trex_appendix_firmware_xl710.asciidoc

XL710 Firmware

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To upgrade the firmware follow this

1. Download the driver

*Download driver i40e from here *Build the kernel module

[bash]>tar -xvzf i40e-1.3.47
[bash]>cd i40e-1.3.47/src
[bash]>make
[bash]>sudo insmod  i40e.ko

2. Bind the NIC to Linux

In this stage we bind the NIC to Linux (take it from DPDK)

[bash]>sudo ./dpdk_nic_bind.py --status # show the ports

Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
============================================
0000:02:00.0 'Device 1583' drv=igb_uio unused=      #(1)
0000:02:00.1 'Device 1583' drv=igb_uio unused=      #(2)
0000:87:00.0 'Device 1583' drv=igb_uio unused=
0000:87:00.1 'Device 1583' drv=igb_uio unused=

[bash]>sudo dpdk_nic_bind.py -u 02:00.0  02:00.1          #(3)

[bash]>sudo dpdk_nic_bind.py -b i40e 02:00.0 02:00.1      #(4)

[bash]>ethtool -i p1p2                                    #(5)

driver: i40e
version: 1.3.47
firmware-version: 4.24 0x800013fc 0.0.0             #(6)
bus-info: 0000:02:00.1
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes


[bash]>ethtool -S p1p2
[bash]>lspci -s 02:00.0 -vvv                              #(7)

1. XL710 ports that need to unbind from DPDK

2. XL710 ports that need to unbind from DPDK

3. Unbind from DPDK using this command

4. Bind to linux to i40e driver

5. Show firmware version throw linux driver

6. Firmare version

7. More info

3. Upgrade

Download NVMUpdatePackage.zip from Intel site here It includes the utility nvmupdate64e

Run this:

[bash]>sudo ./nvmupdate64e

You might need a power cycle and to run this command a few times to get the latest firmware

4. External references

see QSFP+ support for QSFP+ support and Firmware requirement for XL710 from Intel