Bare metall firmware missing

[ahmed magdy]

Dears ,
my metal Dell power Edgr R610 with 8 core and 16 GIG RAM after installing ubuntu server 16.04.3 on my metal every thing worked properly but after install EVE-ng i got message that firmware missing and my server NIC are un-managed as shown below so how i can solve this problem


root@eve-ng:~# ifconfig -a | grep ^eth
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:23
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:25
eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:27
eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:29
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root@eve-ng:~# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:135016 (135.0 KB) TX bytes:135016 (135.0 KB)

pnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:23
inet addr:213.158.162.237 Bcast:213.158.162.255 Mask:255.255.255.224
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:25
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pnet2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:27
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pnet3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:ac:6f:13:84:29
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pnet4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr aa:00:dd:9a:ad:50
inet6 addr: fe80::a800:ddff:fe9a:ad50/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)

pnet5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 16:02:63:e9:dd:e6
inet6 addr: fe80::1402:63ff:fee9:dde6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)

pnet6 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 46d0:e2:ae:a4
inet6 addr: fe80::44de:d0ff:fee2:aea4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)

pnet7 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7e:74:77:b4:e7:05
inet6 addr: fe80::7c74:77ff:feb4:e705/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)

pnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr fa:c4:40:87:00:51
inet6 addr: fe80::f8c4:40ff:fe87:51/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)

pnet9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ea:07:af:b3:71:b7
inet6 addr: fe80::e807:afff:feb3:71b7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:4411 (4.4 KB)
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root@eve-ng:~# ifup -a
RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory

Waiting for pnet0 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory

Waiting for pnet1 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory

Waiting for pnet2 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory

Waiting for pnet3 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth4 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet4 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth5 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet5 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth6 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet6 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth7 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet7 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth8 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet8 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).
interface eth9 does not exist!

Waiting for pnet9 to get ready (MAXWAIT is 32 seconds).

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root@eve-ng:~# cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=true
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[Sipart]

Hi I have had this issue with Dell R610s as well (inital install and after a EVE upgrade once).

The firmware you need is in another directory (probably /lib/firmware/bnx2x) and you need to copy it into the /lib/firmware/bnx2 directory (or create the directory first if it doesn't exist).

Cheers

[ahmed magdy]

thanks sipart,

problem solved after applying below commands.

cd /lib/firmware/bnx2x/
mkdir bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw
cp -i /lib/firmware/4.4.0-98-generic/bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw