DL370 G6 and NC375i issues

[ct king]

Maybe important to know:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01746347〈=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=1121516

[Chief Rocker]

OK, application of the new firmware tends to make this error (BPDU sent from NIC to switch port effectively shutting down switch port when BPDUguard is enabled) less frequent, but doesn't appear to resolve it 100% of the time. This issue is acutely troublesome in our environment, and the HP support staff has been less than efficient in recognizing or permanently resolving it. Has this still be an issue for anyone else?

[Keith Hightower]

Yes, even with the new firmware we are still recieving port lockouts (ie err disabled).

It seems to be dependent on the number of NICs in use, but no definitive rhyme or reason the lockout behavior we're seeing.

[David Stolz]

I am having the same issue. Firmware and driver update have no impact on issue. If I disable BPDUGUARD, it will shut on Spanning Tree. If I disable PORTFAST, it will come up for a period of time but eventually disable.

[Kopp2]

After some tests I see, that this issue occures only if NC375i connected to FA (100mb)Cisco ports. GI ports(1000mb) are not affected...
Can anyone agree with me?
Regards
J.Kopp

[Kopp2]

... and 2nd question:
I updated NC FW to v 9.9 (sp47194.exe)

before update:
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C:\hp\sp47194>nxflash_x64.exe -i lac1 --info
Board Type : 0x29 (HP NC375i Integrated Quad Port Multifunction
Gigabit Server Adapter)
Board Chip Rev : B2
Serial Id : KD99MP3016
Efuse ID : 0x4e30573334381f09
Firmware version(on Flash) : 4.0.406
Active Firmware version : 4.0.406
Driver version : 4.0.406
BIOS version : 2.1.0
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after update and shutdown server:
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C:\hp\sp47194>nxflash_x64.exe -i lac1 --info
Board Type : 0x29 (HP NC375i Integrated Quad Port Multifunction
Gigabit Server Adapter)
Board Chip Rev : B2
Serial Id : KD99MP3016
Efuse ID : 0x4e30573334381f09
Firmware version(on Flash) : 4.0.520
Active Firmware version : 4.0.406
Driver version : 4.0.406
BIOS version : 2.1.0
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Any ideas, how the new FW 4.0.520 can be moved from flash to active?
Thx, J.Kopp

[Kopp2]

new info:

1) 1GB switch ports are also affected, like 100MB.
2) switch port get err-disabled, if server will be powered down
3) after installing new firmware v9.9 (sp47194) for NC375i, the switch port still be enabled (!). Tested with BPDUguard=enabled on the switch port and server powered off twice (two different ML370 G6).

JK

[Guido Pinamonti_1]

Kopp2, I'm trying to figure out what you meant by your post. Are you saying that everything is working properly after upgrading to the 9.9 FW revision and BPDUguard is enabled on the switch?

[Kopp2]

Hi Gido,
yes, I updated the driver, firmware and NIC utility on two of 19 my ML/DL370 G6 (Drv v4.0.520.13471,FW v9.9, NIC_utl v9.9) and left BPDUguard enabled for testing.

Here are port settings:

interface FastEthernet0/7
description *** Data Port ***
switchport access vlan 101
switchport mode access
no snmp trap link-status
spanning-tree portfast
spanning-tree bpduguard enable

Both server are connected since 23 march 2010. (One to 1Gb port and other one to 100 Mb cisco switch port). Second server was even powered down and powered on by me today. Switch port was not err-disabled during POST as was early with old NC375i FW.

Regards,
JK

[Jeromey]

I am having the same issue, installed psp 8.40 and now 2 of my nics are showing up as Err-disabled on the switches, 2 different switches and i am also having an issue updating or installing the System management homepage.