The Cisco switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class Server Blades has
a protocol error that causes it to respond to every MAC address. Because
MAC addresses are unique, Integrity VM checks that the generated guest
virtual MAC address is unique. If one of these bad switches is on
your network, Integrity VM's check will fail.
The hpvmcreate command might fail with messages
like the following:
hpvmcreate: WARNING (host): Failed after 3 attempts.
hpvmcreate: WARNING (host): Unable to create Ethernet MAC Address. |
Similarly, the hpvmstart command might fail
with messages like the following:
# hpvmstart -P vm2
HPVM guest vm2 configuration problems:
Warning 1 on itme nic1: Guest MAC address for switch nic1 is in use. |
Cisco Systems, Inc. released a fix for the Cisco Catalyst Blade
Switch 3020 in December 2006, which is available from the Cisco Systems
website:
http://cco.cisco.com
It is also available from the HP website:
http://www.hp.com
From the HP website, select Software & Driver downloads
and search for switch cisco 3020. The minimum required firmware version
is 12.2(35) SE.
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