I have an sx6036 that has been licensed for VPI and I have CX3 cards that I have flashed with the latest firmware and can put their 2 ports into ethernet mode (can see the devices come up in dmesg and ethtool enumerates them just fine).
however, none of the direct attach cables I have (including mellanox ones) seem to create a link between the card and the switch. (switch is in vpi mode, pondering changing it to ethernet only mode).
I've tried with multiple cables in both ports of the cx3 and multiple ports on the switch.
any idea if I'm doing something stupidly wrong or what i should look at?
however, none of the direct attach cables I have (including mellanox ones) seem to create a link between the card and the switch. (switch is in vpi mode, pondering changing it to ethernet only mode).
I've tried with multiple cables in both ports of the cx3 and multiple ports on the switch.
any idea if I'm doing something stupidly wrong or what i should look at?