Quick Reference Guide

Kernel Panic When The Bonding Module Is Unloaded

Description If a bonding device in balance alb/tlb mode is brought down with the command ifconfig bond0 down and

the slave systems are still attached to the bond, the bond's transmit hash table gets cleared.

Workaround Detach the slave systems before unloading the module.

Cause When the bonding module is unloaded, the transmit hash table which is cleared by the above step, is

accessed and this results in a kernel panic.

Unable To Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 When Size Of The Virtual Disk Is

Greater Than 1.4 TB

Description The installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 fails when the size of the virtual disk is greater

than 1.4 TB.

Cause This issue occurs due to a bug in the GRUB source code.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 64-bit Installation Fails On 128 GB System Memory

Description If the memory size of the system is between 96 GB and 128 GB, the system may fail to boot to SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 either from the media or in the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE).

Cause This issue occurs because the Linux kernel fails to allocate 64 GB of bounce buffer in the 4 GB RAM

space. The 0–2 GB of the 4 GB RAM space, which is reserved for link list, gets relocated on the 4 GB RAM

space.

Installation Of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 Operating System Fails

Description Installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 operating system may fail.

Cause The issue occurs when the installation is initiated from a hard disk on a system with an unpartitioned USB

device.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 Becomes Unresponsive Handling iSCSI

Asynchronous Logouts

Description While handling an iSCSI asynchronous logout request from a Dell EqualLogic PS5000 series array, SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 may become unresponsive in trying to access the server over the

network.

Workaround For more information, see TID

7005016

at novell.com/support.

Known Issues In SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 4

This section contains information about known issues, resolutions, and their workarounds when using SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 10 SP 4 on your Dell system.