XG430 10G Flexi Port link not coming up - replacement of the module

The ethtool output: was this while it was already online again? 

BTW is your xmit Hash policy correct? Likely it does not match with your switch. 

yes. unfortunately I did not collect it while it was down.

LuCar Toni said:

The ethtool output: was this while it was already online again? 

will check about xmit policy on switch side.

it would be OK from switch-side. But that is only loadbalancing - should have nothing to do with the port issue.

Can you please tell if this is still true?

Yes it is still true, but with a firmware update the Link state was fixed to 10 gbe, as you can see above. 

Why does it autoneg when the interface is set to 10g full? Is that a correct behaviour?

did a ethtool -r PortA4 and that causes the port to go down for a while.

G430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool -M PortA4
Supported interface speed: Supports auto-negotiation:   No
XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool -r PortA4
XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool -M PortA4
Supported interface speed:                              1000fd -> 1000baseT/Full

XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA4
Settings for PortA4:
        Supported ports: [ ]
        Supported link modes:   1000baseT/Full
                                1000baseKX/Full
                                10000baseT/Full
                                1000baseX/Full
                                10000baseSR/Full
                                10000baseLR/Full
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  1000baseT/Full
                                1000baseKX/Full
                                10000baseT/Full
                                1000baseX/Full
                                10000baseSR/Full
                                10000baseLR/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: Unknown!
        Duplex: Unknown! (255)
        Port: Other
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: off
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x0000000f (15)
                               drv probe link timer
        Link detected: no

XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA1 | grep uto-neg
        Supports auto-negotiation: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Auto-negotiation: off
XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA2 | grep uto-neg
        Supports auto-negotiation: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Auto-negotiation: off
XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA3 | grep uto-neg
        Supports auto-negotiation: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Auto-negotiation: off
XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA4 | grep uto-neg
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Auto-negotiation: off

the switching team reported the port is set to auto neg on switch side. as this is a bad setting in this situation they'll try to change it. looks like the port group needs to be rebuild for that as the port speed cannot be changed in a port group.

So the colleagues have changed the port group on the switch to use 10G full static and still this one flexi Port out of four is doing some auto negotiate in  opposite to the adapter setting: auto neg: off

Can we convince PortA4 to do no auto negotiation?

XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA4 | grep -i auto-neg
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Auto-negotiation: off

I am mixing something up: The bug only involved the XGS Flexiport Module of 1U Appliances. You are not affected by the bug. The Bug was due the firmware of the Flexi Port itself, which is not applicable to your scenario, as you have an other Flexi Port module. 

our XG430 is a 1U machine.

ethtool -i PortA4
driver: i40e
version: 2.10.19.82
firmware-version: 5.05 0x800028ac 0.0.0
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:02:00.3
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes

do we have other tools to check the firmware version you're pointing at?

With v18 we started having issues with lag members in auto speed mode that we did not have before. I mentioned in the link to my old post above. That's when we changed it for the firewall side but forgot to change the switches to match that setting.

Or do you suggest opening a case? If not a software bug, I suspect something faulty on this port.

btpw: that is the status now after some minutes in faulty state:

XG430_WP02_SFOS 19.5.1 MR-1-Build278 HA-Auxiliary# ethtool PortA4
Settings for PortA4:
        Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
        Supported link modes:   10000baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
        Supports auto-negotiation: No
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  10000baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: 10000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Direct Attach Copper
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: off
        Supports Wake-on: g
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x0000000f (15)
                               drv probe link timer
        Link detected: yes

Again: It is only affected the particular SKU, which only the XGS 1U supports. 

This particular module has a firmware bug, which does not support Auto-Neg. 

You are not effected by this problem, as you cannot have the affected hardware in the first place. 

ok - I did not notice the S in you writing XGS. Thanks for your help so far!