[BlueOnyx:13478] Re: Help with BlueOnyx setup...Reply to: Digest, Vol 56, Issue 1/3 (1)

[Stephanie Sullivan]

.         So, let's see - the internal NIC's are enabled: confirmed. Good.

.         The add-in NIC card  should be removed because BX picks up the
first 2 NIC's it finds. If there are 4 then you have to guess which two.
Remove the card and take away the guesswork. The alternative is to disable
the two internal NIC's.

.         Maybe they had a different configuration using iSCSI or NAS or
about a million other reasons that don't make them appropriate for BX.

.         When you have only the two internal NICs (Ethernet connections) in
the system, try re-installing BX and see if you get a better result.

 

                -Stephanie

 

From: gen at ercuk.com [mailto:gen at ercuk.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 1:00 PM
To: blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it
Subject: [BlueOnyx:13475] Help with BlueOnyx setup...Reply to: Digest, Vol
56, Issue 1/3 (1)

 

Hi, Many thanks to everyone for all your previous advice & comments, 

however this has raised my following queries, for which I would really
appreciate clarification.

 

Stephanie Sullivan: Said...
'Did you check to see if the NIC's are enabled in the bios?'

 

    Q: So what should I look for in the Bios ?

 

    * At bootup it shows: F2: Setup  +  F10: Utility Mode  +  F12: PXE Boot
    * And I've checked the menu via F2, and found 2 items that relate to the
NIC's, ie:

 

a: listed under: Integrated Devices
Embedded Gb Nic1: Enabled without PXE
Mac Address: (shows a 12 digit Mac address)
Embedded Gb Nic2: Enabled without PXE
Mac Address: (shows a 12 digit Mac address)

 

b: and...listed under: PCI IRQ Assignment
Slot 2 Intel Corp NIC: IRQ 10
Slot 2 Intel Corp NIC: IRQ 11
Embedded Gb Nic1: IRQ 11
Embedded Gb Nic2: IRQ 3

 

...Stephanie: also said...
'Remove the add-in card with extra Ethernet slots.'

 

    Q: So why would they need to add this extra Ethernet card ?

 

Chris Gebhardt: Said...
'So, now...you'll want to ensure that you have your network settings
correct.   
...since you're trying to plug in to some sort of DHCP router, and you're
recycling IP addresses.
...Jeff Folk had a good suggestion on narrowing your DHCP range.  
...The point, however, is that you need to allow adequate room in your
network for a statically assigned IP address.'

 

    * Originally: I 'Set & Reserved the 'static IP addresses' of the 2
routers in the 'IP Lease Table' of my router.
          (ie as:P3-192.168.0.100  &  Dell-192.168.0.110)...
    Q: So I'm not sure why using my DHCP router would be a problem ?
    Q: Or how I would go about, (or what is meant by) 'allow adequate room
in your network for a statically assigned IP address' ?

 

...Chris: also said:
a: '...use a cross-over cable between the server and a laptop or spare PC.'

 

    Q: So is this an Ethernet cable, or a serial cable ?

 

And...

b: '...Configure non-routables between the 2 systems and see if you can ping
across like that.'

    Q: So how/where do I 'Configure' AS 'non-routables' 

 

Dudi Goldenberg: Said...
Try dhclient eth0 and eth1 to see if any of these will get an IP from the
router.

 

    Q: I've checked the meaning of this command online, but it's not clear. 

         So what is 'dhclient eth0' etc, actually doing ?
          a: is attempting to set an IP ?
          b: or reporting what the IP is already set to ?

 

    Q: And what should I see when I type: dhclient eth0  (or: dhclient eth1)


 

Many thanks.

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