topic BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch

Neophytos Georgiou — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:50:54 GMT

I have just installed 2 BL45p Blade server with 2 GbE2 Interconnect Switches, but something is not working right. As soon as i plug the Blade System on my LAN it starts to broadcasts packets and it floats my network. Anyone knows what i am doing wrong or how to fix this issue? Thanks in advanced.

Neo

Re: BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch

Miika T — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:57:38 GMT

Any other blades in the enclosure? How have you connected uplinks from gbe2? If uplinks are connected, how many and have configure trunks?

-Miika

Re: BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch

Neophytos Georgiou — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:28:49 GMT

it is just 1 enclosure with 2 blades server installed on each side of the enclosure. i connect the rj45 cable that comes off my lan switch and i connect it to the GbE2 switch

Re: BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch

Oleg Koroz — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:16:59 GMT

What would happen if you pull both switch out and reset them, after configure one and see what happened?

O/S Installed ?
do safe mode with networking

Re: BL45p and GbE2 Interconnect Switch

David Claypool — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:37:57 GMT

Most likely your GbE2 switches have spanning tree protocol enabled and you have created a loopback situation. Disable STP and then connect and see what happens.