e1000 strangeness in a dell poweredge 1650

e1000 strangeness in a dell poweredge 1650

[Joe Kellner]

Hello,
Running a dell poweredge 1650 with two intel e1000/pro's on redhat 7.3.
We seem to be having a problem with the ethernet cards linking at 100 mbps/FDX 
and only working for a few seconds (usually around 30 seconds). There are no 
messages in dmesg other than when the module is loaded (Stating that port0 is 
up at 100 mbs/FDX). Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround? I can 
provide more information if needed.


Thanks,
-Joe Kellner

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Re: e1000 strangeness in a dell poweredge 1650

[kwijibo]

I have had no problems with the e1000 and the 1650's
They run at 100Mbs and 1000Mbs fine.  I have had them
working both with RH7.3 and Debian, and even FreeBSD.
Bad NIC? Bad cable? It going into a switch, a hub?  These
things come with two NICs, do both do it?

Steve

Joe Kellner wrote:

>Hello,
>Running a dell poweredge 1650 with two intel e1000/pro's on redhat 7.3.
>We seem to be having a problem with the ethernet cards linking at 100 mbps/FDX 
>and only working for a few seconds (usually around 30 seconds). There are no 
>messages in dmesg other than when the module is loaded (Stating that port0 is 
>up at 100 mbs/FDX). Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround? I can 
>provide more information if needed.
>
>
>Thanks,
>-Joe Kellner
>
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RE: e1000 strangeness in a dell poweredge 1650

[Joe Kellner]

Scott,

We resolved the issue with a reinstall of Redhat 7.3, and have not had the 
issue pop back up again.


Thanks,
-Joe Kellner




Quoting "Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@intel.com>:

> Joe, have you tried going to linux.nics@intel.com?  The support folks
> should
> be able to help you.  You might want to give them more information about
> the
> switch used, and if you've tried another switch.  I'm not aware of any
> issues operating e1000 at 100Mbps.
> -scott
> 


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