Bootstrap image doesn't detect Emulex NICs

[Alexander Rubtsov]

Bootstrap image doesn't detect Emulex NICs therefore nodes with such NICs can't be deployed

Environment
MOS: 6.0
Server: HP Proliant BL460c G9
NIC: Emulex Corporation OneConnect NIC (Skyhawk) (rev 10)

As a test, Ubuntu 15.04 (with kernel 4.3) had been booted on such server and the NICs were successfully detected
As a workaround, modifying the default bootstrap image to 4.3 kernel let use such servers for deployment

Customer reported this issue for MOS 6.0
I'm unable to check if the issue persists for newer releases since I don't have appropriate equipment

[Aleksander Mogylchenko (amogylchenko)]

This is not a bug, but a feature request. And 8.0 is already too late for feature requests, thus it won't be fixed.
We will consider this in 9.0 timeframe.

[Dmitry Teselkin (teselkin-d)]

Anyway, please provide output of the following commands:
* uname -a
* ethtool -i <devname>
* modinfo be2net

[Alexander Rubtsov (arubtsov)]

Dmitriy,

I'm attaching the requested information

[Albert Syriy (asyriy)]

Please check the dkms package with the hardware and let me know if we could provide this package as a solution

[Albert Syriy (asyriy)]

The sources for the DKMS were taken from here
http://www.emulex.com/downloads/emulex/drivers/linux/ubuntu/drivers/

[Fuel Devops McRobotson (fuel-devops-robot)]

Reviewed: https://review.fuel-infra.org/17244
Submitter: Pawel Brzozowski <email address hidden>
Branch: master

Commit: 00836cced89515ddf13912dc35a21e5a956ab18c
Author: Albert Syriy <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Feb 22 12:26:30 2016

Added new project

Add the following kernel module for Emulex:

 -- packages/trusty/be2net-dkms

Change-Id: Ib435a24c41652cf66631f963d04e73031d35f496
Related-Bug: #1533501

[Fuel Devops McRobotson (fuel-devops-robot)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Change author: Albert Syriy <email address hidden>
Review: https://review.fuel-infra.org/17321

[Fuel Devops McRobotson (fuel-devops-robot)]

Reviewed: https://review.fuel-infra.org/17321
Submitter: Pkgs Jenkins <email address hidden>
Branch: master

Commit: 17e676ef415d20dbd808889013518d4916083977
Author: Albert Syriy <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Feb 24 20:50:06 2016

The be2net-dkms kernel module is added for HP BL460C server support in Ubuntu

The current be2net kernel module version is 10.0 shipping
with the LTS kernel 3.13 in Ubuntu 14.04. The module doesn't
support the SRIOV correctly. So the newer be2net module
version was repacked as DKMS package.

Change-Id: I5f728ead89aa9a258c8565685ff965f941b46284
Closes-Bug: #1533501

[Alexander Gubanov (ogubanov)]

Verified on MOS 9.0 (build 232) - package was added/updated - moved to "Fix Release"
Proof: http://pastebin.com/e3ymCu0W