Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD
- Original Message - From: "Eric Lakin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:47 PM Subject: Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD > On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 11:56:47PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:57 -0700 > > Eric Lakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to setup a DL360 G4 for use in a colo environment with > > > FreeBSD. I've run into one problem: I've setup the iLo to use the > > > "shared network" option, which allows the iLo to share the same network > > > interface as the host computer. But the iLo hangs whenever the FreeBSD > > > kernel loads. > > > > FWIW, we have a bunch of 360s but running the iLo independently from the main > > card. They work just great, but never tried them on the other setting. > > Beto > > I have not had issues when using the dedicated iLo network interface > either. But, when I ship the machine off to the colo, it'll only have > one network drop - so either I get the iLo working in shared mode, or I > don't get to use the iLo at all. > Duct tape a small 4 port ethernet switch to the server. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD
On 7/15/2006 5:13 PM, Eric Lakin wrote: Anybody have an idea what FreeBSD is doing to hang the iLo in this situation, and how to keep it from doing so? I don't know if it has anything to do with your situation, but I highly recommend disabling both onboard network cards and installing something PCI - I had frequent random reboot problems on all four of my DL360s, with and without the broadcom patch from Ted Mittelstaedt. Following Ted's suggestion, I haven't had a single reboot (three weeks now) after disabling the NICs in the BIOS, removing the driver from the kernel, and installing an Intel Pro 1000/MT in each. -- Jeremy Kister http://jeremy.kister.net./ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD
You might want to try posting to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ... I'm another one that uses the dedicated iLO port in the colo, but we have our own switch there also, so ports aren't an issue ... On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Eric Lakin wrote: On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 11:56:47PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:57 -0700 Eric Lakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying to setup a DL360 G4 for use in a colo environment with FreeBSD. I've run into one problem: I've setup the iLo to use the "shared network" option, which allows the iLo to share the same network interface as the host computer. But the iLo hangs whenever the FreeBSD kernel loads. FWIW, we have a bunch of 360s but running the iLo independently from the main card. They work just great, but never tried them on the other setting. Beto I have not had issues when using the dedicated iLo network interface either. But, when I ship the machine off to the colo, it'll only have one network drop - so either I get the iLo working in shared mode, or I don't get to use the iLo at all. After further testing, i've found that it's the bge driver that's hanging the iLo in shared network mode. Which makes sense. It looks like that driver is reading at a low enough level from the hardware that it's intercepting packets destined for the iLo. So the iLo isn't hanging - it's just not receiving any traffic after the bge driver gets loaded. No clue if/how to fix this however. -- You are in a maze of twisty little email threads, all alike [[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ## set vi:nowrap tw=72 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD
On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 11:56:47PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:57 -0700 > Eric Lakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to setup a DL360 G4 for use in a colo environment with > > FreeBSD. I've run into one problem: I've setup the iLo to use the > > "shared network" option, which allows the iLo to share the same network > > interface as the host computer. But the iLo hangs whenever the FreeBSD > > kernel loads. > > FWIW, we have a bunch of 360s but running the iLo independently from the main > card. They work just great, but never tried them on the other setting. > Beto I have not had issues when using the dedicated iLo network interface either. But, when I ship the machine off to the colo, it'll only have one network drop - so either I get the iLo working in shared mode, or I don't get to use the iLo at all. After further testing, i've found that it's the bge driver that's hanging the iLo in shared network mode. Which makes sense. It looks like that driver is reading at a low enough level from the hardware that it's intercepting packets destined for the iLo. So the iLo isn't hanging - it's just not receiving any traffic after the bge driver gets loaded. No clue if/how to fix this however. -- You are in a maze of twisty little email threads, all alike [[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ## set vi:nowrap tw=72 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DL360 G4 shared network iLo and FreeBSD
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:57 -0700 Eric Lakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to setup a DL360 G4 for use in a colo environment with > FreeBSD. I've run into one problem: I've setup the iLo to use the > "shared network" option, which allows the iLo to share the same network > interface as the host computer. But the iLo hangs whenever the FreeBSD > kernel loads. FWIW, we have a bunch of 360s but running the iLo independently from the main card. They work just great, but never tried them on the other setting. Beto > > When booting the system, it gets this far before the ilo is hangs: > > > ? Select option, [Enter] for > default ? ? or [Space] to pause timer > 2 ? ??? > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD > Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, > 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Jul 15 01:36:17 PDT > 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP ACPI APIC Table: > > > > The system continues to boot OK, so I can provide further information as > needed. When the ilo is hung, it no longer responds to pings/ssh. As > soon as FreeBSD is rebooted, the iLo becomes responsive again without > any intervention. I've also tried loading a test linux installation, to > see if the same thing happens. The iLo continues to function normally > (doesn't hang) when running linux. > > Anybody have an idea what FreeBSD is doing to hang the iLo in this > situation, and how to keep it from doing so? > ___ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
