets, however Intel 82599 accepts it

[MKuma88]

Hi,

I am sending a IPX packet to XL710 NIC which is accepted by Intel 82599 however the same packet gets discarded by XL710 NIC. The counter increased is rx_unknown_protocol_packets for these packets.

#ethtool -i pether11        

driver: i40e

version: 1.6.16-k

firmware-version: 6.01 0x800035ba 0.0.0

expansion-rom-version: 

bus-info: 0000:3b:00.1

supports-statistics: yes

supports-test: yes

supports-eeprom-access: yes

supports-register-dump: yes

supports-priv-flags: yes

3b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+ (rev 02)

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-Q2

Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+

Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes

Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 25

Region 0: Memory at b7800000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M]

Region 3: Memory at b8008000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32K]

Expansion ROM at b8680000 [disabled] [size=512K]

Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)

Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-

Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+

Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000

Masking: 00000000 Pending: 00000000

Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=129 Masked-

Vector table: BAR=3 offset=00000000

PBA: BAR=3 offset=00001000

Capabilities: [a0] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00

DevCap: MaxPayload 2048 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us

ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset+

DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-

RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- FLReset-

MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes

DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-

LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L0s <2us, L1 <16us

ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-

LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+

ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-

LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-

DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+, LTR-, OBFF Not Supported

DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled

LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-

Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-

Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB

LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete+, EqualizationPhase1+

EqualizationPhase2+, EqualizationPhase3+, LinkEqualizationRequest-

Kernel driver in use: igb_uio

[~]# ethtool -m pether12

Identifier                : 0x0d (QSFP+)

Extended identifier            : 0x00

Extended identifier description      : 1.5W max. Power consumption

Extended identifier description      : No CDR in TX, No CDR in RX

Extended identifier description      : High Power Class (> 3.5 W) not enabled

Connector                 : 0x23 (No separable connector)

Transceiver codes             : 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

Transceiver type             : 40G Ethernet: 40G Base-CR4

Encoding                 : 0x00 (unspecified)

BR, Nominal                : 10300Mbps

Rate identifier              : 0x00

Length (SMF,km)              : 0km

Length (OM3 50um)             : 0m

Length (OM2 50um)             : 0m

Length (OM1 62.5um)            : 0m

Length (Copper or Active cable)      : 5m

Transmitter technology          : 0xa0 (Copper cable unequalized)

Attenuation at 2.5GHz           : 9db

Attenuation at 5.0GHz           : 13db

Attenuation at 7.0GHz           : 0db

Attenuation at 12.9GHz          : 0db

Vendor name                : Amphenol

Vendor OUI                : 78:a7:14

Vendor PN                 : 624410005

Vendor rev                : C

Vendor SN                 : APF14510058BPA

Revision Compliance            : Revision not specified

Module temperature            : 0.00 degrees C / 32.00 degrees F

Module voltage              : 0.0000 V

Kindly let me know what can be the reason for it.

Thank you so much in advance.

Regards

Manish

[Caguicla_Intel]

Hello Manish,

Thank you for posting in Intel Ethernet Communities. Please provide the following details for us to check on your query.

1.) Kindly share the link where the driver was downloaded.

2.) What is the exact operating system used.

3.) Is the Intel 82599 is in the same system as the XL710?

4.) Please share the PBA and serial number of the adapters You may refer to the link below on where to find the PBA number. You may also provide photos of the adapters focusing on the markings (white sticker) found on the physical card for us to double check on it. The PBA is consist of 6-digit number located at the last part of the serial number.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000007022/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html

4.) Please share the steps done in sending IPX to XL710 and 82599.

Looking forward to your response. 

Best regards,

Crisselle C

Intel Customer Support

A Contingent Worker at Intel

[CarlosAubr_S_Intel]

Hi Manish,

This is just a follow up on the case we are currently working. May I know if you can provide the information we are requesting from our previous message?

Please let me know if you have other questions. In case we don't receive a reply, we'll follow up after 3 business days.

Sincerely,

Carlos S.

Intel Customer Support

A Contingent Worker at Intel

[CarlosAubr_S_Intel]

Greetings, Manish

Please be informed that we will now proceed in closing this request since we haven't received any response from our previous follow ups. If you have any other concerns or assistance needed in the future, feel free to post a new question.

Carlos S.

Intel Customer Support

A Contingent Worker at Intel