Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual
P010087-01A Rev. A
4. Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the NIC Driver
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Warning
WARNING: Found a OneConnect
card in Gen
Should be in Gen 2, x8 slot for
best performance
The adapter is an x8, Gen2 PCI-e
device. For best performance, the
adapter should be installed in a
Gen2 PCI-e slot 8 or 16 channels
wide. The driver displays this
warning if it finds the device in a
slower or narrower PCI-e slot. The
device continues to work with
reduced performance.
Warning
Command to get pause frame
settings failed
The firmware command to get PAUSE
settings failed.
Warning
Command to set pause frame
settings failed
The firmware command to change
PAUSE settings failed.
Warning
Command to apply MAC address
filter failed
The driver could not set the MAC
address filter on the hardware. The
device continues to work. There may
be an impact on the performance.
Warning
Command to delete MAC address
filter failed
The firmware command to delete a
MAC address filter failed. The device
should continue to work.
Warning
Unable to get Firmware Version
The command to get the firmware
revision number failed. The version
number is not shown. The device
will continue to work.
Warning
Did not receive completions for
all TX requests
While the driver was unloading,
some outstanding transmit requests
were found. This is an indication
that the hardware is not functioning
properly.
Warning
Failed to register char device
Could not create the char device
used for certain management
functions. The driver will continue
to work. You may not be able to use
HBACMD to interact with the device.
Warning
alloc_skb failed. Try
increasing netPktHeapMaxSize
Could not allocate the skb structure
to send a frame received from the
network to the operating system.
This is a transient failure that can be
ignored. If this message appears
continually, you may need to
allocate more memory to the
network heap. For example, to
increase the heap size to 128MB,
run:
# esxcfg-advcfg -k 128
netPktHeapMaxSize
Table 4-5 ESXi Server NIC Event Log Entries (Continued)
Severity
Displayed Message
Description