We've got a curious problem here with some linux-guests on a z990 with zVM44
and SLES8, k_deflt-2.4.21-221, Gigabit Ethernet OSA. Sometimes all network
connections are going down, e.g. all ssh sessions get lost with timeout etc.
A ping doesn't reach the linux. Pings from direct network-neighbours to the
linux fail, too. If I log on to the zVM console almost everything looks
fine. I can ping it's own IP-address, but not the Gateway's IP-adress or the
neighbours. A "mount" or "df" hangs when it should list NFS-mounted
directories from other servers.
If I reboot the linux-guest the problem is gone. Or I can wait a random time
(around 20-45 minutes), suddenly the linux answers again. There are no
error-messages in /var/log/messages. I have exactly _no_ idea what I can do
now. An "inconfig eth0 down/up" doesn't change anything. I cannot reproduce
this error, so I have to wait until it happens the next time. Any hints what
I can do when it happens again next time?

TIA,
Sebastian

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