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Anup_Agarwal
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4 years ago
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What do two yellow and two green blinking LEDs on the Intel N3000 PAC mean?

I was trying to install Intel N3000 FPGA PAC on the Supermicro 2029GP-TR server. The FPGA shows 2 yellow and 2 green leds blinking. This behaviour is not described in the manual. The FPGA does not sh...
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    Wincent_Altera
    4 years ago

    Hi Anup,

    Thanks for your help.
    I will issue this info immediately to the related team for further procedure.
    It might take approximately 3-4 days due to the weekend.

    What I can help now, is highlighting your urgency on this case
    Will get back to you as soon as possible.

    Regards,
    WeiChuan_C_Intel

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Wincent_Altera
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4 years ago

Hi,

Appreciate you can share with me any printscreen or error code for
"We cannot see the accelerator in `lspci | grep -i accel` or `lspci -d :0b30"

Besides, the error printscreen, I might need below item as well to narrow down the further

  1. to check the PCIe enumerate
    $ lspci -vt
  2. to check the FPGA accelerator port status
    $ fpgainfo port
  3. to check PHY status
    $ fpgainfo phy
  4. to check the Mac status
    $ fpgainfo mac
  5. BMC status
    $ fpgainfo bmc

Looking forward to hear back from you
Regards,

WeiChuan_C_Intel

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Anup_Agarwal
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4 years ago

I am not sure what you mean by the error print screen. The system boots without any visible errors. But the N3000-N FPGA PAC does not show up in lspci/fpgainfo commands. The PAC LEDs blink in the fashion described above.

I have attached dmesg log instead of the error print screen.

I have also attached the lspci -vt output.

For all of the fpgainfo XXX commands. The output is the same: "No FPGA resources found."

The server is the same as in: https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/Is-the-Intel-N3000-FPGA-PAC-compatible-with-Supermicro-SYS/m-p/1319764#M81665

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    Wincent_Altera
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    4 years ago

    Hi,

    Since that both are the same server, let me answer your question here to avoid any other confusion.

    • For all of the fpgainfo XXX commands. The output is the same: "No FPGA resources found.
    • You do mention that the Fan is at max speed and no dust between the slot.
    • two yellow/green blinking LEDs
    1. I assume it blinking 1 second inverval right ?
      • When was it happen ?
      • immediately after power on ?
      • or after the OS running for few minute ?
    2. If the LED is blinking interval at 1 second the card is shutdown, either due below reason
      • FPGA core temperature reaches 100 °C
      • Board temperature reaches 100 °C
      • 12 V Auxiliary or 12 V backplane supply voltage is below 10.46 V
        • Make sure you connect the 12V Aux Cable.Note: The Intel FPGA PAC N3000 follows PCIe standards for 150 W add-in cards where maximum current from the 12 V slot power source is 5.5 A (max) and the 12 V Auxilary connector is 6.25 A (max).
          Appreciate if you can double check the power as well.
    3. You mention that you try to put back the Card to another server (Dell) and the error is follow the card
      • Is it the fpgainfo output is the same: "No FPGA resources found”
        follow from Supermicro server to Dell server as well?
        **         this information is important for me to identify next debug step

    Looking forward to hear back from you

    Regards,

    WeiChuan_C_Intel

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      Anup_Agarwal
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      4 years ago

      1. The blinking happens right after server boot

      2. Our fans are at full speed, we use standard PCIE 8 pin to PCIE 6 pin for the Supermicro servers. And for Dell we use a cable from dell that converts its power port to PCIE 6 pin. Since the FPGA never really starts (if 1 sec LED blinking means card shutdown), then it never gets hot as well. The board does not get hot at all.

      3. Yes the fpgainfo commands show No FPGA Resources found on the original Dell servers as well (The FPGA worked earlier on these machines).

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        Wincent_Altera
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        4 years ago

        Hi Anup,

        Thanks for confirming this,
        I don't see the card enumerate in "lspci -vt" script as well

        1. Is this is the only N3000 PAC card you have ?
          IF have, maybe you can try to slot into the server and see if the error follow
        2. Last, is this card still under warranty?

        Looking forward to hear back from you.
        Regards,
        WeiChuan_C_Intel