HP Proliant - Cisco Catalyst - NIC Teaming

IllusionkingIllusionking Member Posts: 59 ■■□□□□□□□□
in Off-Topic
I don't know Cisco (can't even pretend to know Cisco atm either). Have a problem for everyone.

We have enable NIC teaming on an HP Proliant server running Novell 6.5.

One of the NICS isn't lit. We've troubleshot the issue to the point where we know both NICs are working so it's a Cisco issue.

How does the Cisco need to be configured in order to allow for NIC Teaming?

Let me know if there's any other questions that need answering.
MCP/MCSA/MCSE
Done: 70-270, 70-290, 70-291, 70,293, 70-294, 70-298, 70-299,
A.S. Electronic Engineering
A.S. CIS
A.S. Social/Behavioral Sciences
Studying
CCNA
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    What happens when you unplug the NIC that is lit? Does the other NIC take over providing network fault tolerance?

    On callmanager servers the NICs don't load balance (or increase bandwidth) -- or rather, I've never seen them do that. Not sure about the expected behaviour with Novell.
    :mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IllusionkingIllusionking Member Posts: 59 ■■□□□□□□□□
    What happens when you unplug the NIC that is lit? Does the other NIC take over providing network fault tolerance?

    When the NIC is unplugged from the server nothing happens. However, you can move the cable from NIC1 to NIC2 and the NIC2 lights up and communicates normally.

    We're trying to increase the throughput on the server so it will essentially run at 2gb (they should act as 1 device).

    We're not trying to do this for redundancy, just for the increased throughput.

    Thank you

    Also thought I'd add that we had tried this at one point with an HP Procurve 5300 series but it turned out that it's not capable of doing this.
    MCP/MCSA/MCSE
    Done: 70-270, 70-290, 70-291, 70,293, 70-294, 70-298, 70-299,
    A.S. Electronic Engineering
    A.S. CIS
    A.S. Social/Behavioral Sciences
    Studying
    CCNA
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dtlokeedtlokee Member Posts: 2,378 ■■■■□□□□□□
    You may need to configure the Cisco switch interfaces as a LACP etherchannel, or just etherchannel in the "on" mode. I think the switch sees the second connection as a loop and shuts off the interface (due to spanning tree), is the link light on the switch amber?
    The only easy day was yesterday!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Are you configured for etherchannel?

    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_configuration_example09186a008089a821.shtml
    :mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IllusionkingIllusionking Member Posts: 59 ■■□□□□□□□□
    It is configured for EtherChannel

    Edit - Granted I'm not sure if it's configured right. I'm going through your link currently.
    MCP/MCSA/MCSE
    Done: 70-270, 70-290, 70-291, 70,293, 70-294, 70-298, 70-299,
    A.S. Electronic Engineering
    A.S. CIS
    A.S. Social/Behavioral Sciences
    Studying
    CCNA
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • binarysoulbinarysoul Member Posts: 993
    Are you sure this is not a speed mismatch issue, i.e, different speed/duplex settings on the NIC and on the switch port. Have you properly configured the HP Teaming Utility? Also, have you updated the firmware and the driver on the NICs to eliminte that as an issue?

    I'm proabably asking more questions than answering, but thought to give you some thoughts :)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.