Procurve 4108GL Ports Having Problems

[netadmin19355]

Good Morning,

I have been having a strange problem with one of my 4108GL HP switches.
Quite often I will get a call from a user that is connected to this
4108 switch complaining they have no network connection. When I go to
look at it it seems the light on the port is just solid (but lit) or it
may flash really SLOW. I sometimes can take the patch cable out of the
port and put it into another port on the switch and it may work may.
Sometimes I can even plug it into another port and if it works, take it
out and plug it into the original port that wasn't working and it may
work then!! Weird! I tried upgrading the firmware...nothing changed.
Any ideas???


Thanks,
Wes

 

[TheBublitz]

Id call hp about that one. All hp switches are covered for life so id get a ticket in case you need to replace it. So far their tech support is very good.

Billy Bublitz
Integrity Windows and Doors

 

[I2007]

do you use ospf on the swithces...?

if so this is related to the nic card stops the connection for less than a second causing the 4108 not to activate the first path again.

i2007

 

[netadmin19355]

Thanks, I am not sure if I use ospf, I cannot see where I would that would be when I log into my switch. Do you know where to find this? Do you think I should use this protocol?

-Wes

 

[I2007]

OSPF is "open shortest path first". You use it when you have different routes/paths to a single destination, so when your first and shortest path is down, it automaticly trunks and routes it another direction. So you can almost call it a failover wihtin a single device.

This is probably not the best way to describe it but, hey, i'm not a pedagog...

i2007

 

[netadmin19355]

Ah, thanks. Do you know where you select this option from within the switch? I cannot find it.

 

[I2007]

I'm not sure whether it is possible on the 4108gl switch or not. It was more or less to inform you that there is a problem with it with hp switches. I thought every module based switch from hp had this feature. Try to search the manual for it at hp.com.

i2007