TLDR: HP Connectx-2 renders my Xenserver unstable. Problems goes away when the card is removed, or when replaced with a Dell single port Connectx-2.
Got this HP branded ConnectX-2 NIC: HP, 10GBE Dual Port PCIe Adapter 518001-001,516937-B21 REV A1 | eBay today and the Xenserver machine I put it in has become completely unstable. Locks up on shutdown with "INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel", crashes trying to do a fresh install, fails to show the little Connectx firmware message at POST like my working single port NIC. It is however recognized by the OS when added to the machine with Xenserver already installed.
I think the card's no good, but the symptoms seem really strange to me. I had a single port Dell branded Connectx-2 die on me and it just stopped showing up to the OS. I have another HP Connectx-2 and it's been no trouble at all.
Has anyone seen these cards fail like this? Am I overlooking anything in my troubleshooting?
Got this HP branded ConnectX-2 NIC: HP, 10GBE Dual Port PCIe Adapter 518001-001,516937-B21 REV A1 | eBay today and the Xenserver machine I put it in has become completely unstable. Locks up on shutdown with "INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel", crashes trying to do a fresh install, fails to show the little Connectx firmware message at POST like my working single port NIC. It is however recognized by the OS when added to the machine with Xenserver already installed.
I think the card's no good, but the symptoms seem really strange to me. I had a single port Dell branded Connectx-2 die on me and it just stopped showing up to the OS. I have another HP Connectx-2 and it's been no trouble at all.
Has anyone seen these cards fail like this? Am I overlooking anything in my troubleshooting?