• Network connection randomly drops out


    MobiusNine
    • Closed Minor

    The network connection for my server running 6.9.0 RC2 randomly drops and the only way to reestablish it is by rebooting the server.

     

    There are instances where it seems the server is running fine for days/weeks, but then I have to do something that requires a reboot and I have to reboot several times hoping the network connection won't drop out.

     

    I think it has something to do with this warning regarding a firmware error in the syslog:

     

    'Feb 15 21:29:59 NAS kernel: ixgbe 0000:07:00.0: Warning firmware error detected FWSM: 0xFFFFFFFF'

     

     

    syslog.log




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    I'm not experiencing the issue anymore, but I'm not quite sure what caused it to stop. It could be related to the fact that I removed a second, unnecessary link from my hba to my netapp ds4246 the might have been causing weird issues to occur. It could also have something to do with upgrading to 6.9.0 stable. I had googled around initially and saw a few posts like the one you linked and sort of guessed that it something funky going on with drivers in the newer kernel, but could never confirm the actual cause.

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