xxv710-da2

Recently ( Nov. 2017 ) someone installs Ubuntu16.04 LTS on brand new Super Micro server.

Unexpectedly 10Gbps network interfaces weren’t visible in system, and manual loading ixgbe kernel module with its dependences would not solve this issue.

Using different distribution also was unsuccessful as we found out using CentOS7 live which either did not recognize 10Gbps network interfaces.

This server has Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2.

We solve this issue by downloading latest driver for this adapter from downloadcenter.intel.com .

I’ve chosen : Intel Network Adapter Driver for PCIe* 40 Gigabit Ethernet Network Connections, for Linux, driver version : 2.3.6, 10/31/2017 .

Instalation proces is realy straighforward, quick and described in ReadMe .