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Re: [Xen-users] domU's dropping network config under heavy disk and netw

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] domU's dropping network config under heavy disk and network I/O
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:37:38 +0100
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On 9 Nov 2006 at 8:10, Nathan Valentine wrote:

> 
> It was as if the domU lost its DHCP lease...which, after more testing,
> is precisely what seems to have happened. No IP address, no routes, etc
> etc. I changed the domU from DHCP to static addressing and re-ran the
> data copies and they completed as expected.

Even with no load DHCP requests (or replies/offers) seem to get lost somewhere. 
Then significant time later it suddenly works. I was wondering whether a 
possible 
overflow in the bridge's MAC table might be a reason....

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Regards,
Ulrich


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