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If, however, the drivers are installed on the second
Ethernet Controller
in the list first, and then the first
Ethernet Controller
in the list, the connection names are reversed, and the connection named
Local Area
Connection
is now the one going to switch 2, and the connection named
Local Area Connection 2
is now
going to switch 1.
In older versions of Linux it was observed that eth0 went to the Ethernet switch in switch bay 2 and eth1
goes to the Ethernet switch in switch bay 1. This was reversed from a
normal
Windows 2000 install, as
previously mentioned, and also proves to be the source of some confusion.
However, current testing
with Linux (Red Hat Version 3 Update 6) and SLES 9 has shown that eth0 goes to the Ethernet
switch in bay 1 and eth1 goes to the switch in bay 2.
On an HS40 blade, 0 & 2 should be connected to
top switch module and 1 & 3 connect to the bottom switch module.
The designations can be verified by browsing the MAC address table on the Ethernet switch and match
the values to the MAC addresses show in the ifconfig output on the blade. The following example shows
the MAC address of Eth 0/1 devices. Log into the top switch module (bay 1) and search for the MAC
address on Internal port 13 (Bay 13) corresponding to Eth0 device. It shows the same MAC address of
Eth0. For Eth1, do the same by logging into switch module bay2 (bottom) and searching for the MAC
address on internal port 13, it also shows the same MAC address for Eth1.
[root@hs20-8843 root]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.21-27.ELsmp ([email protected]) (gcc version 3.2.3
20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-47)) #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:59:02 EST 2004
[root@hs20-8843 root]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:11:25:4A:00:4C
inet addr:9.42.166.82 Bcast:9.42.166.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
Browse MAC Address Table – Top Switch
VID MAC
Address Port
Learned
9 00-11-25-4a-00-4c
Bay
13
Dynamic
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:11:25:4A:00:4D
inet addr:10.0.200.32 Bcast:10.0.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
Browse MAC Address Table – Bottom Switch
VID MAC
Address Port
Learned
100 00-11-25-4a-00-4d
Bay
13
Dynamic
Version 3.0, 3/10/2006
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