Proxmox installation interfaces get no IP

ocmt58z1

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Hello everyone,

I am currently installing a proxmox system on some new hardware. For reference, I am using the following CPU and Motherboard:
- AMD EPYC 7443P
- Supermicro H12SSL-NT

After the installation, I noticed that I can not connect to my proxmox system. The network interfaces are down for some reason. Here is some information on my network config:

Router is 10.67.96.1
DHCP Server (Part of the Router) is also 10.67.96.1
Static IP assigned to Proxmox during install: 10.67.96.200/24

Here is the output of
Code:
ip a
:
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For some reason
Code:
ip r
didn't setup any routes - so yea, something went wrong when setting up the network things on boot, I suppose.

I also noticed some errors in dmesg, not sure what to make of them, or if they are related.

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Why did my proxmox system not setup the interfaces correctly on boot? Why are they all down?
I can probably add the network config manually by handing by setting the interface up and then see if it is reachable - however, I don't understand why this doesn't work out of the box. I never had this problem with any other proxmox system. Any advice?

EDIT: Seems like this might be related: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/broadcom-nics-down-after-pve-8-2-kernel-6-8.146185/
I really hope this is not a problem with the specific hardware/drivers of my NICs....... :/
 
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Why did my proxmox system not setup the interfaces correctly on boot? Why are they all down?
You'd need to post output of cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg so one can correlate that with physical state of your devices ip a
A wild guess - the network cable is not plugged into the right port.

The routes are only setup if the interface is up.

As to the errors - seems like you have, perhaps, a dual Infiniband/Ethernet card and need to switch it's profile from IB to Eth.


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In my case, after removing a PCI card I could no longer connect, because the address of the network card had changed. So in console mode, directly on the server, I run this test and it works every time after reassigning the correct port.

check the configuration by trying to restart the service:
Code:
journalctl -u networking.service -f

Look at the list of ports :
Code:
ip link show

Check the details of a specific interface :
Code:
ethtool -i enp110s0

Once you have located the correct port, check the correspondence in the config file.If necessary, replace it.
Example :

Code:
nano /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface enp110s0 inet manual

auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
address 192.168.0.224/24
gateway 192.168.0.250
bridge-ports enp110s0

bridge-stp off
bridge-fd 0

iface enp114s0 inet manual*


Restart the service
s
Code:
systemctl restart networking

Check whether the port is UP or DOWN:
Code:
ip link show
 
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