Broadcom bce interface problems

[Brian McCann]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Steve Bertrand <steve at ibctech.ca> wrote:
> Brian McCann wrote:
>> I'm having problems with the bce interface on a FreeBSD 7.2 install, using
>> an IBM BladeCenter HS21 machine.  The machine uses the NetXtreme II card.
>>  The really strange thing here is, the switch shows a link, but the card
>> shows no carrier in the setup.  It started working for a few seconds at one
>> point when I reset the switch (at least, I think that's what I did), and it
>> detected 1000BaseSX as the media and showed a status of active, but promptly
>> went away.  If I try setting the media type manually, that doesn't appear to
>> work.
>> Has anyone seen this or have any ideas?
>
> Try forcing the interface to 'up':
>
> # ifconfig bce0 up
>
> If that works, add it to the /etc/rc.conf:
>
> # echo 'ifconfig_bce0="up"' >> /etc/rc.conf
>
> Steve
>

Thanks for the suggestion.  I just tried it, but still get "no
carrier" for the status.

--Brian


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