Flapping host on 4912G

May 26, 2005 1 Replies

Hi Folks



Can anyone point me in the right direction to start troubleshooting the messages below from our 4912G switch.



Cheers



Mike


2005 May 26 04:56:58 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Host 02:01:00:00:00:00 is flapping between port 2/12 and port 2/1
2005 May 26 04:57:08 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Host 02:01:00:00:00:00 is flapping between port 2/12 and port 2/1
2005 May 26 04:57:28 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Host 02:01:00:00:00:00 is flapping between port 2/12 and port 2/1
2005 May 26 04:57:38 %SYS-4-P2_WARN: 1/Host 02:01:00:00:00:00 is flapping between port 2/12 and port 2/1

Solved I think - the MAC address 02:01:00:00:00:00 is a virtual MAC address used by the Windows network load balancing service for broadcasts. We're checking our server boxes to see which ones have this enabled.

Cheers

Mike

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