nxge Interface will not plumb

Asset ID:	1-72-1395656.1
Update Date:	2012-02-29
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Solution 1395656.1 : nxge Interface will not plumb

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Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server

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  Symptoms
  Cause
  Solution

Created from <SR 3-4737029832>

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server - Version: Not Applicable and later [Release: N/A and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The Customer has recently installed 501-7601 nic and it will not plumb

systema# ifconfig nxge0 plumb
ifconfig: cannot open link "nxge0": No such device or address

The following messages are output:

dmesg.out:Aug 24 16:59:37 system nxge: [ID 752849 kern.warning] WARNING: nxge0
: EEPROM version [QGC 1G Ethernet Adapter FCode 2.8 06/12/13] invalid...please update
dmesg.out:Aug 24 16:59:37 system nxge: [ID 752849 kern.warning] WARNING: nxge0
: get_hw create failed

Cause

NIC has old firmware 2.8 Fcode with known defects

Solution

Replace the current nxge NIC with an upgraded NIC (upgraded Fcode).

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