Frame errors reported via ifconfig
Issue
A number of servers are reporting frame errors. The frame errors are flagged however they do not seem to be interfering with network operations.
Why are all these servers are logging frame errors and what can be done to correct the problem?
# ifconfig bond0
bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:206421992 errors:34512 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:34512
TX packets:556269108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:137380490198 (127.9 GiB) TX bytes:622400976642 (579.6 GiB)
# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr BB:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:206241770 errors:17261 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:17261
TX packets:438160504 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:137373973265 (127.9 GiB) TX bytes:528622024549 (492.3 GiB)
# ifconfig eth4
eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr CC:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
UP BROADCAST RUNNING SLAVE MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:190806 errors:17265 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:17265
TX packets:118122114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11448360 (10.9 MiB) TX bytes:93780996686 (87.3 GiB)
No crc errors are being reported on the nics:
# ethtool -S eth0 | grep errors
rx_errors: 17261
tx_errors: 0
rx_over_errors: 0
rx_crc_errors: 0
rx_frame_errors: 0
rx_fifo_errors: 0
rx_missed_errors: 0
tx_aborted_errors: 0
tx_carrier_errors: 0
tx_fifo_errors: 0
tx_heartbeat_errors: 0
rx_long_length_errors: 0
rx_short_length_errors: 0
rx_csum_offload_errors: 0
# ethtool -S eth4 | grep errors
rx_errors: 17265
tx_errors: 0
rx_over_errors: 0
rx_crc_errors: 0
rx_frame_errors: 0
rx_fifo_errors: 0
rx_missed_errors: 0
tx_aborted_errors: 0
tx_carrier_errors: 0
tx_fifo_errors: 0
tx_heartbeat_errors: 0
rx_long_length_errors: 0
rx_short_length_errors: 0
rx_csum_offload_errors: 0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux, all versions
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