Intel NIC stops working

Johannes adhocrocker at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 08:06:31 UTC 2011


Hi Sami,

thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, down/up the interface does not
resolve the problem.
I have to reboot my server in order to use the nic again.

Regards

Johannes

2011/8/16 Sami Halabi <sodynet1 at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> i have similar issue in 8.1-RELEASE with re0 NIC.
> suddenly it stops responding, but ifconfig down, ifconfig up solves the
> problem.
> i crontabed a minutely check, so check this, its a workaround, but here it
> is:
> #!/bin/csh -f
> set ping = `/sbin/ping -c 2 -t 3 192.168.1.2 | /usr/bin/grep -v "PING" |
> /usr/bin/grep -v "transmi" | /usr/bin/grep -v "statis" | /usr/bin/grep -v
> "round" | /usr/bin/grep "64 bytes" | /usr/bin/wc -l | /usr/bin/awk '{print
> $1;}'`
> set reload = "0"
> if ( $ping != "2" ) then
>         if ( $ping != "1" ) then
>         /sbin/ifconfig re0 down
>         sleep 1
>         /sbin/ifconfig re0 up
>         echo "re0 reloaded by cron job made by SAMI" >> /var/log/messages
>         set reload = "1"
>         endif
> endif
>
> Sami
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Johannes <adhocrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use an Intel dual nic for my home server. About two weeks ago, it
>> started to randomly stop
>> working. A reboot solved this problem. Today it did not even work
>> after a reboot.
>>
>> Since the cooling of my server was insufficient for this summers heat,
>> it might be a hardware
>> issue.
>>
>> I already checked the cable, that seems to be fine. I also ran the
>> Intel diagnostics (on windows)
>> on the cable and on the card, which showed that everything is ok.
>>
>> Any idea what the reason might be is appreciated :)
>>
>> See debug infos below. What is especially strange is
>> dev.em.1.debug: -1. I cannot change this, it will stay at -1. Also,
>> the error count numbers from
>> sysctl are mostly the same, which is very strange.
>>
>> uname -a
>> FreeBSD frege.fritz.box 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #15: Tue Aug  9
>> 00:00:57 CEST 2011     root at frege.fritz.box:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREGE
>>  amd64
>>
>> netstat -i
>> Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop
>> Opkts Oerrs  Coll
>> em1    9000 <Link#2>      00:15:17:51:b4:8f       69 45908905416340
>>  0       61 13116830118930 6558415059465
>>
>> pciconf -lv
>> em0 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06
>> hdr=0x00
>>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>    device     = 'HP NC360T PCIe DP Gigabit Server Adapter (n1e5132)'
>>    class      = network
>>    subclass   = ethernet
>> em1 at pci0:1:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06
>> hdr=0x00
>>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>    device     = 'HP NC360T PCIe DP Gigabit Server Adapter (n1e5132)'
>>    class      = network
>>    subclass   = ethernet
>>
>> sysctl dev.em.1
>> dev.em.1.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.2.3
>> dev.em.1.%driver: em
>> dev.em.1.%location: slot=0 function=1
>> dev.em.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x105e subvendor=0x8086
>> subdevice=0x125e class=0x020000
>> dev.em.1.%parent: pci1
>> dev.em.1.nvm: -1
>> dev.em.1.debug: -1
>> dev.em.1.rx_int_delay: 0
>> dev.em.1.tx_int_delay: 66
>> dev.em.1.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
>> dev.em.1.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
>> dev.em.1.rx_processing_limit: 100
>> dev.em.1.flow_control: 3
>> dev.em.1.eee_control: 0
>> dev.em.1.link_irq: 0
>> dev.em.1.mbuf_alloc_fail: 0
>> dev.em.1.cluster_alloc_fail: 0
>> dev.em.1.dropped: 0
>> dev.em.1.tx_dma_fail: 0
>> dev.em.1.rx_overruns: 0
>> dev.em.1.watchdog_timeouts: 0
>> dev.em.1.device_control: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.rx_control: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.fc_high_water: 55296
>> dev.em.1.fc_low_water: 53796
>> dev.em.1.queue0.txd_head: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.queue0.txd_tail: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.queue0.tx_irq: 0
>> dev.em.1.queue0.no_desc_avail: 0
>> dev.em.1.queue0.rxd_head: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.queue0.rxd_tail: 4294967295
>> dev.em.1.queue0.rx_irq: 0
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.excess_coll: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.single_coll: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.multiple_coll: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.late_coll: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.collision_count: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.symbol_errors: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.sequence_errors: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.defer_count: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.missed_packets: 4947802323925
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_no_buff: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_undersize: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_fragmented: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_oversize: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_jabber: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.recv_errs: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.crc_errs: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.alignment_errs: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.coll_ext_errs: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.xon_recvd: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.xon_txd: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.xoff_recvd: -1152
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.xoff_txd: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.total_pkts_recvd: 4947802324218
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.good_pkts_recvd: 4947802324133
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_recvd: 4947802323919
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_recvd: 4947802324054
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_64: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_65_127: 4947802323985
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_128_255: 4947802323879
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_256_511: 4947802323949
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_512_1023: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.rx_frames_1024_1522: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.good_octets_recvd: 60519
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.good_octets_txd: 4643
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.total_pkts_txd: 4947802323860
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.good_pkts_txd: 4947802323860
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.bcast_pkts_txd: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.mcast_pkts_txd: 4947802323860
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_64: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_65_127: 4947802323848
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_128_255: 4947802323846
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_256_511: 4947802323843
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_512_1023: 4947802323843
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tx_frames_1024_1522: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tso_txd: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.mac_stats.tso_ctx_fail: 4952097291135
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.asserts: 4947802323925
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.rx_pkt_timer: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.rx_abs_timer: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.tx_pkt_timer: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.tx_abs_timer: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.tx_queue_empty: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.tx_queue_min_thresh: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.rx_desc_min_thresh: 4947802323840
>> dev.em.1.interrupts.rx_overrun: 4947802323840
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>
> --
> Sami Halabi
> Information Systems Engineer
> NMS Projects Expert
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