Description

After installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on a system with network adapters using

 

both copper and fibre cabling and the same driver, the network is not accessible.

 

(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server system specific)

Explanation

Even though the configuration of network adapters in YaST2 seemed to be successful, the

 

network adapters are misconfigured. YaST2 apparently assigned a wrong ethX device to each

 

adapter.

Workaround

1. Use the command line tool ethtool to determine the ethX device of a particular network

 

adapter:

 

# ethtool eth0

 

# ethtool eth1

 

The following is an example of the ethtool output. Note the lines marked in bold. The last

 

line helps you determine if the adapter is connected to LAN.

Settings for eth0:

Supported ports: [ TP ]

Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full

Supports auto-negotiation: Yes

Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full

Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes

Speed: 100Mb/s

Duplex: Full

Port: Twisted Pair

PHYAD: 0

Transceiver: internal

Auto-negotiation: on

Supports Wake-on: umbg

Wake-on: g

Link detected: yes

2.Run YaST and reconfigure the adapters using the information you acquired from ethtool.

Description

During FSE client installation, the following error message is displayed, and the installation

 

fails:

 

 

Setting HSM File System Filter module:

 

 

ERROR: FS Filter (hsmfs.ko) not available for kernel 2.4.21-295

 

...

 

 

Loading HSM FS Filter module:

[FAILED]

Explanation

This message is displayed because the HSM file system filter module is only available for the

 

Linux kernel revision 2.6 and FSE will not operate with older kernels.

Workaround

Before installing FSE product, upgrade the Linux host to a supported operating system version,

 

which already includes the appropriate kernel revision. For a list of supported operating

 

systems, see the latest support matrices.

 

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