Ifconfig or ethtool command are showing large numbers of errors.
Issue
ifconfig or ethtool command are showing large numbers of errors under the following configuration;
- HP DL380 G7 servers running igb driver on Intel 82580 network interface card
- Below a sample output showing the errors
#ethtool -S eth10|grep -i errors
rx_crc_errors: 9785
rx_missed_errors: 233
tx_aborted_errors: 0
tx_carrier_errors: 0
tx_window_errors: 0
rx_long_length_errors: 33879116296
rx_short_length_errors: 0
rx_align_errors: 0
rx_errors: 33879126081
tx_errors: 0
rx_length_errors: 33879116296
rx_over_errors: 0
Note: Server does not report errors, if using the e1000e driver for the same NIC card.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
- Intel 82580 NIC(Network Interface Card)
- HP DL380 G7
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