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tx_hawk

Vietnam joined 4 months ago 2 questions

Optical transport specialist from Da Nang. Mostly SAN fabrics.

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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!…

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Finisar FCLF8521P2BTL 1000BASE-T SFP rejected by Intel X710-DA2 despite feature matrix listing

The poster wanted to use a Finisar FCLF8521P2BTL 1000BASE-T copper SFP in an Intel X710-DA2 running NVM 7.1. Intel's X710/XXV710/XL710 Feature Support Matrix (rev. 3.4, Nov 2019, doc 332191-024) lists single-speed SFP 1GBASE-T transceivers with support limited to Finisar FCLF-8521-3, Kinnex A…