kernel: looutput: mbuf allocation failed

[Bill Moran]

Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote:
> Recently had a box go dark for a few minutes...  pulled the following from the
> logs shortly after the box revived itself.
> 
> 	/kernel: looutput: mbuf allocation failed
> 
> been a while since we have touched the kernel config for this server...  any
> pointers as to what settings we should lookat or touch to prevent this nastiness
> from occuring again?

What does 'netstat -m' have to say?

According to that, you may want to tweak the number of mbufs available
via sysctl.  If you search the list archives you'll find many conversations
about this.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com