Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Oliver Hoffmann <oh at dom.de> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have issues with a xen/drbd setup. The problem here is, that the > > NIC between the both primary/primary is down for a second once in a > > while. > > > > Jul 29 00:07:07 xen1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down > > Jul 29 00:07:08 xen1 kernel: bnx2: eth2 NIC Copper Link is Down > > Jul 29 00:07:10 xen1 kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, > > 1000Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON > > Jul 29 00:07:10 xen1 kernel: bnx2: eth2 NIC Copper Link is > > Up,1000Mbpsfull duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON > > > > Hence the storage repository can't be accessed any more and so on. > > > > At the moment I can't say whether it is a flaw in the driver or HW > > or cable or whatever. > > > > Does some-one had similar problems (with bnx2)? What is the time > > limit for drbd when a link dies? Does it makes sense to increase > > that limit? > > > > > What OS are you using? There was a bug in RHEL/CentOS (and I think > other OSes, but can't promise that I'm right about that) that was > just patched. The bug resulted in occasional loss on connectivity on > network connections using the bnx2 driver. See > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587799 for more > information. > > HTH, > > Ian Thanks for the hint. xenserver 5.6 is based on centos 5.5. Thus it might be. I'll try the patch. Cheers, Oliver