i40e refuses to load with Fiberxon 10G SFP+ on X710: no allow-unsupported-SFP option
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The poster's Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 would not come up with third-party Fiberxon 10G SFP+ modules: the i40e driver, version 1.2.48, refused to initialise and reported "The driver failed to load because unsupported module type was detected." They asked how to switch on an option in i40e that allows unsupported SFP modules so that the Fiberxon optics could be used with the adapter.
- Hardware: Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710
- Transceivers: Fiberxon 10G SFP+
- Form factor: SFP+
Symptoms / messages:
The driver failed to load because unsupported module type was detected.
i40e driver does not load while a third-party SFP+ is inserted
Comments 1
A respondent recommended using the optics listed in Intel's X710 product brief and stated that, to their knowledge, the i40e driver offers no option to allow unsupported SFP modules.