From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 30 8:20: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33A437B400 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:20:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAEE43E42 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:20:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7UFK2JU071122 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7UFK2UK071121; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD2437B400 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:13:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from insane.noc.clara.net (insane.noc.clara.net [195.8.70.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35D343E3B for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:13:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bruce@insane.noc.clara.net) Received: from bruce by insane.noc.clara.net with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 17knT3-000NP7-00 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:13:49 +0100 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:13:49 +0100 From: Bruce Dixie Reply-To: Bruce Dixie To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/42216: simultaneous multiple server network failure Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 42216 >Category: kern >Synopsis: simultaneous multiple server network failure >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 30 08:20:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bruce Dixie >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: Multiple systems ranging from 4.5R to 4.6Stable >Description: Within 10 seconds of each other, 8 FreeBSD servers lost connectivity. Linux and Solaris servers on the same network and performing the same tasks were unaffected. The only log in all the servers /var/log/messages is 'Aug 29 01:28:52 eos /kernel: fxp0: device timeout' - this appears in all the servers logs. The time varies for each server by no more than 10secs. As soon as we disconnected the server we suspected of causing the problem connectivity returned. There's nothing in the logs of the suspect server , but it was unresponsive to the keyboard. As soon as the server was disconnected all the other servers started responding - no reboot needed. I'm submitting this as suggested by Mark Murrey. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message