Network card fails to detect its link with error message "eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled"

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Issue

Link is not detected for an interface, while speed and duplex options are present.
Messages like the followings are present in the logs:

May 29 15:10:07  kernel: [    4.424591] i40e 0000:5d:00.0: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:07  kernel: [    4.941168] i40e 0000:5d:00.1: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:07  kernel: [    4.424591] i40e 0000:5d:00.0: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:07  kernel: [    4.941168] i40e 0000:5d:00.1: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:02  kernel: i40e 0000:5d:00.0: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:02  kernel: i40e 0000:5d:00.0: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:02  kernel: i40e 0000:5d:00.1: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled
May 29 15:10:02  kernel: i40e 0000:5d:00.1: eeprom check failed (-2), Tx/Rx traffic disabled

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+
  • i40e network driver

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