kylechase/proxmox-tb-net.md

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    Thunderbolt Networking

this gist is part of this series
NOTE FOR THIS TO BE RELIABLE ON NODE RESTARTS YOU WILL NEED PROXMOX KERNEL 6.2.16-14-pve  OR HIGER

This fixes issues i bugged with the thunderbolt / thunderbolt-net maintainers (i will take everyones thanks now, lol)
Install LLDP - this is great to see what nodes can see which.


install lldpctl with apt install lldpd

Load Kernel Modules


add thunderbolt and thunderbolt-net kernel modules (this must be done all nodes - yes i know it can sometimes work withoutm but the thuderbolt-net one has interesting behaviou' so do as i say - add both ;-)

nano /etc/modules add modules at bottom of file, one on each line
save using x then y then enter


Prepare /etc/network/interfaces

doing this means we don't have to give each thunderbolt a manual IPv6 addrees and that these addresses stay constant no matter what
Add the following to each node using nano /etc/network/interfaces
If you see any sections called thunderbolt0 or thunderbol1 delete them at this point.
Now add the following (note we will set IP addresses in the UI):
auto en05
iface en05 inet manual
       mtu 65520

iface en05 inet6 manual
        mtu 65520

auto en06
iface en06 inet manual
        mtu 65520

iface en06 inet6 manual
        mtu 65520


If you see any thunderbol sections delete them from the file before you save it.
Rename Thunderbolt Connections

This is needed as proxmox doesn't recognize the thunderbolt interface name.  There are various methods to do this. This method was selected after trial and error because:

the thunderboltX naming is not fixed to a port (it seems to be based on sequence you plug the cables in)
the MAC address of the interfaces changes with most cable insertion and removale events


use udevadm monitor command to find your device IDs when you insert and remove each TB4 cable. Yes you can use other ways to do this, i recommend this one as it is great way to understand what udev does - the command proved more useful to me than the syslog or lspci command for troublehsooting thunderbolt issues and behavious.  In my case my two pci paths are 0000:00:0d.2and 0000:00:0d.3 if you bought the same hardware this will be the same on all 3 units. Don't assume your PCI device paths will be the same as mine.


create a link file using nano /etc/systemd/network/00-thunderbolt0.link and enter the following content:


[Match]
Path=pci-0000:00:0d.2
Driver=thunderbolt-net
[Link]
MACAddressPolicy=none
Name=en05


create a second link file using nano /etc/systemd/network/00-thunderbolt1.link and enter the following content:

[Match]
Path=pci-0000:00:0d.3
Driver=thunderbolt-net
[Link]
MACAddressPolicy=none
Name=en06

Set Interfaces to UP on reboots and cable insertions

This section en sure that the interfaces will be brought up at boot or cable insertion with whatever settings are in /etc/network/interfaces  - this shouldn't need to be done, it seems like a bug in the way thunderbolt networking is handled (i assume this is debian wide but haven't checked).

create a udev rule to detect for cable insertion using nano /etc/udev/rules.d/10-tb-en.rules with the following content:

ACTION=="move", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="en05", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/pve-en05.sh"
ACTION=="move", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="en06", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/pve-en06.sh"


save the file


create the first script referenced above using nano /usr/local/bin/pve-en05.sh and with the follwing content:


#!/bin/bash

# this brings the renamed interface up and reprocesses any settings in /etc/network/interfaces for the renamed interface
/usr/sbin/ifup en05

save the file and then

create the second script referenced above using nano /usr/local/bin/pve-en06.sh and with the follwing content:

#!/bin/bash

# this brings the renamed interface up and reprocesses any settings in /etc/network/interfaces for the renamed interface
/usr/sbin/ifup en06

and save the file

make both scripts executable with chmod +x /usr/local/bin/*.sh
Reboot (restarting networking, init 1 and init 3 are not good enough, so reboot)

Enabling IP Connectivity

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