Re: [Xen-API] XCP 1.1 and Intel i350 Gigabit

[Denis Cardon <denis.cardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Agi,

> Thanks for reply... I will read it first.
> Do you mean p2v drivers is in xs-tools.iso?
> fyi, all of my W2K3 VMs use 2-4 VCPUs.
Yes that's it, you should re-install the pv driver with a recent enough 
build of xs-tools.iso.
I have a dozen win2k3 running fine on XCP 1.6, so "it should work"(tm) 
for you too! In the citrix thread I sent you, you can find the exact 
build that address this issue.
The recompilation of a driver is not very hard either once you got used 
to it, but it would be a pity not to get on with XCP1.6, the Citrix team 
did a tremendous work on this release.
Cheers,

Denis

> On 18/03/2013 5:04 PM, Denis Cardon wrote:
> > Hi Agi,
> >
> > > I have a new server with onboard Intel i350 Gigabit Ethernet, but XCP
> > > 1.1 did not detect that card. Previously I install XCP 1.6 on it, but my
> > > VM (Windows) always hang randomly and hard to reboot/shutdown via
> > > XenCenter, so I want to use XCP 1.1 to that server. How to compile
> > > igb-4.1.2.tar.gz source code for XCP 1.1?
> > I had a issue recently with a win2k WM crashing after upgrade to
> > XCP1.6. There has been an issue with win2k win2k3 vms that is
> > explained in the post below (long post).
> >
> > http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314477&start=105&tstart=0
> >
> > Summary :
> > * For win2k3 and above vms, upgrade p2v drivers.
> > * For win2k vms, short workaround is to have only one vcpus in the VM.
> > (indeed, the new driver does not want to install on win2k per
> > citrix/windows EOL policy). If you definitly need more than one vcpus
> > in your win2k vm, you'll have to tweak a little more I guess.
> >
> > If you still want to recompile, you have to install kernel headers
> > from source iso, enable centos repo, install build tools and compile
> > your driver. But I'd recommend to give one more try to XCP 1.6.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Denis

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