J. Landamore wrote:
Hardware: X4150, 8 cores, 8Gb RAM; 2 off

Dom0: b122, limited to 2 cores, 2Gb RAM
DomUs: 4 Solaris 10u7, 2 with 1 core 1Gb and 2 with 2 cores 2 GB
       The single core DomUs act as DHCP/LDAP servers, the two core DomUs
act as fileservers

problem: Under heavy load the network on the DomU stops working.  So for
example rsync between the servers on different metal will work fine for up
to 30 minutes and then stop.  Cannot ping out of or in to the DomU, but
ifconfig and dladm appear to show everything OK.  Reboot the DomU and it
is all back to normal.  Happens if the LDAP and DHCP server comes under
heavy load (class of 150 trying to log in to workstations simultaneously)
When lightly loaded the machines have been Ok
The ports are at 1000Mb, but I don't remember the problem occurring when
they were going at 100Mb

Can you do a kstat xnbo on dom0 when this happens?



So, several questions.

Has anyone else seen this?

I know Dave had run into a network hang problem that he fixed... Not
sure if that fix has made it back to the gate. Dave?



What can I look at to track down the cause, I cannot see anything obvious
in the logs?

kstats on the interface in dom0 and domU would help.



Two of the DomUs on each machine have dedicated network ports.  At present
they are bridged through Dom0, I believe that in this situation I can go
straight to the port from the DomU.  Is how to do this documented anywhere
and can I make the change without having to rebuild the DomU?

Not quite sure what your asking?  Can you give a little more detail
on what you want to do?



Thanks,

MRJ





Relevant part of xml file:

    <emulator>/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm</emulator>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:11:48:0f'/>
      <source bridge='e1000g2'/>
      <script path='/usr/lib/xen/scripts/vif-vnic'/>
      <target dev='vif11.0'/>
    </interface>

Thanks for any help

John


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