device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.." .

[akberm]

Anybody had this issue , bnx2 driver FOR HP NC 371i ( DL 585 G2) is loaded succesfully, while bringing this eth0 up the message is " device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.." .
this in Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4 update4 64 bit.

[dms_1]

Hi,

hope this helps:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1108984

[Ivan Ferreira]

How can you confirm that the module is loaded succesfully? After the module load, if you run ifconfig -a, can you see the eth0 device?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The card designated as eth0 may have failed.

SEP

[akberm]

in lsmod it is showing bnx2.
lspci doesn't show any broadcom device.
rpm -q shows bnx2 10d latest driver.
/etc/modprobe.conf , I added alias eth0 bnx2, it didnt come by default.
/usr/src/kernal/driver/net shows bnx2.ko.
As per HP DL 585 G2 driver list the driver for HP NC 371i is bnx2.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 doesnt show MAC address. if I add manually, the message is " Unexpected mac Address".
ifconfig shows only loopback interface.
Hope some of you have the solution.
the same thing is happening on other similar new server.NIC is onboard dual port.

[Andrew Cowan]

You should not put the MAC address in the boot file unless you have a special reason. Have you tried deleting the device from Kudzu and then re-detecting it?

Another way to do this is to remove the card, or disable it in the BIOS, boot Linux, run Kudzu to remove it, power-off/on, and then reverse the steps.

When you start the reboot pay close attention to how the device is detected etc. The last time this happened to me it was the kernel device driver that was at fault, and I had to patch the kernel.

[akberm]

Removal of card and redetection by Kudzu , all have been tried.
Noticed in another working system ( another model) that
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 was having static ip which is active and the file was automatically updated with no MAC address.but the ifcfg-eth1 was having its MAC address and it was not connected physically.

Is the driver bnx2 correct (10d) ?

Can you brief the procedure for configure a new NIC?

[Andrew Cowan]

Normally Kudzu will detect the device upon reboot and "system-config-network" will automatically configure the files for you.

If these don't work it is likely that you have the wrong drivers or the card is faulty.

[malik_3]

hi

remove the card and re-installed and sure be that driver is installed to server and use to test lsmod bnx2 command that it is in the module database.Ä°f there is no this module run insmod filename [args]

[mike calautti]

I have this problem.
we have a brand new DL585 G5
it has an onboard NIC. 2 ports.

I get this error when trying to start the neetwork.

/etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Setting network parameters: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: bnx2 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
[FAILED]

the driver is there.

lsmod|grep bnx
bnx2 165880 0

anyone know what the fix is ?
this is killing me.
further more, it likes to claim the MAC is wrong if I do put it in the ifcfg-eth0 file.

[dyilmaz]

If your network module is exist in the blacklist.conf file disable these lines with # characters and reboot your system. After the reboot if you have still have the same network problem then run nx_nic_tools_post.sh script in /opt/nx_nic directory and reboot the system. This small script belongs to the HP nic utiliy, If you already installed it this directory should be exist.

[purushottamaher]

Hi,

This error came because your eth0 rule file is not working properly so if you'll regenarate it then it'll work properly i also had the same issue with my centos server so i follow this solution and it resolved my problem. you also try this definetly itll work for you.