Re: NIC LOCKS UP

["Andre ten Bohmer" <andre tenbohmer popper iend wau nl>]

Hello,

> I have a HP PROLIANT ML350 G3
> - PROC: 2.8 GHZ
> - MEMORY: 2048 GB
> - OS: LINUX AS 2.1 KERNEL 2.4.9-e.3smp
> - DB: ORACLE 9i
> - DUAL NETWORK CARD (ONE ACTIVE)
>
> PROBLEM:
> THE NIC SOME HOW LOCKS UP THEN I'VE TO RUN THE COMMAND
>  "IFCONFIG ETH0 DOWN" THEN "IFCONFIG ETH0 UP" THIS HAPPENS 3 TO 4 TIMES A
> DAY
>
> CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM
- if an option, upgrade to the latest AS 2.1 kernel
- use the Red Hat kernel NIC drivers or the one HP provides (via the HP
support pack)
- did you check the HP support forums?
- did you check the network switch port and NIC speed settings (auto-detect
can cause problems)?

Cheers,
Andre