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Can switch detect mac address if driver is not installed?

I'm trying to install Debian wheezy on a used hp server via HP iLO Management Engine. Everything installs fine but when booting it shows warning that it can not find bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw(which ...
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Configuring https access on HP A5120 Switch

I am trying to configure HTTPS management on a HP a5120 switch running Version 5.20.99, Release 2215 and not having much luck. I have followed the manual by creating an SSL policy first and then ...
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Does LACP routing type have to be the same on all ends?

i was wondering if the routing mechanism for LACP (source / destination MAC, source+destination MAC, source / destination IP, source+destination IP) has to be the same within one LACP trunk* between ...
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Teamed network cards on a Proliant Server

We have 4 network cards in a Proliant server with Server 2008R2 running Exchange 2010, with 1 card set to a static IP address and the other 3 set to DHCP. I just need some clarification as I have not ...
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SMC Tigerswitch and HP Procurve wouldn't connect with fiber

the first thing that I don't understand is why the SMC switch considers the pair of single mode fibers as one port,one link, but the HP switch sees the two fibers as two ports. when I wanted to ...
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HP 4204vl (J8770A) non-blocking switching capacity

On the information page for the above mentioned switch, it says "Supports a maximum of 96 autosensing 10/100 ports or 96 autosensing 10/100/1000 ports or 16 mini-GBICs or 4 10-GbE ports, or a ...
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HP ILO holding a IP but I am not using the ILO ports

I have three HP servers on my domain. One of them is tying up one of my IP's for an ILO management page but I do not have any network cabling connected to the ILO port on any of these servers. How ...
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RedHat 5: HP Server ethtool not working

I am trying to check/change my network card speed settings with RedHat 5 and a Proliant G6 server from HP. On eth0 I can not really use ethtool - it just says Link detected. The network card is a ...
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DL380 G7: Not able to access ILO on DL380 via ssh from a client

I have problem where I can't access my ILO(ssh to ILO IP) thru client which is in different network.I am able to ping ILO IP thru this clinet but ssh access is not possible. Is it possible to have ...
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Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected

I've got a HP Proliant 460c blade server running CentOS 5.x. For some reason CentOS thinks the mac address for ETH0 is something (18:a9:05:71:xx:xc) but I'm not able to find that MAC at all on the ...
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HP networking unstable over fiber connection

I have a 3com Baseline Switch 2928 that's connected over fiber to a 3com superstack 4500. The fiber is singlemode and has the suitable SFP modules on both switches. The switches (and connected ...
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Does the HP Proliant DL360 come with multiple NIC's?

Would someone be able to clarify multiple NIC cards to me, we have recently invested in a HP Proliant DL360, although do the network adapter cards come with 4 NIC's? E.g.: Networking: 2 HP NC382i ...
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HP Network Device Management Software

I look after a network with 11 x new HP v1910 24-port 1GB switches and 2 x HP 4204vl 1GB Chassis switches. I'm looking for software to enable me to: Map the network graphically - there are a lot of ...
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Must I install SFP+ transceivers in pairs?

I'm expanding the switch in our rack to a 10 GbE fiber internet feed. Specifically: we have an HP 2910al will expand the switch with a J9008A 2-port 10GbE SFP+ module will plug in 1 (2?) J9150A ...
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HP access points sending out multicast packets from IPs that aren't their own

I'm not our normal network guy... I've just been drafted to help with this issue, so please bear with me. We have a fairly large (~4,000 devices?) network mostly comprised of HP Procurve gear. From ...
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HP switches sending multi-cast ping requests

I'm not our normal network guy... I've just been drafted to help with this issue, so please bear with me. We have a fairly large (~4,000 devices?) network mostly comprised of HP Procurve gear. From ...
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HP MSM410 WAP Wireless security mode: restrict to default gateway or off?

I have an HP MSM410 wireless access point and when I first configured it I couldn't access any other devices on the network, but I could access the internet fine. I figured out that this was because ...
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Troubleshooting wireless connection problem / site survey?

I just started in the IT department of a small company (200 users) and it's clear that one of the main problems that is driving everyone crazy is the spotty nature of the wireless connectivity ...
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HP DL580 G5 Hyper-V networking problem

I have installed the hyper-v role on a DL580 G5 cluster. The host operating system is a server 2008 x64 patched to the maximum. Everything has gone fine, but if I install a guest operating system, ...
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Does vPro require an Intel NIC?

I'm looking at some HP Elite 7000 desktops. The web page for these machines imply that they have vPro support. However, the ones I'm looking at buying have Realtek NICs. I'm assuming that they're ...
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Network print server problems - HP JetDirect 175x and Windows XP Print server

I'm having a massive problem with my network printers - one in particular. A little background: Originally, all of our printers were added on our domain controller, and shared. There were around 20 ...
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Configuring VLAN's on two HP procurve switches

Trying to route a new ISP (Microwave link) from one of my out buildings to my computer room and hence my firewall. Old ISP came direct into firewall. In the outbuilding the Microwave modem connects ...
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Auto-closing port on Procurve Switches

I have a Procurve 2626 on a small network (~200 users); about 100 of them are one port, which every now and then sets itself to "off" in the running configuration. There is no indication of why this ...