I've actually got two dl/320's that do exactly that (well, not work - I've not gotten a blue-screen from it). I've written a script to disable and enable the interfaces 10 minutes after bootup.
The pipelining issue can happen on DL's as well. I install that registry change on all my servers now - I've experienced it on DL/320's, DL/360's, and DL/380's; as well as Dell servers - but only when I create an SMTP connector to another Exchange server. Weirdness. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 7:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Server disabling its own NIC I love the stuff I read about Dells. It always reinforces my decision to use HP/Compaq. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of subsoniq Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Server disabling its own NIC This is a problem with the broadcom NIC's on the 2650's, and as of 5 months ago Dell still hadn't fixed it. The place I worked at had 40 2650's running exchange and 30% of the time when one was rebooted the NIC failed to work on boot up, and about 7% of the time the NIC would stop functioning on a server out of the blue. I no longer work with that company (thank god) and my current company uses HP Proliants so I don't know if Dell ever fixed it. They also had a problem with the broadcom drivers that they did fix, the older versions caused exchange 2000 to have SMTP problems due to using pipelining, a driver update was supposed to fix this (I quit immediately after updating the drivers so I don't know if it actually fixed it). On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:42:09 -0400, Jose Manzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I have a server that every so often disables its own NIC. Oh > course this server is a production box, so it's a big problem when it > does this. The server is a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with Windows 2000 > Server sp4 installed. Has anyone run into this problem before? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode > =&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
