On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM, R - elists <lists07 at abbacomm.net> wrote: > rudi > > when migrating some rackmount HP servers running Centos4 from hard coded 100 > meg fdx to auto gigE that we had to > > 1) remove this from our ifcfg-ethX files > > ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 100 duplex full autoneg off" I don't see those options listed: root at zaxen01:[~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:1c:c0:75:19:ee TYPE=Ethernet IPADDR=196.34.x.x NETMASK=255.255.255.224 GATEWAY=196.34.x.x > > 2) proper CAT6 wiring already done :) > > 3) plug into the copper gigE switchport already done :) > > 4) reboot tried that already > > using Cisco though... I can't change a switch just for this. The other (Dell + Windows) servers on the exact same switch doesn't give me this problem. > > did not find a decent plug n play solution > > i.e., did not waste a lot of time looking for solutions other than the > obvious cisco and centos config or network down and up interface commands > > - rh > > _______________________________________________ -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532