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RE: [Xen-users] Bringing up management interfaces xenbr0...RTL8169


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  • From: Julio Cesar Batista de Oliveira <cbjulio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 17:41:05 +0000
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 30 May 2011 01:32:31 -0700
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  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

I don't know if it's a valid information for XCP:
http://hcl.xensource.com/BrowsableNICList.aspx

>
>
> The driver for 8169 should work ok on 8168 in my experience, however I
> can't say I've tried it on a kernel more recent than RHEL 5/CentOS 5
> (2.6.18) so I for one don't know if the newer kernels might be
> introducing problems.
>
> Personally I'd buy a good Intel Pro Gigabit PCI-Express adaptor and
> you can't go wrong really!
>
> Iain
>
> On 25 May 2011, at 16:03, Mike Wright wrote:
>
> > On 05/24/2011 06:10 PM, Julio Cesar Batista de Oliveira wrote:
> >> Hi everybody!
> >> I had install XCP 1.0.0 in my AMD64 server. I configured my first
> >> dom0, but now i can't access my XCP server. I set up my interfaces in
> >> XCP with fixed or DHCP (Network and Management Interface) but i can't
> >> get access, ping...
> >> My network driver is RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet (on
> >> board), and 2 RTL-8169 gigabit (off board).
> >> I'm getting a error ...something like that:
> >> Bringing up management interfaces xenbr0: cannot set large receive
> >> offload settings: Operation not supported...
> >> I don't know if it's the reason...
> >> Any help is appreciated..
> >
> > I just bought a Gigabyte mobo with an AMD64 that also has the 8111/8168 onboard network controller.  With Fedora14 and 15 the driver chosen is for the 8169.  Pinging results in 40% dropped packets and regular use is erratic with lots of retransmits.  It is not usable.
> >
> > I don't know if the problem lies with the chip or the driver.  "ethtool -p eth0" reports "Cannot identiry NIC: Operation not supported".
> >
> > This sounds similar to your situation.
> >
> > hth,
> > Mike Wright
> >
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