SMEServer?

[Lisa Kachold]

Glad you got it.

You can also use the BIOS to disable that NIC.  The Intel Pro GB's
(depending on version) are the selection of choice for everyone, but the
broadcom can be made to scream with newer drivers (not a viable option
prehaps when just hammering down udev and defining a device for the first
ethernet slot).

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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the response.. I think that's it!
> I think I'll disable the on board Broadcom Nic in the bios and put a piece
> of tape over it and use the other port I'm not using from the Intel GB Nic
> card that I had Dell add and see how it goes :)
>
> JD
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:16, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey JD,
>>
>> Howareya?
>>
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>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:07 AM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone on the list have experience with SMEServer?
>>> I'm trying to get a new instance going and it keeps dropping the bridged
>>> network from eth0->eth1
>>> where it won't route traffic.  It did the same thing when I was running
>>> it virtualized on the same box under Proxmox (now it's running native).
>>> Restarting the network 'fixes' it for awhile.  I'm not sure if it's a bug in
>>> SMEServer or if it's a quirk of the hardware on this Dell Poweredge T110
>>> server.
>>>
>>> JD
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>> SMEServer is based on CentOs/Fedora/Redhat.
>>
>> udev will reassign the network card from one device to another, or from
>> one interface to another if it has issues negotiating.
>>
>> This is commonly seen with Dell PowerEdge servers running broadcom
>> ethernet cards.
>> Check your firmware and card versions against your kernel driver to verify
>> conditions and consider adding:
>>
>> 1) udev hammered down ethernet configuration options
>>
>> http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm  (I know this is not Debian, but
>> udev is udev!)
>>
>> 2) change from/to autonegotiate (sensitive from some switches) to hammered
>> down settings:
>>
>> Autoneg and switch optimization:
>> http://serverfault.com/questions/106160/should-network-hardware-be-set-to-autonegotiate-speeds-or-fixed-speeds
>>
>> "eth-tool -s"
>>
>>
>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-change-the-speed-and-duplex-settings-of-an-ethernet-card/
>>
>> Broadcom Information on neg:
>> http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/faq_drivers.php
>>
>> 3) static configuration options in Network Manager:
>>
>> These can be manipulated as well, with routing information, ifup
>> conditions and other tricks:
>>
>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/setting-up-an-network-interfaces-file/
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
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