Timothy wrote: <snip>
did you mention if any recent OS or other software updates like 5.3 to 5.4
or otherwise? It is a newer box w/ 5.4 installed.
someone could be DOS'ing the server ???
Does not appear that way and if it was I would imagine console should still work but it does not.
do you run a firewall and drop bad traffic to the floor or is it wide open?
I do run a firewall and drop traffic.
what about thermal issues?
Temp does not spike during these periods.
recent BIOS update?
No
also, you might consider using some boot time kernel parameters to disable
things hardware wise etc that are not absolutely necessary.
I have disabled acpi in kernel. Anything else I should disable?
does it match the switchport? i.e. hard set? auto negot? cisco should be
hard set.
Yes it matches but direct console crashes so I do not feel it is a network issue. If it was I would imagine you should still be able to direct console in.
Do you have smartmontools installed and running? I just was reading about that, and it can *cause* lockups and crashes. Check the WARNING file in the distro.
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