[Server-devel] Server-devel Digest, Vol 20, Issue 7

[Eroni Tuiloma]

There is definitely a problem with Bonding and old hardware , i have been
gatting the same problems on two non branded machines both of which is based
on socket 478 intel processors , and have onboard Marvel network cards and
realtek pci network cards , the brand of the NIC's are same but they are of
different models its safe to say that they were made within the last 5 years
.
Hardware aside is there a way of not using bonding in version 0.5 ?
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:00 AM, <server-devel-request at lists.laptop.org>wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:54:43 -0600
> From: Anna <aschoolf at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS 0.5 Second Attempt at eth1
> To: "Martin Langhoff" <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Martin Langhoff
> <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Anna, what's your NIC? Ideally, we want to know the marketing
> > make/name/model and what lspci reports for it. Perhaps I can get my
> > hands on the same hw you have.
> >
>
> I'm currently testing on two machines.  They're both circa 2003 Dells -
> GX270 P4's.
>
> Server A
> 02:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
> 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> Server B
> 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Macronix, Inc. [MXIC] MX987x5 (rev 25)
> 01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> Of course the Intel NICs are the onboard ones.  I found the other two in my
> "junkyard," so more than likely they're circa 2000.
>
>
> What's your other NIC? If you run xs-swapnics (and swap the cables
> > too), do things work better with the bonding configuration we're
> > shipping?
> >
>
> I tried xs-swapnics on both boxes during my first installation attempts, so
> I know all four have had the different roles at some point.  I've moved the
> D-Link to different slots in Server A when it was assigned the eth1 role.
> I've tried using different cables; tried with a hub and without; and tried
> getting an IP with an AP, a Fedora Desktop, and an Ubuntu desktop.  I think
> I've been rather thorough.
>
> So based on all that trial and error and messing around, I think I can
> definitively report that I can not get bonding to work with any of my
> hardware.
>
> I sure hope it's not an issue with the Dell GX270, because our deployment
> got hold of a couple dozen of them to use as XS's.
>
> Anna Schoolfield
> Birmingham
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