CSG1500 Intel X710 vni-0/2 & 0/3 NVM Update : Versa Support

CSG1500 Intel X710 vni-0/2 & 0/3 NVM Update:

Before proceeding, please make sure system is Versa CSG1500.

admin@SDWAN-Branch1-cli> show system details | nomore

Software Details

Software Release 22.1.4

Package name versa-flexvnf-20240123-043500-c5d1549-22.1.4-B

Hardware Details

Hypervisor Type baremetal

Manufacturer Versa Networks, Inc.

SKU Number CSG1500

Model CSG1500

Serial number HQ-1

Hardware ID number AACA2051020

CPU model Intel(R) Xeon(R) D-2177NT CPU @ 1.90GHz

Number of CPUs 14

Number of NICs 17

Memory 62.29GiB

Disk size 239.35GiB

Free NICs 0

Free memory 45.14GiB

Free disk 214.20GiB

SSD present yes

uCPE Platform no

NIC Details NA/NA

System Status Enabled

FIPS Mode Disabled

Step 1:

Download NVM v9.52 update package from the link below to CSG1500.

Filename: CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

Md5sum: 5fd7f6728a3e9a3dbb5b3e76fdf20647

File location: https://versanetworks.box.com/s/ethi1q0o4whpvd4wo2n0lpzwzbdoidwh

[admin@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ ls -l CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 77505244 Nov 18 16:10 CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

[admin@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo md5sum CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

5fd7f6728a3e9a3dbb5b3e76fdf20647 CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

Step 2:

Stop Versa services

[admin@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ vsh stop

Step 3:

Get root access and extract the NVM package. Content will be extracted into a folder named “CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52”

[admin@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo bash

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ tar -xf CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52.tar.gz

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ ls -l CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52

total 7920

drwxr-xr-x 3 500 544 4096 Aug 14 10:36 700Series

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 848 Nov 18 15:58 CSG1500_X710_init.sh

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 3529688 Nov 18 15:07 eeupdate64e

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 4567864 Nov 18 15:07 lanconf64e

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $

Step 4:

Check if the two x710 NICs, eth3 (vni-0/2) and eth4 (vni-0/3), are detected in Linux as highlighted below.

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ lspci | grep Ethernet

08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)

17:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

17:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

17:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

17:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

19:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 02)

19:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 02)

1b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10G X550T (rev 01)

1b:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10G X550T (rev 01)

65:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

65:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

65:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

65:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

b7:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 04)

b7:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 04)

b7:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 04)

b7:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (rev 04)

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $

Make note of the current X710 NIC NVM firmware.

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo ethtool -i eth3

driver: i40e

version: 2.10.19.82

firmware-version: 6.80 0x80003cf2 0.0.0

expansion-rom-version:

bus-info: 0000:06:00.0

supports-statistics: yes

supports-test: yes

supports-eeprom-access: yes

supports-register-dump: yes

supports-priv-flags: yes

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo ethtool -i eth4

driver: i40e

version: 2.10.19.82

firmware-version: 6.80 0x80003cf2 0.0.0

expansion-rom-version:

bus-info: 0000:06:00.1

supports-statistics: yes

supports-test: yes

supports-eeprom-access: yes

supports-register-dump: yes

supports-priv-flags: yes

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $

Make note of the MAC addresses associated with the X710 NICs (eth3 & eth4)

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo ifconfig eth3

eth3: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether ac:43:30:f8:4a:d3 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ sudo ifconfig eth4

eth4: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether ac:43:30:f8:4a:d4 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $

Step 5:

Go to the extracted NVM firmware folder.

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: ~] $ cd CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52/700Series/Linux_x64/

/home/admin/CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52/700Series/Linux_x64

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: Linux_x64] $ ls -l nvmupdate64e

-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 544 4153240 Aug 14 10:33 nvmupdate64e

Step 6:

Run NVM update utility "nvmupdate64e" and verify NVM update is available for X710 NIC as highlighted below.

Then, enter the NIC number associated with X710 NVM update (i.e. Num 3) at the prompt "Enter selections: " as highlighted below.

When it’s prompted to back up the NVM image, Select Yes (Enter ‘Y’) to back up the current NVM image.

Verify that NVM update operations is completed successfully; A message saying "All operations completed successfully." will be displayed as highlighted below.

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: Linux_x64] $ ./nvmupdate64e

Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update Tool

NVMUpdate version 1.42.8.0

WARNING: To avoid damage to your device, do not stop the update or reboot or power off the system during this update.

Inventory in progress. Please wait [***.......]

Num Description Ver.(hex) DevId S:B Status

=== ================================== ============ ===== ====== ==============

01) Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1533 00:008 Update not

Connection available

02) Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1521 00:023 Update not

Connection available

03) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged 6.128(6.80) 1572 00:025 Update

Network Adapter X710 available

04) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged N/A(N/A) 1563 00:027 Update not

Network Adapter X550-T2 available

05) Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1521 00:101 Update not

Connection available

06) Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 N/A(N/A) 37D3 00:183 Update not

for 10GbE SFP+ available

Options: Adapter Index List (comma-separated), [A]ll, e[X]it

Enter selection: 3

Would you like to back up the NVM images? [Y]es/[N]o: Y

Update in progress. This operation may take several minutes.

[.....-****]

Num Description Ver.(hex) DevId S:B Status

=== ================================== ============ ===== ====== ==============

01) Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1533 00:008 Update not

Connection available

02) Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1521 00:023 Update not

Connection available

03) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged 9.80(9.50) 1572 00:025 Up to date

Network Adapter X710

04) Intel(R) Ethernet Converged N/A(N/A) 1563 00:027 Update not

Network Adapter X550-T2 available

05) Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network N/A(N/A) 1521 00:101 Update not

Connection available

06) Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 N/A(N/A) 37D3 00:183 Update not

for 10GbE SFP+ available

A reboot is required to complete the update process.

Tool execution completed with the following status: All operations completed successfully.

Press any key to exit.

Step 7:

After all operations have been completed successfully, press Enter key to exit.

Go back to the NVM update folder "CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52"

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: Linux_x64] $

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: Linux_x64] $ cd ../../

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52] $

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52] $ ls -l

total 7920

drwxr-xr-x 3 500 544 4096 Aug 14 10:36 700Series

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 848 Nov 18 15:58 CSG1500_X710_init.sh

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 3529688 Nov 18 15:07 eeupdate64e

-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 4567864 Nov 18 15:07 lanconf64e

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52] $

Step 8:

Run the script named "CSG1500_X710_init.sh" to initialize X710 eeprom as shown below.

[root@SDWAN-Branch1: CSG1500_X710_NVM_9p52] $ ./CSG1500_X710_init.sh

===== X710-0 EEPROM Verification =====

6: Word 0xD6A = 0x1081 (0x1081)

(0x1080)

Wrong X710 eeprom value(s) detected! Reprogramming EEPROM...

Error: Connection to QV driver failed - please reinstall it!

Using: Intel (R) PRO Network Connections SDK v2.39.20

EEUPDATE v5.39.20.00

Intel (R) Confidential and not for general distribution.

Driverless Mode

NIC Bus Dev Fun Vendor-Device Branding string

=== === === === ============= =================================================

1 8 00 00 8086-1533 Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection

2 23 00 00 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

3 23 00 01 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

4 23 00 02 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

5 23 00 03 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

6 25 00 00 8086-1572 Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710

7 25 00 01 8086-1572 Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710

8 27 00 00 8086-1563 Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550

9 27 00 01 8086-1563 Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550

10 101 00 00 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

11 101 00 01 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

12 101 00 02 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

13 101 00 03 8086-1521 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection

14 183 00 00 8086-37D3 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+

15 183 00 01 8086-37D3 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+

16 183 00 02 8086-37D3 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+

17 183 00 03 8086-37D3 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+

6: Successfully wrote word 0x0D6A -> 0x1081

6: Updating Checksum and CRCs...Done.