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Dec 17, 2012

After ESX upgrade, Interfaces uninitialized (10.2.1.297)

Hello,

 

 

We have recently upgraded our ESX servers to 5.1.

 

Since then, my LTM VE 10.2.1.297 has stopped working and my interfaces shows as uninitialized.

 

 

Looking @ https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/pro...0_2_1.html

 

I saw that 10.2.1. is compatible with ESX 4.0 - 4.1 only!

 

 

Two questions:

 

  1. Is there an easy way to solve this?
  2. Can I upgrade 10.2.1 to 10.2.2\3\4 without messing up my configuration?

Thanks in advance!

 

  • that's a known bug, sadly. You can remove the media and duplex settings from /config/bigip_base.conf

     

     

     

    e.g. remove these from the interface statements:

     

    media-fixed 10000T-FD

     

     

    and then reload the config (bigstart restart, etc.)

     

     

     

    there is more detail on these steps covered in the BIG-IP Virtual Edition manuals

     

     

  • Done that... Still MACs shows 0:0:0:0:0:0 Any ideas?

     

    Additioanlly, another interface just came from no where... I had 1.1 and 1.2 and now I have 1.3 as well... O_O

     

     

    appreciate your help!

     

  • Nope. Zero's as well... it also set to 100 (Media Speed)...

     

    Seems to me like it is the MGMT interface...

     

     

    What do you think?
  • But then again, when i run ifconfig i see eth0:mgmt and it has a MAC...

     

     

    Any ideas?
  • 10.2.2-hf2 has the first VMXNET3 code that will function on ESXi 5.x, but 10.2.4 is probably your best bet if you must stay 10.2.x.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Many thanks qe, one last question...

     

    Do I have to upgrade my license for upgrading 10.2.1 to 10.2.x?
  • All,

     

     

    Many thanks for your AWESOME support.

     

    I've upgraded to 10.2.4.577 and everything started working again.

     

     

    THANKS!