Hello, >>>> We are experiencing network problems on i/o and network >loaded R710 >>>> Poweredge servers. Network connectivity dies after some time. >>>> The systems needs to be powered down to bring the NICs >back to life. >>> >>> Supposedly, loading the bnx2 module with disable_msi=1 >resolves this >>> problem. >>> >>> There is a version of the netxtreme driver available that is newer >>> than the one provided by RHEL/CentOS. You can get this from Dell's >>> site. In my experience, using this driver resolves the problem. >> >> I have just taken delivery of a T710 w/BCM5709's, and can >confirm that >> the >> disable_msi=1 trick does *not* resolve this problem; I have had the >> system hang while idle, 5 minutes after a cold start. Installing the >> netxtreme driver *does* fix the issue. Not very clever, guys. > > >I have a R410 here. I wonder if they have the same driver. I >thought the eth NICs on this one were Broadcoms.
1. On RHEL 5.3 and RHEL 5.4, issue will not be seen if disable_msi=1 parameter is passed to the native bnx2 driver(bnx2 driver version 1.7.9-1) 2. The issue will not be seen if bnx2 driver posted on support.dell.com (bnx2 version >=1.8.7b) is used. With regards, Narendra K _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
