Thanks for all the input from everyone. So after a great deal of testing I can say.
-The default driver in RHEL 5 fails on both my r710 boxes in under 2 days. It varies which nic fail, but it's often the most used nic. -The issue does not occur with intel addon nics. -Turning off IDrac6 over Lan doesn't help. -The driver on Dell's support site "bnx2 v1.8.7b" seems to work without issue. Compiling the Dell driver: -Install RHEL 5 (select kernel development meta package!!) -Install any required build deps (gcc, kernel-devel, rpm-build) -Insure that you are running the version of the kernel you wish to compile a driver for, and have the kernel devel package for that kernel. -Extract the Dell tar file from their source site somewhere, and find the netxtreme2 source rpm. -Build the src.rpm. "rpmbuild --rebuild netxtreme2-4.8.21-1.src.rpm" Now you can install it any system with the same exact kernel. Just be sure to do a "depmod -a" after installing the rpm before rebooting. _______________________________________________ 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
