Is your NICDEF in the directory or dynamically defined from a PROFILE EXEC? I would look at the directory entry and the PROFILE EXEC.. Also - what do console logs show when the server starts up? There should be some clues there...
Scott Rohling On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Steve Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > We have recently upgraded our SLES guests from 9 to 10 with out incident. > The last to be updated was our 'router' guest for our HIPERSOCKET network. > This linux admins upgraded this guest as such: > a) Created SLES 10 guest and configured identical with the exception of the > IP address and successfully tested > ON the NIGHT OF THE UPGRADE; > b) shut down SLES 9 guest > c) Started SLES 10, renamed HOST NAME and IP address to that of the SLES 9. > Everything worked great,, for a week. > We had a communication gap, I was not informed to stop the AUTOLOG of the > SLES 9 guest, which was before the new SLES10. > CLARIFICATION: The guests names are different, the host names are the > same. > > On Monday no connection to the HIPERSOCKET lan. We stopped both guests and > restarted SLES 10, still no connection, After furter investigation it was > found this guest will not automatically acquire the NIC Def for the Linux > side of the HIPERSOCKET lan. All others are acquired at startup, (they are > all the same address's used by the SLES 9 gues). However, via YAST we can > acquire the definition. Again this Sunday/Monday system startup w/o the > SLES 9 guest start the same NIC would not acquire w/o manual intervention > from YAST. Here is the result of Q NIC ALL DETAILS before the YAST > intervention > > Adapter 0304 Type: QDIO Name: UNASSIGNED Devices: 3 > Port 0 MAC: 02-00-00-00-00-02 LAN: SYSTEM PRODHS > RX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 > TX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 > RX Bytes: 0 TX Bytes: 0 > Unassigned Devices: > Device: 0304 Unit: 000 Role: Unassigned > Device: 0305 Unit: 001 Role: Unassigned > Device: 0306 Unit: 002 Role: Unassigned > > We are at the end of where or what to look at. Any thoughts or suggestions > are GREATLY appreciatted. >
