unable to start vswitch

[stalucia]

When trying to start vswitch, i'm getting following error:

#hpvmnet -b -S red25
hpvmnet: WARNING (host): Unable to start vswitch 'red25' - 'lan1' is down.
hpvmnet: Unable to start the vswitch.
hpvmnet: Unable to continue.


this is my netstat output:

#netstat -in
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
lan3 1500 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.142 258 0 262 0 0
lan1 1500 172.20.25.0 172.20.25.95 302 5838616 309 0 0
lo0 4136 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 220836247 0 220836287 0 0

Name Number State Mode NamePPA MAC Address IP Address
======== ====== ======= ========= ======== ============== ===============
localnet 1 Up Shared N/A N/A
red28 12 Up Shared lan0 0x001e0bfd6084
red25 13 Down Shared lan1 172.20.25.95
red32 14 Up Shared lan2 0x001e0bfd6040
ignite 6 Up Shared lan3 0x001e0bfd6041 192.168.0.142
red29 15 Up Shared lan4 0x001e0bfd6044
red28_2 16 Up Shared lan5 0x001e0bfd6045


Thanks,

[sen_ux · Accepted solution]

Looks like there is no link to your interface. Is lan1 connected to switch.? Check the status using lanadmin. It must be 'down'

thanks

[stalucia]

Hi,

This is lanadmin output for lan1:

LAN INTERFACE STATUS DISPLAY
Sun, Jan 17,2010 15:05:23

PPA Number = 1
Description = lan1 HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Release B.11.23.0712
Type (value) = ethernet-csmacd(6)
MTU Size = 1500
Speed = 1000000000
Station Address = 0x1e0bfd6085
Last Change = 2053401031
Inbound Octets = 136207856
Inbound Unicast Packets = 1157170913
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 117003032
Inbound Discards = 485158356
Inbound Errors = 5838616
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 646155
Outbound Octets = 3707025118
Outbound Unicast Packets = 375404565
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 362478
Outbound Discards = 3834
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 65536


Note this:
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = down(2)


What does this mean?

[sen_ux]

Yes.. Operation status is 'down'. Check the physical connectivity.

[stalucia]

Thank you Sen, i will check physical connectivity.

[stalucia]

Checked connectivity with switch. Resolved.