Management Port Highspeed

Highspeed management network port uses an Intel E810 Chipset either on 2 x SFP28 or 2 x QSFP28 port configuration. The following shows how to configure different port speeds in the 2 x QSFP28 port mode.

Step 1) Bios

Press DEL to enter BIOS. Have to be quick as it only accepts for about 5 seconds before continuing on the boot process

Step 2) Intel NIC BIOS

Select Advanced → First Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810

Step 4) NIC Configuration

Device Level Configuration

Port Option Configuration

The current Configuration mode is shown on the top line

The list of port options is shown below

Tap ENTER on the Port Option (Top Line) and select the port option required, per below

The Selected option is shown at the top, per below

Press ESC until back to the top level menu

Step 5) BIOS Save

Save & Exit  → Save Changes and Exit

Step 6) Confirm on the system

Check the interfaces are populated correctly on the system

 ifconfig -a | grep phy1[0-7]

Expected output, in 4 × 25G mode shown below

fmadio@fmadio200v4-636:~$ ifconfig -a | grep phy1[0-7]
phy10     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B4:96:91:CF:89:A0
phy11     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B4:96:91:CF:89:A1
phy12     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B4:96:91:CF:89:A2
phy13     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B4:96:91:CF:89:A3
fmadio@fmadio200v4-636:~$