Sam Flory wrote:
> Has anyone seen this? While testing new systems I have observed that
> the 3rd on board ethernet stops working after days of moderate network
> load testing. I'm unable to ping out via the interface, or ping to the
> interface's ip address from outside. No errors are observed in logs,
> ifconfig, route, or ethtool. If I manually reconfigure the interface
> with ifconfig it works fine. (Leading me to think the driver or chipset
> gets in an odd state and needs to be reset.)
>
> This occurs with the current RHEL kernel (2.6.18-128) as well as the
> latest beta kernel (2.6.18-155) from Red Hat. This is does not occur on
> the 2950 or the 1950 with the same kernel and the exact same test.
>
>
> PS-Yes I've
> -Tried the firmware update for the ethernet controller. (The update file
> claims I'm up to date) The system reports it is running the latest
> bios.
> -Unloaded iptables modules (firewall)
> -Swapped cables, and ports on the switch
>
>
>
>
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: PowerEdge R710
# uname -r
2.6.18-128.1.1.el5
# /sbin/ifconfig
eth1
RX bytes:1376570525343 (1.2 TiB) TX bytes:380235042554 (354.1
GiB)
eth2
RX bytes:1021719938759 (951.5 GiB) TX bytes:4138854215987
(3.7 TiB)
eth4
RX bytes:14081381809 (13.1 GiB) TX bytes:62096173434 (57.8 GiB)
eth5
RX bytes:1237741 (1.1 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
# lspci | grep Ethernet
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 06)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 06)
not seen this myself but maybe you are pumping through more traffic than
this?
uptime is about 6 days
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