From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 16:56:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D31916A41F for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:56:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Colin.Farley@ecarecenters.com) Received: from visor.electric.net (visor.electric.net [216.129.90.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99EF243D46 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:56:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Colin.Farley@ecarecenters.com) Received: from root by visor.electric.net with emc1-ok (Exim 4.24) id 1E7Fb2-0002QZ-U2 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:56:28 -0700 Received: by emcmailer; Mon, Aug 22 2005 09:56:28 -0700 Received: from [64.4.68.42] (helo=wpg1-notesmail.PRLOANS.LAN) by visor.electric.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1E7Fb1-0002Po-V0 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:56:27 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050822075409.T71377@shared10.hosting.flyingcroc.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Build V70_M2_07222004 Beta 2NP July 22, 2004 Message-ID: From: Colin Farley Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:56:41 -0500 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PRLUSA-NOTESMAIL/COMPUBank(Release 6.5.3|September 14, 2004) at 08/22/2005 11:56:26 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Status: Scanned by VirusSMART (s) Subject: Re: broken fxp driver in 4.x ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:56:29 -0000 I have made this change on the switch my virtual machines are connected to. We use HP PorCurve switches, unfortunately the switch needs to be rebooted for the change to take effect, I will have to do this late tonight. I will let you know the outcome. Colin dpk Sent by: owner-freebsd-sta To ble@freebsd.org "Marc G. Fournier" cc 08/22/2005 09:58 freebsd-stable@freebsd.org AM Subject Re: broken fxp driver in 4.x ... On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Can you try having your network guys enable 'portfast' on your server > > port, and then see if adding an IP alias still causes the hang? > > I'd love to, but I know nothing about the Cisco switches other then the > very bare minimal ... if you can give me some instructions, I can look at > getting it done though ... > > Thanks ... > This only applies if they're using the Spanning Tree Protocol option (otherwise there's no reason I'm aware of that making a switch change would cause the problem to disappear, unfortunately). set spantree portfast M/P enable where M is the module and P is the port. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat5000/rel_5_2/config/stp_enha.htm#32976 The switch will display a significant caution statement when the command is issued, but it should only apply if you're attaching a switch or some device that talks to the network like it's a switch (I think we have some hosts like that, 802.1q aware load balancers). _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"