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I've been going back and forth for over a month now trying to
successfully get NIC teaming set up on my HP Proliant DL360 G3 server
with dual NC7781 gigabit NICs. I've updated all the firmware and
drivers for the NICs, used the most recent 7.86 Network Configuration
Utility to team them, assign a static IP, but once teamed, causes
frequent disconnects (several times per day) and some devices on my
network are not ping-able once teamed. If I dissolve the team I can
once again ping these devices and the disconnects stop. There are no
event log errors. I'm using this on a terminal server with 15-20 users
and would like to get more bandwidth. We use a HP Procurve 4000m
J4121A switch with only 10/100 blades. I don't have any gigabit blades
to utilize the NICs fully.
I've contacted HP several times, and was told I needed to configure
port trunking on the switch to make this happen. I did that, using the
default Trunk type option as advised, but this did not resolve the
issue. I called back HP, and they told me I was advised incorrectly,
and that if I wanted more bandwidth, I needed to configure for FEC on
the switch and that I needed to configure the NICs for FEC as well. I
plan on upgrading the firmware on the switch from C.07.23 to the
current C.09.22, but don't think that's the answer.
So, what configurations/updates do I need to make to configure my NICs
for FEC, and perhaps more importantly, is this what I really need to do
to get more bandwidth from my server?
Thanks-
Brian
I've been going back and forth for over a month now trying to
successfully get NIC teaming set up on my HP Proliant DL360 G3 server
with dual NC7781 gigabit NICs. I've updated all the firmware and
drivers for the NICs, used the most recent 7.86 Network Configuration
Utility to team them, assign a static IP, but once teamed, causes
frequent disconnects (several times per day) and some devices on my
network are not ping-able once teamed. If I dissolve the team I can
once again ping these devices and the disconnects stop. There are no
event log errors. I'm using this on a terminal server with 15-20 users
and would like to get more bandwidth. We use a HP Procurve 4000m
J4121A switch with only 10/100 blades. I don't have any gigabit blades
to utilize the NICs fully.
I've contacted HP several times, and was told I needed to configure
port trunking on the switch to make this happen. I did that, using the
default Trunk type option as advised, but this did not resolve the
issue. I called back HP, and they told me I was advised incorrectly,
and that if I wanted more bandwidth, I needed to configure for FEC on
the switch and that I needed to configure the NICs for FEC as well. I
plan on upgrading the firmware on the switch from C.07.23 to the
current C.09.22, but don't think that's the answer.
So, what configurations/updates do I need to make to configure my NICs
for FEC, and perhaps more importantly, is this what I really need to do
to get more bandwidth from my server?
Thanks-
Brian