RE: [K12OSN] Some minor hassles with channel bonding..... PXE decided to stop working
Bert Rolston (BertR@wanganui-city.school.nz)
Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:51:15 +1200
Thanks Eric.
I'll have to twist some arms but when they see the benefits it shouldn't be to hard.
Cheers,
Bert
On Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:15 AM, Eric Harrison [SMTP:eharrison@mail.mesd.k12.or.us] wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Bert Rolston wrote:
>
> >Hi Caleb,
> >
> >MICRONET unmanaged, about as intelligent as a sedated slug :-)
>
> You need support for the channel-bonding (or ether-channel or whatever
> your vendor happens to call it) on both ends - the server AND the switch.
>
> An unmanaged switch isn't going to work... you need a managed switch that
> supports this specific feature.
>
> -Eric
>
> >======================
> >
> >The server has an internal INTEL e100
> >
> >I add a NETGEAR FA310TX. I checked to see if it was on the RedHat HCL, and
> >it was.
> >
> >I have considered scrounging around for another FA310TX and disabling the
> >onboard Intel nic.
> >
> >I'm not too worried at present, 'cause I've got a whole bunch of machines
> >to change around.
> >
> >I've got a difficult IBM PC330 to deal with. It's IDE controller may be
> >dying, so I tried using a PXE NIC from another department. That's when I
> >found out the beast uses the S3 video chipset, which doesn't seem to like
> >the standard SVGA x server.
> >
> >So I've got one odd machine on site which has to be different!
> >
> >======================
> >
> >I'm outta here.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Bert
> >
> >On Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:39 PM, Caleb Wagnon [SMTP:mwagnon@seark.net]
> >wrote:
> >> Hi Bert,
> >>
> >> What kind of switch are you connected to?
> >>
> >> Caleb Wagnon, MCP
> >> Fordyce School District
> >> Office of Technology
> >> Fordyce, AR 71742
> >> (870) 352 2968
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bert Rolston"
> >> To: "'K12OSN'"
> >> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:22 PM
> >> Subject: [K12OSN] Some minor hassles with channel bonding..... PXE
> >decided
> >> to stop working
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I followed Caleb's instructions for channel bonding, without any
> >problems.
> >> >
> >> > When I tried connecting with a terminal the following things happened
> >> >
> >> > 1) The client DHCP address, gateway, and DHCP server addresses
> >appeared.
> >> This may happen normally, but very fast.
> >> > 2) An option to boot locally or load Linux remotely appeared. This
> >> message has not come up before.
> >> >
> >> > So I selected load Linux
> >> >
> >> > A PXE INTEL v2.0 message comes up
> >> >
> >> > MD and some numbers appeared
> >> >
> >> > then
> >> >
> >> > CD (I think) MTFTP..............
> >> >
> >> > PXE timeout message kernal could not be loaded
> >> >
> >> > =======================
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help me with this?
> >> >
> >> > I can see a possible bottleneck approaching and would like to bypass
> >it.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Bert
> >> >
>
>
>
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