Steffen Weiberle wrote: > On 08/13/09 18:17, Nicolas Droux wrote: >> Steffen, >> >> It seems you are hitting 6853771 (VNIC creation can unexpectedly fail >> in the case of a random MAC address collision). See the CR for >> details, or this thread: >> >> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=106368&tstart=1 >> >> Nicolas. > > Thank Nicolas. > > And my system (v210 running 116) 'locked up' (dladm would not return) > with 10841 VNICs. > > A reboot never gets beyond "Hardware watchdog enabled" on a non-verbose > boot.
If you give me access to your system's console I can take a look. Nicolas. > > Steffen > >> >> >> Steffen Weiberle wrote: >>> I am updating the FAQ, and the old limit of 900 'public' VNICs is no >>> longer in place. I am at 7100 and counting on a single bge interface. >>> I take it there is no more limit? >>> >>> Interestingly, I hit an error around 5500, where the random MAC >>> address was not unique. I guess there is no collision detection and >>> retry. >>> >>> dladm: vnic creation over bge3 failed: MAC address is already in use >>> >>> I am using 'dladm create-vnic -l bge3 -m auto $L', where $L is >>> vnicXYZ and XYZ is an increasing integer. >>> >>> In the meantime, I am over 10500 VNICs, and have had two MAC address >>> collisions. >>> >>> Steffen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> crossbow-discuss mailing list >>> crossbow-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/crossbow-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > crossbow-discuss mailing list > crossbow-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/crossbow-discuss
