[CentOS] Random server reboot after update to CentOS 5.3

[Peter Hopfgartner]

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
>
> --
> Mathew S. McCarrell
> Clarkson University '10
>
> mccarrms at gmail.com <mailto:mccarrms at gmail.com>
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>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com 
> <mailto:mpeters at mac.com>> 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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