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October 27th, 2008 16:00
Poweredge 6650 RHEL3 Network Issues
Here is the scenario, hoping someone can help:
Product Name: PowerEdge 6650
Bios Version: A17
# OS/Hardware information
# redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 5)
# uname -a
Linux uprrdb004 2.4.21-32.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 15 21:17:59 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
# lspci
08:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5700 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 14)
# errors in /var/log/messages
messages.4:Sep 30 09:56:42 uprrdb004 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
messages.4:Sep 30 09:56:42 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting
messages.4:Sep 30 09:56:43 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down.
messages.4:Sep 30 09:56:46 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
messages.4:Sep 30 09:56:46 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
messages.4:Sep 30 09:57:24 uprrdb004 network: Shutting down interface eth0: succeeded
messages.4:Sep 30 09:57:30 uprrdb004 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
messages.4:Sep 30 09:57:32 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
messages.4:Sep 30 09:57:32 uprrdb004 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
We are having network connectivity issues. As you can see by the above messages there is a timeout issue. Any ideas would be more than welcomed. I have tried pci=noacpi in grub but to no avail. Time is limited on this box as it is production and cannot be taken down to frequently.


ebdoran
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October 27th, 2008 16:00
justin_bradley
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October 28th, 2008 21:00
http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml
That explains the DKMS drivers you are referring to. They will build a module for your OS so you must also have the kernel-devel package installed.
I have seen the Dell drivers resolve odd problems like this before as well.
ebdoran
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October 29th, 2008 10:00