Open novacain1 opened 1 year ago
Sorry for late response. Support for this functionality had been added to our backlog and it might make it to the next release, although it's not 100% guaranteed.
I'll leave this issue opened and update it when we have more specific information on this.
The Intel Ethernet Port Configuration (EPCT) tool is a command line utility used to change the link type of devices. It's Intel hosted URL is here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19435/ethernet-port-configuration-tool-all-supported-oss.html
These links are often critical in certain customer environments where lower link speeds along with proper cabling connected to QSFP+ ports requires reconfiguration where the defaults (2x1x100 Gbps) isn't applicable.
Example execution in my enviornment where only 2 nic interfaces show up (ens1f0 and ens1f1):
After rebooting the system:
Is it a future roadmap item of the Intel Ethernet Operator to manage cards port mode? If not, can we register an RFE? I think it would be a fantastic add-on to have the Operator manage this and have the ability to manipulate this in a cloud-native & declarative fashion.