Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:23:38 -0700 From: Will Froning <wfroning@uop.edu> To: "Mendelsohn, David Spawar" <david.mendelsohn@navy.mil> Cc: Freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1655MC Message-ID: <20030411062338.52cea748.wfroning@uop.edu> In-Reply-To: <676F718D5219694E92079D23A7083D29D6AB8F@NAEACHRLEX02VA.nadsusea.nads.navy.mil> References: <676F718D5219694E92079D23A7083D29D6AB8F@NAEACHRLEX02VA.nadsusea.nads.navy.mil>
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ARP requests from external hosts (hosts not in the chassis) never reach the blade server. If I run a 'tcpdump -ev arp or rarp' on the blade server (bsdblade), I see requests for hosts not in the chassis being answered. I can also see the request being answered from the destination host. 10.10.4/23 10.10.4.58 = 1655MC (bsdblade) 4.8R 10.10.5.70 = 2600 (daemon) 4-STABLE <WHILE RUNNING> bsdblade# tcpdump -ev arp or rarp tcpdump: listening on bge0 16:18:41.240602 0:6:5b:ee:a4:e1 Broadcast arp 42: arp who-has daemon.uop.edu (4:61:72:70:61:0) tell bsdblade.uop.edu 16:18:41.240685 0:3:47:df:1b:a0 0:6:5b:ee:a4:e1 arp 60: arp reply daemon.uop.edu is-at 0:3:47:df:1b:a0 </WHILE RUNNING> <SNIP> daemon# ping 10.10.4.58 PING 10.10.4.58 (10.10.4.58): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ^C --- 10.10.4.58 ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss daemon# </SNIP> <SNIP2> bsdblade# ping 10.10.5.70 PING 10.10.5.70 (10.10.5.70): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.5.70: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.119 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.5.70: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms ^C --- 10.10.5.70 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.109/0.114/0.119/0.005 ms bsdblade# </SNIP2> So the ARP request for bsdblade never reaches the bge0. Now that the MAC is cached on daemon I can ping back to bsdblade, but once the cache times out on daemon the host is unreachable again. I also have a second box in the chassis running Win2K (win2kblade) that exibits none of these problems, but is unreachable by bsdblade. I've confirmed there are no hardware issuse as I've reinstalled both Win2K and FreeBSD 4.8 on the other blade. So to wrap up; - Win2k works like a charm. - Bsdblade cannot contact any other host in the chassis. - Bsdblade does not get ARP requests according to tcpdump. - Once the CAM table expires on our 6509, the host is again unreachable until I start the same routine of pinging an external host. On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:55:50 -0400 "Mendelsohn, David Spawar" <david.mendelsohn@navy.mil> wrote: > I haven't seen any issues after I put in the patches to 4.7 (which > where mostly card version identification information). > > What exactly are you seeing? > > I've been able to successfully load images via PXE boot and have > operational servers! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Froning [mailto:wfroning@uop.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 12:22 PM > To: David Mendelsohn > Cc: Freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Dell 1655MC > > > I have the 1655MC here at the University and I can get the interface > to kind of work with 4.8R. It seems the bge driver doesn't properly > get ARP requests. I'm sure that's not the only problem with the > card... > > Has anyone had success with this card? > > Thanks, > Will > > "David Mendelsohn" <mendelsd@spawar.navy.mil> wrote: > FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE doesn't bring up the onboard Broadcom GigE cards > on the Dell 1655MC. The cards appear to be a derivative of the Broadm > 5703X Series. > > I found a patch for the original 4.7 release, but it doesn't function > with any of the newer if_bge.c or if_bgereg.h updates that are in CVS > (i.e. the card cannot be modified). > > Does anyone have patches that work on 4.7-CURRENT????? I want to burn > a CD Image that will work correctly for PXE boot or for loads from a > CD-ROM. > > > -- > Will Froning > Unix Sys. Admin. > (209)946-7470 > (209)662-4725 > wfroning@uop.edu -- Will Froning Unix Sys. Admin. (209)946-7470 (209)662-4725 wfroning@uop.edu
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