Intel XL710 doesn’t come up after switch port shutdown/no shutdown.

marciglesias17

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Hello,

I have a server running Proxmox 8 connected to an Arista switch at 10G using an Intel XL710. When I shut down the port from the Arista and then bring it back up with no shutdown, the Proxmox port doesn’t come back online, and I get the following error in dmesg.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any idea what could be wrong?

Should I update the NIC?
Code:
[  361.398295] i40e 0000:02:00.1 ens5f1np1: NIC Link is Down
[  361.572409] i40e 0000:02:00.1: failed to get phy cap., ret =  -EIO last_status =  I40E_AQ_RC_EIO
[  363.793677] i40e 0000:02:00.1 ens5f1np1: NIC Link is Up, 10 Gbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

Code:
pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 8.4.0 (running kernel: 6.8.12-9-pve)
pve-manager: 8.4.0 (running version: 8.4.0/ec58e45e1bcdf2ac)
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.1
proxmox-kernel-6.8: 6.8.12-9
proxmox-kernel-6.8.12-9-pve-signed: 6.8.12-9
ceph-fuse: 17.2.8-pve2
corosync: 3.1.9-pve1
criu: 3.17.1-2+deb12u1
frr-pythontools: 10.2.1-1+pve2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx11
ksm-control-daemon: 1.5-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-5
libknet1: 1.30-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.6.0
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.5.1
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.5
libpve-access-control: 8.2.2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.2
libpve-cluster-api-perl: 8.1.0
libpve-cluster-perl: 8.1.0
libpve-common-perl: 8.3.1
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.2.2
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.2.2
libpve-network-perl: 0.11.2
libpve-rs-perl: 0.9.4
libpve-storage-perl: 8.3.6
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 6.0.0-1
lxcfs: 6.0.0-pve2
novnc-pve: 1.6.0-2
openvswitch-switch: 3.1.0-2+deb12u1
proxmox-backup-client: 3.3.7-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.3.7-1
proxmox-firewall: 0.7.1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.1
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.3.2
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.7
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.3.10
pve-cluster: 8.1.0
pve-container: 5.2.6
pve-docs: 8.4.0
pve-edk2-firmware: 4.2025.02-3
pve-esxi-import-tools: 0.7.3
pve-firewall: 5.1.1
pve-firmware: 3.15-3
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.7
pve-i18n: 3.4.2
pve-qemu-kvm: 9.2.0-5
pve-xtermjs: 5.5.0-2
qemu-server: 8.3.12
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.2.7-pve2

Code:
modinfo i40e
filename:       /lib/modules/6.8.12-9-pve/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver
author:         Intel Corporation, <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
srcversion:     CB32B080D46DCC603B287EA

Code:
ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens5f0np0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 0c:c4:7a:27:3c:90 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s0f0np0
    inet 10.220.5.31/24 scope global ens5f0np0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ec4:7aff:fe27:3c90/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: ens5f1np1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 0c:c4:7a:27:3c:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s0f1np1
    inet 10.220.8.31/24 scope global ens5f1np1
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ec4:7aff:fe27:3c91/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ens5f2np2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 0c:c4:7a:27:3c:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s0f2np2
    inet 10.220.2.31/24 scope global ens5f2np2
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ec4:7aff:fe27:3c92/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
5: ens5f3np3: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 0c:c4:7a:27:3c:93 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Code:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto ens5f0np0
iface ens5f0np0 inet static
    address 10.220.5.31/24
    gateway 10.220.5.1

auto ens5f1np1
iface ens5f1np1 inet static
    address 10.220.8.31/24

auto ens5f2np2
iface ens5f2np2 inet static
    address 10.220.2.31/24

auto ens5f3np3
iface ens5f3np3 inet manual

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*