Sun Fire[TM] V240 bge interface has high error rate at Cisco Catalyst WS-C4006

Asset ID:	1-72-1010567.1
Update Date:	2018-05-09
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Solution 1010567.1 : Sun Fire[TM] V240 bge interface has high error rate at Cisco Catalyst WS-C4006

Applies to:

Sun Fire V210 Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Fire V240 Server - Version All Versions and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

A link between a Sun Fire [TM] V240 with a bge interface and a Cisco Catalyst 
WS-C4006 is not established well as long as the ports
- are left in default configuration or
- are set to 1Gb/s full-duplex forced (autonegotiation off).

The link shows poor performance due to high input packet errors at the bge
interface.

# netstat -i 10
input   bge0      output           input  (Total)    output
packets errs  packets errs  colls  packets errs  packets errs  colls
29804   25911 56433   0     0      29881   25911 56510   0     0
29064   23963 54946   0     0      29064   23963 54946   0     0

Cause

Link Operational Parameter Mismatch

Solution

Set the bge interface to 1Gb/s full-duplex fixed with autonegotiation
enabled at the SF V240 and also enable autonegotiation at the Cisco Catalyst WS-C4006 port.

Example for bge0:

# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_1000fdx_cap 1
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_1000hdx_cap 0
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_100fdx_cap 0
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_100hdx_cap 0
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_10fdx_cap 0
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_10hdx_cap 0
# ndd -set /dev/bge0 adv_autoneg_cap 1

For more information on bge interface read Technical Instruction <Document: 1001843.1> "bge Gigabit Ethernet - First Checks".

See bge Product page <Document 1395856.1> .

Product
Sun Fire V240 Server
Sun Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter
Sun Fire V210 Server

bge, Cisco, Catalyst

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References

<NOTE:1001843.1> - bge Gigabit Ethernet - First Checks
<NOTE:1395856.1> - Product Support Document for bge Gigabit Ethernet

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