[OpenIndiana-discuss] [SPAM?] Re: [SPAM?] Re: [SPAM?] Re: using LSI 2308-IT onboard supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD, openindiana not loading drivers? (OpenIndiana-discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 43)

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-03-04 05:43 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 05, 2013 09:21 AM, Geoff Nordli wrote:
>> On 13-03-04 03:01 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 05, 2013 01:22 AM, Geoff Nordli wrote:
>>>> On 13-03-03 04:43 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>>>> If Vbox did try to install the crossbow driver, he should have 
>>>>> noticed it fail to load as there are three kernel calls that that 
>>>>> driver expects to find but will be unable to find.
>>>>>
>>>>> In any case, the vbox streams driver is problematic and cuts off 
>>>>> the network from time to time. That's why I tried to force the 
>>>>> installation of the crossbow driver only to find out that they are 
>>>>> depending on three new vnic_{create|delete|modify} calls that 
>>>>> illumos does not have.
>>>>
>>>> I have a few all-in-one OI+VBox servers running and I am not seeing 
>>>> network issues.  One is running oi_151a3+Vbox 4.1.22.
>>>>
>>>> What makes you believe there are problems with the streams driver?
>>>
>>> The fact that you ping a host from any other host without problems 
>>> but the guest for some reason at that moment just cannot. Then later 
>>> on, it is able while all others have been able for the entire time. 
>>> I have two Windows guests with bridged adapters. If did seem that 
>>> this only started when the second guest was added.
>>
>> Did you create a vnic for each guest, and assign the same mac address 
>> on the vbox Ethernet adapter that is on the vnic?
> Oh yes.
> oliverbrad0  inetaggr0    1000   8:0:27:e2:8f:6a fixed               11
> r2brad0      bradaggr0    1000   8:0:27:92:e8:15 fixed               11
>
> <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027E28F6A" 
> cable="true" speed="0" type="virtio">
> <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="08002792E815" 
> cable="true" speed="0" type="virtio">
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did get some weirdness with the virtio driver and linux guests. I 
>>>> have standardized on the 82545EM card for linux guests.
>>>
>>> Is the weirdness the same as the above? Because, that is what I use, 
>>> the virtio driver for the guests.
>>
>> No, it wasn't intermittent on/off.   From what I remember I would 
>> need to do a restart of the VM to recover.  Though that may have been 
>> fixed now, but I just go with what works.
>>
>> another note, one of the VMs is a PBX running Asterisk, which would 
>> be very sensitive to networking issues.
>
> Well, my guests are all windows...and I am feeling it because one of 
> them is the AD controller.
>
> The streams driver performs well enough for you for Asterisk and other 
> stuff?

Yes, it has been running for about a year now without a problem. They 
probably only have 3-4 active calls, but still if there were any issues 
with the network, even one call would trigger complaints.

I would try the 82545EM driver on Windows to see how that works.


good luck!

Geoff