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Where to set hw.ix.unsupported_sfp=1 on a Netgate XG-7100 with third-party optics (loader.conf.local vs GUI tunables)

The poster had third-party SFP+ optics for both the on-board Intel X553 ports of a Netgate XG-7100 and an add-in X520-DA2 and had found that hw.ixgbe.unsupportedsfp=1 in /boot/loader.conf enables them. Questions: does it apply to both on-board and PCIe Intel ports, what is the difference between…

freebsd intel-x520 intel-x553 ix-driver pfsense
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1G SFP on Intel X710 (pfSense, ixl) fails with unqualified module until the optic is recoded as Intel

On a Protectli Vault 6 with Intel X710 SFP+ ports (ixl0/ixl1) a 1G EZConn ETB43315-7S34-FR SFP showed no carrier. Logs contained Invalid advertised speed; valid flags are: 0x06, ixl1setlink: Error getting phy capabilities -37, aq error: 8 and Link failed because an unqualified module was detected!…

1g-in-10g-port intel-x710 ixl pfsense unqualified-module
tx_hawk asked