Every once in awhile, one of our 2100a machines running 4.0d will drop
off the network. It's very strange. The system can ping itself, but
nothing out on the net and nothing out on the net can ping it. This
usually happens during heavy network loads (like backups). Some
details:
AlphaServer 2100a
256mb RAM
~40gb disk space
Primary job is NFS service
100mb interface (/dev/tu0) Tulip card
4.0d, unknown ECO level (how do I find this out???)
NetBackup 3.1.5 client installed, Solaris 2.5.1 backup server
Right now we have a script that runs out of cron every 5 minutes and
pings a system on the outside that we know will be alive. It tries 4
times and then shoots itself in the head. Clearly, this is not the way
to handle this problem. But I'm the Sun and HP guy and I'm just
starting to pickup the Dec stuff so I'm baffled...
Any direction in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-Phil
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GREYMOUSER CONSULTING
System, Network and Security Architecture and Administration
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Received on Tue Dec 14 1999 - 22:27:18 NZDT