Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:16:59 -0800 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Andrea Brancatelli <andrea@brancatelli.it> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The BladeCenter Saga -> bge driver not behaving properly... Message-ID: <2a41acea0601051116t6a1f277cwf378a3917fbf7ac@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200601051802.k05I2wAN026595@reddevil.brancatelli.it> References: <200601051802.k05I2wAN026595@reddevil.brancatelli.it>
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On 1/5/06, Andrea Brancatelli <andrea@brancatelli.it> wrote: > Sorry for breaking the thread and posting a new message instead of replyi= ng > but I'm having some problems with my mailserver. > > I did a few screenshots of the problems we are having with the Broadcom l= an > card and the bge driver... I cannot paste text because I cannot access th= e > machine in SSH (since it's not working...) > > So here they are: > > dmesg output: http://andrea.brancatelli.it/shots/cupido_dmesg.jpg > > ifconfig output: http://andrea.brancatelli.it/shots/cupido_ifconfig.jpg > > strange arp behaviours: http://andrea.brancatelli.it/shots/cupido_arp.jpg > > I hope this enlighten a bit someone. > > The hardware is working properly (I have no doubt about this) and the lan > settings are ok. > > Another strange thing is that as soon as FreeBSD starts the (usually alwa= ys > blinking due to net traffic) lan's LED goes always-on and stays steady on > forever (as if there was no traffic at all). > > We have no idea of what's happening. Seems like all the traffic is going > lost somewhere. > > FreeBSD is just installed so there is nothing like pf, software firewalli= ng, > or such. There is an internal switch to the Bladecenter chassis, its a module on the back (you dont get to just plug right into a NIC as on a normal PC :). The behavior of that switch is controlled by the management module if I am not mistaken, are you sure its configured sanely? Also, have you tried IBM support? I know they normally sell Linux for these, but maybe they'd offer some ideas?? Jack
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