On Mon, 2013-03-25 at 18:09 -0600, Joakim Ziegler wrote: > On 24/03/13 4:01, Nux! wrote: > > On 24.03.2013 02:27, Joakim Ziegler wrote: > >> I have a recently installed Mellanox VPI interface in my server. This > >> is > >> an InfiniBand interface, which, through the use of adapters, can also > >> do > >> 10GbE over fiber. I have one of the adapter's two ports configured for > >> 10GbE in this way, with a point to point link to a Mac workstation > >> with > >> a Myricom 10GbE card. > > >> I've configured this interface on the Linux box (eth2) using > >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2 , setting its IP address, > >> MTU, > >> subnet, etc. > > > Try adding HOTPLUG=yes in the cfg file. > > Neither HOTPLUG=yes or MANAGED=no seems to make this interface come back > up when the cable is unplugged and then plugged, unfortunately. For > instance, before unplugging anything, ifconfig says: > > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:C9:29:64:8F > inet addr:10.10.0.1 Bcast:10.10.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::2:c900:129:648f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1 > RX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:14924 (14.5 KiB) TX bytes:3940 (3.8 KiB) > > Then I unplug the cable, which, in dmesg, gives me: > > mlx4_en: eth2: Link Down > > And in /var/log/messages: > > Mar 25 11:36:24 resolve02 ntpd[4819]: Deleting interface #14 eth2, > 10.10.0.1#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, > active_time=163 secs > > (Which I guess is just ntpd reacting) > > And then I plug the cable back in, and in dmesg, I have: > > mlx4_en: eth2: Link Up > > Mar 25 11:38:09 resolve02 kernel: mlx4_en: eth2: Link Up > Mar 25 11:38:09 resolve02 NetworkManager[4429]: <info> (eth2): carrier > now ON (device state 2) > Mar 25 11:38:09 resolve02 NetworkManager[4429]: <info> (eth2): device > state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 40) > > But ifconfig gives me: > > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:C9:29:64:8F > inet6 addr: fe80::2:c900:129:648f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1 > RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:25567 (24.9 KiB) TX bytes:3940 (3.8 KiB) > > So no IP address, and no joy. ifup eth2 brings me back to: > > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:C9:29:64:8F > inet addr:10.10.0.1 Bcast:10.10.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::2:c900:129:648f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1 > RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:25567 (24.9 KiB) TX bytes:6493 (6.3 KiB) > > Ideas? > I am just shooting in the dark what happen if you have NM_CONTROLLED=yes in the eth2 network script? -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez GPG Key: http://trinipino.com/PublicKey.asc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 316 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130326/1e74686a/attachment-0005.sig>