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Dang_Tran__Frederic
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2 years ago

N6000/PL-1 SmartNIC image deployment error

Hello, I’ve installed an Intel N6000/1-PL SmartNIC on a Lenovo SR650v2 server with the following stack: N6000 SKU1 CentOS Stream release 8 OPAE v2.1.1 kernel 5.15.92-dfl Server BIOS settin...
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KianHinT_altera
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2 years ago

Hi Frederic ,

I've setup similar system running the same OPAE and DFL with yours, and tried the fpgasupdate command . I could see the same error as you so I will debug this on my end.

The error is not related to bin file you provided, used the release bin also similar result.

Does upgrading the OFS version for both OPAE & DFL possible for you? If yes, let me try out the new version first.

Thanks

Regards

Kian

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Dang_Tran__Frederic
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2 years ago

Hi Kian,

Upgrading OPAE & DFL version is not possible because I need to stick to versions compatible with the P4 toolchain.
Actually, the linux-dfl version I've used so far (5.15.92-dfl) has a minor revision (92) more recent than the revision I was advised to use.

In doubt, I downgraded the kernel to 5.15.45-dfl, reinstalled OPAE 2.1.1 and ... the problem goes away ! fpgasupdate completes successfully.

Regards,

Frederic

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    KianHinT_altera
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    2 years ago

    Hi Frederic ,

    That's good to hear . I upgraded the DFL and OPAE version to the 2023.3-2 OFS and fpgasupdate is also working. I was trying to find those missing files reported in the logs but couldn't find it , previous I was on 5.15.92-dfl as well. Probably there is some issues with that particular version as I remembered I tested OFS 2022 version and it was working previously 1 year + back.

    Anyway thanks for the update. Does the error still pops up?

    Quote:

    "The server BIOS reports the following warning:

    PCIe error recovery has occurred in slot number 1. The adapter may not work correctly.

    And dmesg contains:

    [22638.864360] intel-m10bmc-sec-update n6000bmc-sec-update.3.auto: SDM trigger failure: 4"

    Thanks

    Regards

    Kian

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      Dang_Tran__Frederic
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      2 years ago

      Hi Kian,

      The BIOS warning is gone as well as the kernel error message related to the N6000.

      Regards,

      Frederic

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        KianHinT_altera
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        2 years ago

        Hi Frederic,

        Thanks for the info, is there anything else I could support you with? Otherwise I would like to close the forum case as resolved and transition it to community support.

        Thanks

        Regards

        Kian