HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition User Manual

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Troubleshooting 38

Problem

Possible cause

Possible solution

The INP license is installed
but you cannot enable Fast

Path Failover on the team. It
is disabled.

This may be expected
behavior based on the

configured settings.

Open the NCU and go to the Information tab
for the team. Check the Current Mode.
If the current team mode is 802.3ad Dynamic

with Fault Tolerance or SLB (Switch-assisted
Load Balancing), this is normal behavior.

These team modes do not support Fast Path

Failover.

One or more members (but

not all) of the team currently

have a red X with a status of
"Failed (Active Path)" and

the team is degraded (yellow

team icon).

Failed (Active Path) is a failure

condition of the Active Path

Failover mechanism. If one or
more members (but not all) of

the team have a red X with a

status of "Failed (Active
Path)," this means those

members did not receive a

response from the echo node
device during the last interval.

First, ensure that there are no split LAN

conditions possibly caused by an upstream

link failure to the core network.
Second, if there are no split LAN conditions,
go to the Advanced Redundancy tab for the

team. Set the timers under Active Path Failover

to a greater value. Possibly the timers are set
too low for the network environment. Try

doubling the current timers and retest with

these settings.

The Active Path Mechanism

is enabled and all adapters

in the team show a yellow X
with a status of "Degraded

(Active Path)"; however, I

can successfully ping the
echo node device.

If using the Directed ARP

method and the echo node

device is a router or a Linux
server, this is expected

behavior.

Change the Active Path Mechanism to

Community Address ARP. This newer method

works with all devices as the echo node. It
requires an additional IP address for the

Community ARP; however, all servers on the

network using this feature can use this
address.

All members in the team
show a yellow X with a status

of "Degraded (Fast Path)";

however, the adapters are

operating successfully.

The Spanning Tree Protocol
may be disabled on the

switches or the wrong protocol

may be selected on the

Advanced Redundancy tab of
the team.

Ensure the Spanning Tree Protocol is running
on the switches in the network.
Ensure the protocol selected on the Advanced
Redundancy tab is the same protocol running

on the switches in the network. Only PVST+

and 802.1D are supported.

When using the Fast Path

mechanism with VLANS and
PVST+, my adapters all show

a yellow X with a status of

"Degraded (Fast Path)";

however, the adapters are
operating successfully.

The Native VLAN of the switch

may not match what is
configured on the VLAN tab of

the team in the Default/Native

VLAN box.

Ensure the Native VLAN of the switch is the

same as the Default/Native VLAN configured
in the NCU on the VLAN tab of the team. For

example, if the Native VLAN on the ports you

are connected to is VLAN 20, then ensure the

VLAN tab of the team is configured for VLAN
20 on the Default//Native VLAN box.

When using the Router Path
mechanism, all members in a

team show a yellow X with a

status of "Degraded (Router
Path)"; however, all adapters

are operating successfully.

The router protocol type or the
router IP address may be set

wrong.

Ensure the Router Protocol setting is configured
for the correct protocol and verify the Router IP

Address entry.

When using the Router Path
mechanism, all members in a

team show a yellow X with a

status of "Degraded (Router
Path)"; however, all adapters

are operating successfully.

The Default/Native VLAN ID
and the Router Path VLAN ID

do not match when the ports

on the switch have not been
tagged to any VLAN.

Ensure that the Default VLAN ID and Router
Path VLAN ID are the same in the NCU.

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