QLogic interface is not coming up; "Start V-PORT failed -16" errors seen in the console
Issue
- Unable to bring up the network interface on a QLogic CNA adapter
-
The following messages appear on the console when attempting to bring the interface up:
[qed_start_vport:1929(<interface_name>)]Failed to start VPORT [qede_start_queues:1623(<interface_name>)]Start V-PORT failed -16
-
The ethtool output shows that there is no link detected and that the speed and duplex are unknown, but
NO-CARRIER
is not seen in the output of theip link
command
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
qede
driver- kernel 3.10.0-693.17.1.el7
- version 20170606-58.gitc990aae.el7_4 of the
linux-firmware
package
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