On 01/26/2017 02:08 PM, Kevin Stange wrote: > On 01/26/2017 09:35 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 01/26/2017 09:32 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> On 01/25/2017 11:49 AM, Kevin Stange wrote: >>>> On 01/24/2017 11:16 AM, Kevin Stange wrote: >>>>> On 01/24/2017 09:10 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 09:29:39PM +0800, -=X.L.O.R.D=- wrote: >>>>>>> Kevin Stange, >>>>>>> It can be either kernel or update the NIC driver or firmware of the NIC >>>>>>> card. Hope that helps! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Xlord >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: CentOS-virt [mailto:centos-virt-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin >>>>>>> Stange >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 1:04 AM >>>>>>> To: centos-virt@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> Subject: NIC Stability Problems Under Xen 4.4 / CentOS 6 / >>>>>>> Linux 3.18 >>>>>>> >>>>> <snip> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Has anyone experienced similar issues with this configuration, and if so, >>>>>>> does anyone have tips on how to resolve the issues? >>>>>> >>>>>> Honeslty I would email Intel and see if they can help. This looks like >>>>>> the NIC decides something is wrong, throws off an PCIe error and >>>>>> then resets itself. >>>>> >>>>> This happens for several different NICs. Is there a good contact at >>>>> Intel for this kind of thing, or should I just try to reach them through >>>>> their web site? >>>>> >>>>>> It could also be an error in the Linux stack which would "eat" an >>>>>> interrupt when migrating interrupts (which was fixed >>>>>> upstream, see below). Are you running irqbalance? Could you try >>>>>> turning it off? >>>>> >>>>> irqbalance is enabled on these servers. I'll try disabling it. >>>> >>>> I had stopped irqbalance yesterday afternoon, but had a hypervisor's >>>> NICs fail anyway in early morning this morning, so I'm pretty sure this >>>> is not the right tree to bark up. >>>> >>> >>> Here is a set of drivers/fireware from Intel for those NICs: >>> >>> https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/15817/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E-Gigabit-Network-Connections-under-Linux- >>> >>> I will see if I can get a CentOS-6 build of the latest version of that >>> from our older SRPM: >>> >>> http://vault.centos.org/6.7/xen4/Source/SPackages/e1000e-2.5.4-3.10.68.2.el6.centos.alt.src.rpm >>> >>> I am currently very busy with several c5, c6, c7 updates and the i686 >>> altarch c7 tree .. but I have this on my list. In the meantime, maybe >>> someone else could also see if those drivers help you (or you could try >>> to compile / install it). >>> >>> Do you have another machine that you can use to see if you can duplicate >>> the issue NOT running the xen.gz hypervisor boot, but just the straight >>> kernel? > > I can't actually reproduce this problem reliably. It happens randomly > when the servers are up and running anywhere between a few hours and a > month or more, and I haven't been able to isolate any specific way to > cause it to happen. As a result I can't really test different solutions > on different servers to see what helps. I was hoping other people were > seeing it so that I could get some direction. If I can reproduce it, it > won't take me very long to identify what the cause is. Right now if I > do upgrade the drivers on the systems I won't really know if it's fixed > until I don't see another issue for several months. > >> Actually .. I think this is the driver for you: >> >> https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/13663 >> >> And this explains how to make it work: >> >> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products/000005767.html > > The different combinations of NICs overlap both the e1000e and igb > drivers, but the most egregious issues have been with the igb ones. > I'll try to give this a shot and report back if I still see issues with > a server after doing so, but it might be a week or two before I find out. So the NICs giving issues in most cases were igb drivers. I've tried replacing the drivers on some HVs with the version you suggested, but it doesn't seem to have helped with stability. Any other ideas? -- Kevin Stange Chief Technology Officer Steadfast | Managed Infrastructure, Datacenter and Cloud Services 800 S Wells, Suite 190 | Chicago, IL 60607 312.602.2689 X203 | Fax: 312.602.2688 kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | www.steadfast.net _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
