LOL. This switch debate just keeps on giving..... On 22 September 2010 19:49, Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man... < [email protected]> wrote:
> Uhhhh... What kind of switches? If they were Cisco you'd have magic ninja > support that could help you isolate the issue without bouncing the network. > If they were HP switches, their support might not know what to do but they > will ship out a new switch to you overnight.... > > But really, if these are managed switches you should be able to see what's > happening at the port level to determine the source of the problem... > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: * "James Kerr" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:45:01 -0400 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *My whole network went down! > > So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main office. After > some various checks on the servers, I try to ping some of them from my > workstation and every so often I get a reply but mostly its timing out. I go > to our wire closet and shut off the UPS that all our switches are on, bring > them back up and low and behold everything is working again. Anyone have any > idea what one of these switches was doing to bring the network to its knees? > If it happens again I will restart them individually to see which one caused > the drama. Network was down for 45 minutes, not happy. > > James > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
