Hi Jazzzny,
I have a Mac Pro 5,1 (mid 2012) with a fresh install of macOS Ventura via OCLP 0.6.8 and said install was performed while the McFiver card was in the machine just in case drivers and what not were only installed at macOS install time (in other words, I didn't add the McFiver after the initial OS install was completed, though I imagine either scenario should work).
However, I can't get the McFiver's 10Gbps Ethernet port to work for me
The two external USB-C ports and the two internal NVMe drive slots all perform as expected with speeds as expected for the McFiver. Only the 10Gbps Ethernet isn't working for me.
My network physical topology:
--> I have an Ubiquiti UniFi 25Gb SFP+ switch.
--> And I have an
RJ45 to SFP+ adapter on the switch port side.
--> I have the Mac Pro McFiver cabled up to the network switch via a cat6 RJ45 to RJ45 ethernet patch cable with that RJ45 to SFP+ adapter on the switch side as mentioned earlier.
Test Scenarios:
1--> With DHCP set and automatic link speed set on the Mac Pro side I get a self assigned 169.x.x.x address every time.
2--> With DHCP set and manually setting the link speed on the Mac Pro side only (leaving automatic link speed on the switch port side) no link speed, be it 1000baseT, 2.500Base-T, 5000Base-T or 10Gbase-T, gives me an IP address from DHCP resulting in a self assigned 169.x.x.x address.
3--> With the same settings as scenario 2 above, but this time manually setting the link speed on the switch side to match the manually set link speed on the Mac Pro side, I still get no IP address from DHCP resulting in the self assigned IP address of 169.x.x.x.
4-->When I manually set the IP address, subnet and gateway IP, and then try each of the tests scenarios above, there's still no network access to the router.
I've rebooted the Mac Pro a few times.
I've rebuilt and installed OCLP to disk again and rebooted.
And I even went as far as reinstalling the OS anew just to see if that would help.
...but still no joy with the 10Gb Ethernet port on the McFiver card for me and my Mac Pro 5,1 on Ventura with OCLP. 😭😅😉
*head scratch* 🤔🧐🤷♂️