QLogic qlcnic reports extreme transmit values in RHEL 6.6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • NICs using the qlcnic driver module driver in RHEL 6.6 report an abnormally large number of transmitted packets
  • ifconfig counter of TX bytes shows much more traffic than has actually been transmitted
  • Transmit counter of QLogic qlcnic grows even when no traffic is being sent

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
  • QLogic network interface using qlcnic driver module

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