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by jbutryn

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I have a Proliant 2500 as a PDC in a domain that consists of a BDC and two Terminal servers. All the servers are connected to backup. The server are connected to 3com switches that are also powered through a UPS.
My problem is that once a week my PDC logs an event that the network link is down (it has an onboard cpqnf card).There is a 4 second time lapse between the link going down and the connection being reconnected. I have run diag on the card,and everthing is OK, I have also checked and changed the cabling. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
JoeB

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by dc1

Check out the diags for the switch. Possibly change the port that the server plugs into to see if that solves the problem. Another possibility is the UPS is overloaded and you are experiencing a lag in power.

by bill cassada

Is this a regular event? Could it be that some maintenance or other routine is executing and causing the link to drop? If it is regular I would look at the task scheduler and see what is set to run and check out what Compaq says on the website and perhaps send them email (if you have a maint contract I'd give them a call). Good luck!

by jbutryn

Thank You, I checked the UPS and it had actually gone bad, replaced it and problem solved.

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