Added information: My server uses iDRAC 6, and I have been told no update is available. --- *B. R.*
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:01 AM, B.R. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I own a dedicated server hosted on hardware with an iDRAC (Dell) > middleware. > > Fiddling with network configuration (attempting to configure a bridge with > libvirt to replace the current direct physical interface configuration), I > took the host machione down. > The technicians are unable to help me on the software-configuration level, > but they say there are conflict with the current version of iDRAC and some > Linux kernels. > > Here is my (redacted) network configuration: > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > #auto eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > > iface eth0 inet manual > auto br0 > iface br0 inet dhcp > bridge_ports eth0 > bridge_stp on > bridge_maxwait 0 > bridge_fd 0 > > > I crashed the machine down when addind the following snippet (providing > IPv6): > #iface br0 inet6 static > # address 2001:*** > # netmask 64 > # pre-up dhclient -cf /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf -pf > /run/dhclient6.eth0.pid -6 -P -v eth0 > # pre-down dhclient -x -pf /run/dhclient6.eth0.pid > # bridge_ports eth0 > # bridge_stp on > # bridge_maxwait 0 > # bridge_fd 0 > > Note this part worked perfectly well when configured for eth0 as follow: > iface eth0 inet6 static > address 2001:*** > netmask 64 > pre-up dhclient -cf /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf -pf > /run/dhclient6.eth0.pid -6 -P -v eth0 > > What did I do wrong? > --- > *B. R.* >
