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тАО01-06-2010 06:20 PM
тАО01-06-2010 06:20 PM
Issues with Flex-10 and ESX
2 C7000 with BL460's flex 10
we only use the 2 onboard NICS (no slicing and dicing) and we vlan tag on the ESX host side.
We have been running firmware 2.31 and ILO is current as well as ROM on the servers. We are at 2.6 for the ILO administrator.
Ok, when we have had the servers installed, over time, the servers loose IP, and after a reboot, the ESX servers come back up. Today, we have the innerconnect that went hay wire between the chassis. We have the 1 chassis uplink (2) connections to a Cisco 49xx and the other chassis do the same, with the crosss connect connected in case of failure.
The cross connect failed for a day (the ESX servers are NOT in production, so we were not in a panic ;) After reseating the problem flex-10s in each chassis, the system seemed to rediscover its bad pathing.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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тАО03-28-2010 12:20 AM
тАО03-28-2010 12:20 AM
Re: Issues with Flex-10 and ESX
- c7000
- flex-10
- bl460g6
- esx4 with update 1
All of them are with latest FW.
First time installation of esx4 update 1 was succesful and server was working fine.
After couple reboots, esx startup stops at "loading network drivers" and cannot proceed.
Even esx re-installation hangs to network drivers detection and cannot proceed.
Network is 100% "douple checked" and connected from flex-10 management.
Couple windows servers are working fine with same profiles.
I├В┬┤m looking now for specific flex-10 drivers for esx..
Any good ideas why first time esx installation was working fine and lost it├В┬┤s network connectivity are welcome.
BR,
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тАО03-28-2010 01:57 AM
тАО03-28-2010 01:57 AM
Re: Issues with Flex-10 and ESX
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тАО03-28-2010 02:31 AM
тАО03-28-2010 02:31 AM
Re: Issues with Flex-10 and ESX
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx_esxi_40_broadcom_bnx2_dt/ZCV0YmRqZHRidHdw
we tried it with version 1.52.12.v40.3 who was the only 1 working
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тАО03-28-2010 05:20 AM
тАО03-28-2010 05:20 AM
Re: Issues with Flex-10 and ESX
"vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2x-400.1.52.12.v40.3-1.0.4.00000.223054.iso"
Needed also deal with installation procedure:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017401
It is still mystery that how esx was working originally because no additional drivers were installed.