Dave,
Thanks for your suggestion.
The server is running something important traffic. I worry that upgrading
the driver will cause other stability problems. If the old driver was
possible to cause my problems, then I will have to replace it.
Thanks,
Paul
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Dave, Tushar N <[email protected]>wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Paul [mailto:[email protected]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:14 AM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [E1000-devel] Abnormal link down after running long time
> >
> >Hi, All,
> >
> >I met a strange NIC link down problem and couldn't find any useful clues
> >by now.
> >
> >I ran RHEL6.0 (kernel version: 2.6.32.71), and used Intel 82571EB Gigabit
> >Ethernet Controller. The version of e1000e driver was 1.2.7, which was the
> >original version in RHEL6.0. My system could run for several months, but
> >suddenly saw these messages in log:
> >May 19 18:46:37 (none) kernel: e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Down May 19
> >18:46:39 (none) kernel: e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex,
> >Flow Control: RX/TX Then eth1 couldn't be used any more. I checked the
> >cables and the switch.
> >Both had no problems. After rebooting the system and not touching anything
> >else, then it could work again.
> >
> >Previously I didn't notice this problem. But now I viewed the old logs and
> >found it happened for several times. Each time the system could run for
> >several months. The network traffic over the NIC was not heavy.
> >
> >This problem could be reproduced on another hardware with the same
> >hardware and software configuration.
> >
> >Is it related to a bug of e1000e? The driver version 1.2.7 seems very old.
> >Is it useful if I upgrade the driver?
> Yes, the driver you are using is very old. It is a good idea to try
> recently released driver.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/?source=navbar
>
> -Tushar
>
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