The guys on the Dell PowerEdge ML seem to be attracted by the idea that
it is a driver problem of the network adapter. In this case, lspci gives me:
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)
Does this match your adapter?
Regards,
Peter
Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> Actually, I've also been experience this issue on a two identical
> custom built systems running 5.3 x64 with Xen. I experienced the
> issue under the same kernel that Peter is running and the first kernel
> released with 5.3.
>
> In my particular instance, I'm attributing these random crashes to
> hardware problems since I'm only experiencing the issues on these two
> systems and not an older Dell PowerEdge 850 which is set up with the
> same software configuration.
>
> Matt
>
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> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:mpeters@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> JohnS wrote:
>
> >
> > My sejustion is unplug everything hooked to it but the power and
> network
> > cabling. Open it up while it is running, and shake the cables
> lightly
> > ( don't jerk on them). External disk array, unplug it also. USB
> floppies
> > and cd drives unplug emmm all.
> >
> > Is it under a heavy load? High cpu usage? Some times when there is a
> > power supply on the verge of dying you don't really know until
> disk I/O
> > climbs real high thus pulling loads of wattage.
>
> That's my guess.
> I'd swap out the power supply.
>
> My personal experience with ram issues is either kernel panic or
> filesystem funnyness (sometimes resulting in filesystems being
> remounted
> read only). My experience with disk I/O issues is that forcing fsck
> reveals filesystem errors with high frequency.
>
> Rebooting machines in my experience is almost always a failing power
> supply (or faulty power source - check your UPS, when they start to go
> bad they can cause issues).
>
> If it was a kernel issue, I suspect more people would be experiencing
> (unless it is caused by a third party kmod)
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