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incorrect timeout value. This incorrect timeout value might be over 10 seconds and during this time no kernel timer

functions can be run.

Invalid naming conventions for the ports of Emulex

OneConnect OCe14102-UX-D card when NPAR-EP is

enabled

Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 11.x with Emulex card naming conventions by biosdevname may not be accurate for all

the networking devices. As a result partitions 3 and 4 of all the four ports of Emulex is not named as expected.

Workaround: Add kernel boot parameter “biosdevname=0” this return back to ethN naming.

Cause: Biosdevname has the limitation, which cannot handle more than 7 PCI functions.

Unable to boot SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 when

HBA mode is enabled in Broadcom card

Description: Unable to boot SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 if the HBA mode is enabled, and initiator and target (LUN)

are in different subnet.

Workaround: Ensure the HBA is disabled, and initiator and target in the same subnets.

Cause: The initiator is unable to discover the target if they are in the different subnets.

Invalid naming conventions for ports in Intel and NDC

cards

Description:

The naming conventions for Intel and NDC cards in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 by biosdevname might

not be accurate for all the networking devices.

Workaround: Add kernel boot parameter “biosdevname=0” and the naming convention reverts to eth naming.

Cause: Limitation in the biosdevname.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 stops functioning

when executing the BMC DUP operation continuously

Description:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 stops functioning when executing the BMC DUP updates and downgrade

operation continuously.

Workaround: Restart the system.

Cause: IPMI driver is not responding.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 fails when DSDT in the

BIOS has IPMI Opregion enabled

Description

dmesg displays the following ACPI-IPMI related error messages on system startup:

[ 4.724118] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [IPMI] (ffff880c04d8c240)

[IPMI] (20110623/evregion-373)

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