SOLVED Need help configuring Network Interface after install from console

[north15]

Good Day,

I'm needing some assistance in setting my FreeNas system. I just finished my build yesterday and got FreeNas installed on my system. Once I booted into the console my network interface didn't auto-populate an IP. I'm not sure if it was supposed to auto-assign an IP or if I need to configure that manually.

When I set an IPv4I still cannot find the server from my router.

My Build:
Motherboard: Tyan S5512 WGM2NR
Ram: 16GB of DDR3 1333
Installed on 128GB FlashDrive
Ethernet

Using the stock ATT router, DHCP is enabled

Thanks for any help,
Jacob

 

[Samuel Tai]

Your NIC is supposed to use the em driver, and FreeNAS does try to use DHCP on first boot. Does ifconfig -a show any em interfaces?

 

[north15]

I get em0 and em1 inside the Freenas console

 

[north15]

Here is a picture of what I get back

 

[Samuel Tai]

OK, try a different cable. Do you get link lights?

 

[north15]

I have a link light and I'm able to access the AST2150 web GUI which was set with DHCP

 

[north15]

@Samuel Tai I'm also thinking that it may be the compatibility of my router. Any other thoughts?

 

[Samuel Tai]

Try setting your IPMI to use the dedicated port instead of the shared port. It's supposed to use a different MAC from the system MAC, but better to make sure. I think the router gave an IP to the IPMI, and stopped listening afterwards on that port.

 

[north15]

@Samuel Tai I set the IPMI to a dedicated port, and also then plugged my ethernet into the other port. Looks like everything is good to go, was able to get into the web interface.

I do have one question still, did changing the port switch the interface from em0 to em1? I see that em1 now has a connection status in the web interface, but nothing for em0. Do I need to have another cable into the em0 port?

Not sure if I understand this correctly, but I would appreciate understanding this better.

 

[Samuel Tai]

No, it's not recommended to have both em0 and em1 connected unless your router/switch has LACP support, and you create a LAGG interface. Consider this a quirk of your motherboard. You can move the cable over to em0.