smartos-admin-issues-dmesg-boot-bnx

[root@johnny-no-5 (hq) ~]# dmesg  | grep bnx1
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543456+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1 registered
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543467+00:00 johnny-no-5 pcieb: [ID 586369 kern.info] PCIE-device: pci1028,235@0,1, bnx1
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543471+00:00 johnny-no-5 npe: [ID 236367 kern.info] PCI Express-device: pci1028,235@0,1, bnx1
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543476+00:00 johnny-no-5 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] bnx1 is /pci@0,0/pci8086,3408@1/pci1028,235@0,1
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543480+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 219732 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1: (6.0.3) BCM5709 device with F/W Ver5020003 is initialized (1 MSIX)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543763+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1: Copper link is up (1000Mbps, Full Duplex, Tx & Rx Flow Control ON)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543766+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1: Copper link is down
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543769+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1 link up, 0 Mbps, half duplex
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543778+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1: Copper link is up (100Mbps, Full Duplex, Tx & Rx Flow Control ON)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543785+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1: Copper link is down
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543792+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx1 link up, 0 Mbps, half duplex
[root@johnny-no-5 (hq) ~]# dmesg  | grep bnx0
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543362+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0 registered
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543372+00:00 johnny-no-5 pcieb: [ID 586369 kern.info] PCIE-device: pci1028,235@0, bnx0
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543379+00:00 johnny-no-5 npe: [ID 236367 kern.info] PCI Express-device: pci1028,235@0, bnx0
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543385+00:00 johnny-no-5 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] bnx0 is /pci@0,0/pci8086,3408@1/pci1028,235@0
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543390+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 219732 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0: (6.0.3) BCM5709 device with F/W Ver5020003 is initialized (1 MSIX)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543816+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0: Copper link is up (1000Mbps, Full Duplex)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543826+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0: Copper link is down
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543830+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0 link up, 0 Mbps, half duplex
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543838+00:00 johnny-no-5 bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0: Copper link is up (1000Mbps, Full Duplex)
2016-09-25T22:53:03.543841+00:00 johnny-no-5 mac: [ID 435574 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx0 link up, 1000 Mbps, full duplex

I'm having a similar issue. Using bnx0 as my admin nic. Everything works until I configure the underlay and external networks (which use ixgbe). After the reboot, the node comes up but bnx0 is showing as down. dmesg output for me is identical to bnx1 for you. Did you ever find a solution to this?