Hello Linux Gurus!

I am in need of assistance with a DL380 G4 running Linux. The problem is that when the machine is under a high load, it will drop off of the network, and return to the network when the load is lowered. Has anyone else had this problem before, were you able to find a fix? Someone suggested to update the NIC driver, it just so happens HP released a NIC driver for the bcm5700 modules on May 23, 2006. I installed the new driver, but no dice, the machine still dropped from the network. If anyone can provide tips on debugging Linux, or if there's a silver bullet on a fix, any information is greatly appreciated. Additional info below:

My best to you,

Rick King, Boise, ID

Machine: DL380 G4 Bios Rev P51 (Latest)
Operating System: Novell Linux 9 (SuSe)
Uname: Linux boilx7 2.6.5-7.201-bigsmp #2 SMP Thu May 18 20:05:14 MDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lsmod Output
mvfs 306256 192
vnode 129032 196 mvfs
edd 26008 0
joydev 26688 0
sg 54048 0
st 57500 0
sr_mod 33316 0
ide_cd 54788 0
cdrom 55196 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
nvram 25736 0
usbserial 48240 0
parport_pc 53568 0
lp 27780 0
parport 56520 2 parport_pc,lp
nfsd 119240 17
exportfs 22528 1 nfsd
speedstep_lib 20224 0
freq_table 21504 0
ipv6 326908 28
deflate 20352 0
zlib_deflate 39064 1 deflate
twofish 55424 0
serpent 31616 0
aes 45504 0
blowfish 26752 0
sha256 26240 0
sha1 25088 0
crypto_null 18816 0
af_key 48784 2
libafs 566464 2
tg3 101252 0
ehci_hcd 46468 0
hw_random 21780 0
uhci_hcd 48016 0
evdev 26112 0
usbcore 130272 5 usbserial,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
bcm5700 169112 0
e1000 116612 0
af_packet 39048 0
subfs 24448 1
dm_mod 73472 0
reiserfs 276688 3
cciss 69956 7
sd_mod 37888 0
scsi_mod 135364 5 sg,st,sr_mod,cciss,sd_mod

lspci Output
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7520 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A (rev 0c)
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7520 PCI Express Port C (rev 0c)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
0000:01:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:04.2 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Processor (rev 01)
0000:02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A (rev 09)
0000:02:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B (rev 09)
0000:03:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0000:03:01.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
0000:04:03.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 64xx (rev 01)
0000:05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A (rev 09)
0000:05:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B (rev 09)


Output from cat /proc/bus/pci/devices | grep bcm
0308 14e41648 19 fdef0004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00010000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 bcm5700
0309 14e41648 1a fdee0004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00010000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 bcm5700