3 quick points: -it's probably worth sniffing a client connection to the 2924XL from boot-up until blue-screen (use ethereal if your company does not have an existing relationship with a commercial packet-capturing software vendor. note: i'm assuming that the 2924 is capable of port spanning, if not, it's probably still worth plugging the client's nic into a hub also connected to the 2924 to see if the problem persists)
-to narrow down possible problems considerably, it's worth clarifying for the group whether the netware clients are running ip only, ipx only or both. -in some cases, the first couple of lines of the BSOD are useful. it might be worth checking those codes/hex dumps with the resource kits or other sources that comprehensively list the BSOD error codes/messages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Neiberger" To: Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: Slightly OT: 2924XL and Blue Screen of Death [7:32536] > We're having an interesting issue that just appeared recently. We have > some Dell PCs running Netware 6 and new client software. We're not sure > why, but if one of these machines is connected to a 2924XL switch, it > regularly experiences a blue screen of death either at login or within 5 > minutes of login. > > We have identical machines that operate fine if they're connected to > our Bay switches or Cisco 1900 switches. > > Have any of you seen anything like this?? That makes no sense to me. > The only difference I've been able to determine is that Spanning Tree is > turned off on those particular Bay switches and 1900 switches, yet it is > turned on on the 2924XL switches. So, perhaps these PCs are reacting > badly to STP BPDU. > > Any thoughts? Our LAN people are doing some testing with different NIC > software and Novell client software and I'll post back to the list if we > determine the actual cause of the issue. But can you think of why it > would only happen if they're connect to a 2924? > > Thanks, > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32545&t=32536 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
