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    Mellanox ConnectX 3 imaging issues.

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      aurfalien
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      Hello,

      I’m trying to image a system with a 40Gb Mellanox ConnectX 3.

      My MPO cable is connected and I can see a light through it and the QSFP.

      However I get this message that the link is down and the link status is unknown.

      Is it a driver issue?

      On my DHCP server, I’m using the supplied file from The Fog Project named undionly.kpxe.

      Shall I use a different file?

      Attached is a screen shot of my issue.

      In short, it simply cycles through this message.imageissue.jpg

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        Tom Elliott @aurfalien
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        @aurfalien Assuming this is a legacy machine, undionly tries to use the native undi driver of the machine, but you can try other drivers:

        ipxe.kpxe might be a good startingpoint and contains more direct drivers for a bunch more devices?

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          aurfalien @Tom Elliott
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          @Tom-Elliott Awesome, I’m excited to try it. Thanks Tom, much appreciated!

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            aurfalien @Tom Elliott
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            @Tom-Elliott said in Mellanox ConnectX 3 imaging issues.:

            ipxe.kpxe

            Hi Tom,
            Is there a document some where which explains all of the files in the tftpboot directory and there use case?

            I’m having a hard time with this 40Gb system.

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              aurfalien @Tom Elliott
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              @Tom-Elliott Alrighty then, I set the BIOS for legacy only and it worked with undionly.kpxe. So all good here.

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                george1421 Moderator @aurfalien
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                @aurfalien said in Mellanox ConnectX 3 imaging issues.:

                So all good here.

                Did FOS Linux have the driver enabled for that 10GbE card (i.e. were you able to image with FOG once you got past the iPXE menu)?

                FWIW: For uefi mode snp.efi or snponly.efi should work if undionly.kpxe worked in bios mode. I’m saying it should because ConnectX3 is a somewhat older card (circa 2017/2018).

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