perfsonar-user - Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520
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- From: Roderick Mooi <>
- To: "Lang, Michael" <>
- Cc: Eli Dart <>, "" <>
- Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:49:45 +0200
Hello Michael
We have 15 DELL servers (combination of R415 and R320s) all using Intel X520
NICs running the perfSONAR toolkit (and regular tests). I randomly checked
three of them for this condition and didn’t see it.
Kernel: 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.web100.x86_64
Driver: 4.0.1-k
I don’t think the Intel driver is related to web100…
Don’t know if this is helpful but let me know if there’s anything else I can
check for you?
Regards,
Roderick
> On 13 Aug 2015, at 5:51 PM, Lang, Michael
> <>
> wrote:
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> Thanks Eli.
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> I tried updating firmware but it looks like the only firmware available is
> boot ROMs. Updating that didn’t help.
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> Next I tried updating the driver to the latest (4.1.2) and that has fixed
> the problem. Somethingmust be wrong with the way ixgbe that ships in the
> kernel with my system.
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> Can anyone tell me whether running a stock intel ixgbe driver rather than
> the web100 is going to cause any issues with perfSONAR functionality?
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> - Mike
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> From: Eli Dart
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: Lang, Michael
> <>
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> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520
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> I haven't seen this specifically, but this sort of issue looks like it
> might be a driver or firmware bug.
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> Are you able to change the version of the ixgbe driver you are using, or
> separate firmware).
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> Eli
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Lang, Michael
> <>
> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I’ve been having trouble with a system running perfSONAR, specifically with
> the 10Gthread ‘events’ getting stuck in state ‘D’ (Uninterruptible sleep)
> often. Looks like this from top:
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> 21 root 20 0 0 0 0 D 0.0 0.0 6:42.19 events/2
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> Another symptom (the one I first noticed) is that keystrokes are choppy
> through SSH –these problems go away.
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> The last kernel that I had working that didn’t have this problem was:
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> 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6.web100
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> The current kernel installed is:
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> 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6.web100.x86_64
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> I’ve tried changing some available ixgbe parameters such as interrupts and
> flow directortransceivers, but I don’t believe that should cause this issue.
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> Has anyone else seen this? Anyone know of a fix or anything I could try to
> help resolve it?
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> Thanks,
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> - Mike
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- [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Lang, Michael, 08/12/2015
- Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Eli Dart, 08/12/2015
- RE: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Lang, Michael, 08/13/2015
- Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Roderick Mooi, 08/19/2015
- RE: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Lang, Michael, 08/13/2015
- Re: [perfsonar-user] Issues with Intel 10G NIC, X520, Eli Dart, 08/12/2015
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