error in boot log??

[rs6000er]

hi all

i have got the errors in boot log for a long time since the
etherchannel was setup.
the error message looked like the following.
0 Tue Mar 21 16:42:42 EST 2006 if_en: ns_alloc(en6) failed with errno =
19
0 Tue Mar 21 16:42:42 EST 2006 if_en: ns_alloc(en7) failed with errno
= 19
the en6 is a etherchannel network interface which was made of en2 and
en4, the en7 was made of en5 and en7. bot en6 and en7 participated in
HACMP cluster as the boot and statndby addresses and they are working
fine after boot.
the output of lsdev for network interfaceses are listed as the below.
en2 Defined 07-08 Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
en3 Defined 07-09 Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
en4 Defined 0C-08 Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
en5 Defined 0C-09 Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
en6 Available Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
en7 Available Standard Ethernet Network
Interface
ent2 Available 07-08 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X
Adapter (14108902)
ent3 Available 07-09 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X
Adapter (14108902)
ent4 Available 0C-08 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X
Adapter (14108902)
ent5 Available 0C-09 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X
Adapter (14108902)
ent6 Available EtherChannel / IEEE 802.3ad Link
Aggregation
ent7 Available EtherChannel / IEEE 802.3ad Link
Aggregation


i have also checked the ibm's website about the etherchannel. but i
olny got IY58919: ETHERCHANNEL DOES NOT LOAD UNLESS IF_EN IS ALREADY
LOADED. i already have this fix in my boxes.


any idea about this will be appreciated.


thanks in advances,


Frank

 

[DukeSSD]

Re: en7 was made of en5 and en7.

Did you mean:
en7 was made of en3 and en5?

Check for an old ip configuration on en2, 3, 4, 5.
If they are to be used for etherchannel the must not have any other configuration.

If they do then check the etherchannel config and then
ifconfig down detach all interfaces
rmdev -dl enx and entx for all interfaces
then cfgmgr
then setup the etherchannel again.

AIX gets very confused if you add an interface with any previous config into an etherchannel