perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Colin Morgan <>]

 Jason - No worries.  I downgraded to the previous release and things 
started working properly for me.

Thanks,
Colin

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Colin K. Morgan, CISSP

Sr. IT Network/Security Engineer
High Performance Technologies, Inc./NOAA-GFDL
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On 10/25/2010 5:06 AM, Jason Zurawski wrote:
> Hi Colin;
>
> Sorry for the late reply on this email, I am CCing the 
> 'performance-node-users' list on this question since that is a more 
> appropriate venue.
>
> On 9/28/10 5:08 PM, Colin Morgan wrote:
> > I've got a new perfSonar box setup and I'm running into some issues with
> > it. Notes are below:
> >
> > _Version - 3.2rc1_
> > Whenever I tried to modify the MTU to 9000 and the txqueuelen to 5000,
> > the box would kernel panic on me. Could not get it to stop, so I
> > downgraded to the latest stable release
> > This version did recognized and installed the Broadcom BCM57711 dual
> > port 10G NIC properly
>
>
> The latest release may be a better option since we corrected many 
> problems in the last couple of RCs and have moved to the final 
> recently.  Would you be able to try that and see if the same problem 
> persists? If the driver is not included we can definitely add it as a 
> module. Would you happen to know the kmod name offhand?  Also - for 
> testing purposes it may be better to start with the new NetInstall 
> version instead of the LiveCD.
>
>
> > _Version 3.1.3_
> > It will not properly install the Broadcom BCM57711 dual port 10G NIC
> > with the bnx2x driver. It gives the following errors:
> > NVRAM config error. BAD XGXS ext_phy_config 0xff000911
> > NVRAM config error. Invalid link_config 0x1070000 speed_cap_mask 
> > 0x500050
> > It installs them at eth6 and eth7, but they show up under ethtool as
> > twisted pair
>
>
> Unfortunately we will be dropping support of the 3.1.3 series early 
> next year.  I think it would be best to stick with 3.2, and hopefully 
> we can resolve the problem.
>
> Thanks;
>
> -jason