Moving a blade to a new C7000 with 6125XLG

[1arstr]

Hi,

We have moved a G8 blade from an old C7000 with FlexFabric to a newer C7000 (in slot 5) with 6125XLG.

We have configured the switch with the same VLAN trunks as other servers in that same  C7000. 

interface Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/5
port link-mode bridge
description XYZ-esx-10
port link-type trunk
port trunk permit vlan all
flow-control
stp edged-port

The problem is that the interface is in a DOWN state:

[XYZ-ENC01-ETH01]display interface Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/5
Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/5
Current state: DOWN
Line protocol state: DOWN
IP packet frame type: Ethernet II, hardware address: bcea-fa03-1faf
Description: Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/5 Interface
Bandwidth: 10000000 kbps
Loopback is not set
Media type is not sure, port is connected to backplane
Unknown-speed mode, unknown-duplex mode
Link speed type is autonegotiation, link duplex type is autonegotiation
Flow-control is not enabled
Maximum frame length: 10000
Allow jumbo frames to pass
Broadcast max-ratio: 100%
Multicast max-ratio: 100%
Unicast max-ratio: 100%
PVID: 1
MDI type: Automdix
Port link-type: Access
Tagged VLANs: None
Untagged VLANs: 1
Port priority: 0
Last clearing of counters: Never
Peak input rate: 0 bytes/sec, at 2011-01-01 01:00:57
Peak output rate: 0 bytes/sec, at 2011-01-01 01:00:57
Last 300 second input: 0 packets/sec 0 bytes/sec -%
Last 300 second output: 0 packets/sec 0 bytes/sec -%
Input (total): 0 packets, 0 bytes
0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 0 multicasts, 0 pauses
Input (normal): 0 packets, - bytes
0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 0 multicasts, 0 pauses
Input: 0 input errors, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 CRC, 0 frame, - overruns, 0 aborts
- ignored, - parity errors
Output (total): 0 packets, 0 bytes
0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 0 multicasts, 0 pauses
Output (normal): 0 packets, - bytes
0 unicasts, 0 broadcasts, 0 multicasts, 0 pauses
Output: 0 output errors, - underruns, - buffer failures
0 aborts, 0 deferred, 0 collisions, 0 late collisions
0 lost carrier, - no carrier

 Any clue to where I should look next in order to troubleshoot this issue? Also on the ESXi side (6.0U3) it reports that the network is down.

Lars

[peyrache]

What are version/driver version on both part ?
G8/6125 ?
Thanks
JY

[bamaskas]

6125XLG-CMW710-R2432P03.ipe for 6125XLG

For the C7000, use the latest support pack.  Not knowing the adapters installed on your G8 blade servers, you should update all to the latest support pack. 

[peyrache]

Shall you post
Result of display diag ?

[1arstr]

I used the same iso to update the G8 server that was previous used for the rest of the systems (C7000 and G9 servers, SPP2016040.2016_0317.20.iso) and we have: 

ProLiant BL460c Gen8
Discovered: No System ROM I31 12/20/2013

The 6125XLG information is as follows:

HPE Comware Software, Version 7.1.045, Release 2422P01
Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
HPE 6125XLG Blade Switch uptime is 82 weeks, 6 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes
Last reboot reason : USER reboot

Boot image: flash:/6125xlg-cmw710-boot-r2422p01.bin
Boot image version: 7.1.045, Release 2422P01
Compiled Dec 14 2015 16:00:11
System image: flash:/6125xlg-cmw710-system-r2422p01.bin
System image version: 7.1.045, Release 2422P01
Compiled Dec 14 2015 16:00:11

Slot 1:
Uptime is 82 weeks,6 days,2 hours,48 minutes
6125XLG Blade Switch with 2 Processors
BOARD TYPE: 6125XLG Blade Switch
DRAM: 2048M bytes
FLASH: 512M bytes
PCB 1 Version: VER.B
Bootrom Version: 105
CPLD 1 Version: 002
CPLD 2 Version: 255
Release Version: HPE 6125XLG Blade Switch-2422P01
Patch Version : None
Reboot Cause : UserReboot
[SubSlot 0] 16*10Gb/1Gb Downlinks + 4*10Gb CrossLinks
[SubSlot 1] LSW1X8BS

Slot 2:
Uptime is 82 weeks,6 days,2 hours,51 minutes
6125XLG Blade Switch with 2 Processors
BOARD TYPE: 6125XLG Blade Switch
DRAM: 2048M bytes
FLASH: 512M bytes
PCB 1 Version: VER.B
Bootrom Version: 105
CPLD 1 Version: 002
CPLD 2 Version: 255
Release Version: HPE 6125XLG Blade Switch-2422P01
Patch Version : None
Reboot Cause : UserReboot
[SubSlot 0] 16*10Gb/1Gb Downlinks + 4*10Gb CrossLinks
[SubSlot 1] LSW1X8BS

The driver is the one included in the HP image for ESXi 6.0U2: VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-Update2-3620759-HPE-600.9.6.5.7-Dec2016

The nics appears to be FlexFabric 554 FLB Adapters,  while the existing servers have 536 FLB adapters.

Lars

[peyrache]

Did you reinstall completely vmware since nic hardware are differents ?

[bamaskas]

Do you know how to update the Comware on the 6125XLGs to R2432P03 ?  

binary ftp the .ipe  file to the slot 1 switch (or which ever switch is the IRF master), then

boot-loader file flash:/6125xlg-CMW710-R2432P03.ipe slot 1 main, then again for slot 2 main, then reboot the irf doman.

[1arstr]

Yes, the host was reinstalled from scratch  after being moved physically. And I can see two 10GbE nics in the VMware console, but they are both disconnected.

[1arstr]

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@bamaskas wrote:

Do you know how to update the Comware on the 6125XLGs to R2432P03 ?  

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You think a firmware update of the 6125XLG solve this issue?If it was a Gen10 server tat would make sense, but this is an older server. I did upgrade the firmware last year and wrote a few sentences about it here: http://www.core-four.info/2016/03/configuring-hpe-6125xlg-ethernet-blade.html

Lars

[VoIP-Buddy]

Lars,

Can you check the port mapping on the c7000 to ensure that slot 5 is going to each 6125XLG port 5?  I haven't looked lately but the internal ports may be 1/1/5.  I seem to recall that 1/0/5 is the external port.

Also, have you IRF'd the two 6125XLG's for redundancy?

Regards,

David