Link not detected on Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet
Issue
- A system with Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) loads the bnx2 driver but it doesn't detect link:
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: Unknown!
Duplex: Unknown! (255)
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
MDI-X: Unknown
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: g
Link detected: no
- The network switch shows link for these interfaces.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (RHEV-H)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Gigabit network
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