On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 17:42 -0500, Nielsen, Steve wrote: > On 2950s the eth devices are assigned their number in the wrong order: > > Gb1 becomes eth1 (should be eth0) > Gb2 becomes eth0 (should be eth1) > > Dell posted software that provides a way for the Linux kernel to name > the interfaces correctly. > > Here is a link to the white paper: > http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v3.pdf > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Ed Morrison > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 4:04 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Server Install Eth0 & Eth1 not working > > Hi Everyone: > > I installed CentOS 4.4 on a new Dell 2950 using the server cd. No > errors during the installation and no errors on bootup when loading the > Eth0 or Eth1 interfaces. I currently have iptables stopped and selinux > disabled. The interfaces have been given a static ip (192.168.1.x). > the subnet is 255.255.255.0 and the gateway is 192.168.1.1. I can not > ping any device on my network including the gateway. I can ping > 127.0.0.1 and the 192.168.1.x. After trying to ping another device > ifconfig will show that on ifcfg-lo transmit and receive packets of 389 > or some other number depending on how many ping packets were sent. > Ifcfg-th0 or Ifcfg-eth1 will not show any TX or RX packets. > > The box was ordered to support RH from Dell. The NIC is an embedded > dual port Broadcom NetXtreme II5708 GigabitEthernet NIC. I've replaced > all network cables and the ports to where they connect into the switch > and even a different switch and it still will not show me any love. > There are many issues on the lists.dell.com concerning the broadcom cards. As an example: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-October/thread.html#16951 I just checked all my dell servers (I have many) ... but most seem to have intel gigbit NICs. "Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller" on most. Well ... I have this on one machine and it seems to be working OK: "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express" If you use these search terms on google, you will see many issues with broadcom cards on RHEL: "site:http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/ tg3"
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