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Feature Request for x86 and CHR for SFP Menu tab

Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:05 am

For x86 and CHR there is no SFP menu tab . Hope to add this feature in future release
 
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Re: Feature Request for x86 and CHR for SFP Menu tab

Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:24 pm

For x86 and CHR there is no SFP menu tab . Hope to add this feature in future release
+1111111111 for this.
Any news?
I'm switching from a RB5009 to a CHR but the missing SFP tab is a pain point that must be addressed, even just saying which exact Ethernet SFP card is supported if it's a problem of driver etc.
Currently my Intel X710 is seen just a normal Ethernet card, and it's a big limitation
 
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Re: Feature Request for x86 and CHR for SFP Menu tab

Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:49 pm

As CHR runs in a virtual environment, all NICs/SFPs are managed by the host environment. When it comes to x86 'bare metal' setups, support for NIC drivers is limited.
 
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Re: Feature Request for x86 and CHR for SFP Menu tab

Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:55 pm

As CHR runs in a virtual environment, all NICs/SFPs are managed by the host environment. When it comes to x86 'bare metal' setups, support for NIC drivers is limited.
That is not typically true in all circumstance. Like most of us do for nvme disk, you can directly assign them to the VM to have the maximum storage performance, and that's be easily done also for NIC.
But even with NIC in full PCIe passthrough, from VM and CHR you can just see it as normal ethernet card, so no SFP tab visible.

BTW, there is a list of supported NIC card that shows SFP tab with X86 installed directly on the system?
 
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Re: Feature Request for x86 and CHR for SFP Menu tab

Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:33 pm

PCIe passthrough and IO-SRV require specially tailored drivers from the manufacturer, i.e. not something MT is involved with. You also need special APIs to manage the driver, which need to be adopted by CHR/ROS for each new device. It probably won't happen.

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