Unsuccessful service startup due to delayed network access during system boot

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
 
 
 

Situation

Services relying on network connectivity (e.g. NTP, SNMP) fail to startup properly during system boot.
After login network connectivity is established and services can be started as normal.

Resolution

This issue may happen if network switches are involved that are configured to use the Spanning Tree Protocol but the ports are not configured as Edge Ports and set toPortfast. In this case it can take up to a minute until the network connectivity has been established.

Additional Information

For more information about the Spanning Tree Protocol andPortfastplease visit the following websites provided by Cisco:
 

Disclaimer

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  • Document ID:3320632
  • Creation Date: 06-Mar-2008
  • Modified Date:05-Mar-2021
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension

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