Pezza
2007-Nov-11 01:32 UTC
[Xen-users] Xen 3.1 + CentOS 5 + HP ProLiant G5 = DomU packet drops
Hi all,
I''ve a Xen server (Xen 3.1 compiled from sources [stable downloaded
last
wed...], CentOS 5 as the host OS, HP Proliant G5 6Gb ram with Broadcom
NetXtreme 2) with 4 guests, each running Windows 2003 just installed, with
nothing else.
Network is configured with the default bridging script, no changes. I''m
using 1 network card only for the moment.
All guests run apparently fine, but if I try to download from a server on
the same subnet and/or from a share on the same subnet, I get strange
corruption errors.
Poking around, I found out that all the guests are experiencing packet drops
on their network cards: even just after booting the guest, with the guest os
completely idle, I can see from xm top that the guest network card is
dropping packets.
Googling around, I''ve found some similar situations and thus I tried:
* updating the network card drivers: I''m now using version 1.5.xxx
downloaded from the broadcom website and installed following instructions
found on this mailing list
* enabling IP forwarding in the host kernel (instead of using the
automatically generated rules in the forward chain in iptables)
* disabling the management mode on the card firmware, following
instructions found on this mailing list
* using the ne2k_pci driver in the guest instead of the default
* trying different vm schemes (1, 2 or 3 VM at a time instead of 4)
* pinning Dom0 to one CPU and the guest on another (as suggested somewhere
on this mailing list)
None of the above fixed the problem.
I don''t know what else could I do to fix this.
Is this situation normal? Is using a PV enabled host/guest system the only
solution?
Thanks in advance,
M.
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Ivan Porro
2007-Nov-13 11:26 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 + CentOS 5 + HP ProLiant G5 = DomU packet drops
Dear all, I''ve the same problem on xen 3.1, PE 1950 server (on dom0 I''ve broadcom nextreme driver updated to 1.5) I''m experiencing a strange behaviour. On windows HVM (2003 and XP) I don'' have problem via the built-in VNC server but, if I connect via RDP (terminal server), after few minutes of connection, the terminal server client freeze (on windows and on linux) and the HVM does not respond. After about half minute of panic, it go back working just to freeze again after few minutes. It freeze even if from a VNC session on Win2k3 server machine I open a terminal server to the very same server... the RDP session crashes, while the VNC is perfect. I need to virtualize a server for terminal server access so I cannot rely on VNC only... During the freeze, if I click a button (i.e. sw installation on windows) it "remember" the event and as soon as the system unlock it execute the requested commands. during the worst freeze I''ve experienced my laptop (Ubuntu 7.10) became totally locked too... to complete this e-mail I had to CTR+ALT+F1 switch to text console and kill tsclient. The only useful info I found is: SLC4_HVM Net0 RX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 23759drop TX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 0drop WIN2003SRV_HVM Net0 RX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 23757drop TX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 0drop but I don''t know how to further investigate in and relate it to other system hw/sw components. Network inside the VM seems working good. I''ll google around until new advice :) ivan Pezza wrote:> Hi all, > > I''ve a Xen server (Xen 3.1 compiled from sources [stable downloaded last > wed...], CentOS 5 as the host OS, HP Proliant G5 6Gb ram with Broadcom > NetXtreme 2) with 4 guests, each running Windows 2003 just installed, with > nothing else. > Network is configured with the default bridging script, no changes. I''m > using 1 network card only for the moment. > All guests run apparently fine, but if I try to download from a server on > the same subnet and/or from a share on the same subnet, I get strange > corruption errors. > > Poking around, I found out that all the guests are experiencing packet drops > on their network cards: even just after booting the guest, with the guest os > completely idle, I can see from xm top that the guest network card is > dropping packets. > > Googling around, I''ve found some similar situations and thus I tried: > * updating the network card drivers: I''m now using version 1.5.xxx > downloaded from the broadcom website and installed following instructions > found on this mailing list > * enabling IP forwarding in the host kernel (instead of using the > automatically generated rules in the forward chain in iptables) > * disabling the management mode on the card firmware, following > instructions found on this mailing list > * using the ne2k_pci driver in the guest instead of the default > * trying different vm schemes (1, 2 or 3 VM at a time instead of 4) > * pinning Dom0 to one CPU and the guest on another (as suggested somewhere > on this mailing list) > > None of the above fixed the problem. > > I don''t know what else could I do to fix this. > > Is this situation normal? Is using a PV enabled host/guest system the only > solution? > > Thanks in advance, > > M.-- http://www.bio.dist.unige.it voice: +39 010 353 2789 fax: +39 010 353 2948 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Boudreau Luc
2007-Nov-13 14:14 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 + CentOS 5 + HP ProLiant G5 = DomU packetdrops
I''ve had (and still have...) this problem with one of my servers. The setup is special though. It has 2 NICs, one Broadcom and one Intel. The onboard Broadcom was used as a bridge between my domUs and the Intel was dedicated to a MySQL domU running CentOS 5. Dom0 is also CentOS 5. This issue appeared when I started the transfer of large files between a Win 2003 domU to any external device (by which I mean not a domain of the server). Any transfer of a file over approx 2gigs made the connexion fail on all network cards and packets were being dropped. After I updated both drivers, the Intel card started to behave correctly. Now, I''m looking for replacing the Broadcom for an Intel one. This is a HARD issue to troubleshoot, and so far, having been a subscriber of this list for a while, no one was able to resolve it. My guess is that the Broadcom driver has some trouble with Xen... this is just a guess that needs to be tested. Please keep this list informed of your progress, I''m sure other people are reading it and looking for the answer to this same issue. ______________________________________________________ Luc Boudreau Registrariat, Université de Montréal -----Message d''origine----- De : xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] De la part de Ivan Porro Envoyé : 13 novembre 2007 06:27 À : xen-users@lists.xensource.com Cc : Pezza Objet : Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 + CentOS 5 + HP ProLiant G5 = DomU packetdrops Dear all, I''ve the same problem on xen 3.1, PE 1950 server (on dom0 I''ve broadcom nextreme driver updated to 1.5) I''m experiencing a strange behaviour. On windows HVM (2003 and XP) I don'' have problem via the built-in VNC server but, if I connect via RDP (terminal server), after few minutes of connection, the terminal server client freeze (on windows and on linux) and the HVM does not respond. After about half minute of panic, it go back working just to freeze again after few minutes. It freeze even if from a VNC session on Win2k3 server machine I open a terminal server to the very same server... the RDP session crashes, while the VNC is perfect. I need to virtualize a server for terminal server access so I cannot rely on VNC only... During the freeze, if I click a button (i.e. sw installation on windows) it "remember" the event and as soon as the system unlock it execute the requested commands. during the worst freeze I''ve experienced my laptop (Ubuntu 7.10) became totally locked too... to complete this e-mail I had to CTR+ALT+F1 switch to text console and kill tsclient. The only useful info I found is: SLC4_HVM Net0 RX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 23759drop TX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 0drop WIN2003SRV_HVM Net0 RX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 23757drop TX: 0bytes 0pkts 0err 0drop but I don''t know how to further investigate in and relate it to other system hw/sw components. Network inside the VM seems working good. I''ll google around until new advice :) ivan Pezza wrote:> Hi all, > > I''ve a Xen server (Xen 3.1 compiled from sources [stable downloaded last > wed...], CentOS 5 as the host OS, HP Proliant G5 6Gb ram with Broadcom > NetXtreme 2) with 4 guests, each running Windows 2003 just installed, with > nothing else. > Network is configured with the default bridging script, no changes. I''m > using 1 network card only for the moment. > All guests run apparently fine, but if I try to download from a server on > the same subnet and/or from a share on the same subnet, I get strange > corruption errors. > > Poking around, I found out that all the guests are experiencing packet drops > on their network cards: even just after booting the guest, with the guest os > completely idle, I can see from xm top that the guest network card is > dropping packets. > > Googling around, I''ve found some similar situations and thus I tried: > * updating the network card drivers: I''m now using version 1.5.xxx > downloaded from the broadcom website and installed following instructions > found on this mailing list > * enabling IP forwarding in the host kernel (instead of using the > automatically generated rules in the forward chain in iptables) > * disabling the management mode on the card firmware, following > instructions found on this mailing list > * using the ne2k_pci driver in the guest instead of the default > * trying different vm schemes (1, 2 or 3 VM at a time instead of 4) > * pinning Dom0 to one CPU and the guest on another (as suggested somewhere > on this mailing list) > > None of the above fixed the problem. > > I don''t know what else could I do to fix this. > > Is this situation normal? Is using a PV enabled host/guest system the only > solution? > > Thanks in advance, > > M.-- http://www.bio.dist.unige.it voice: +39 010 353 2789 fax: +39 010 353 2948 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users