I have a Dell R710 which has been flaky for some time. It crashes about once per week. I have literally replaced every piece of hardware in it, and reinstalled Sol 10u9 fresh and clean.
I am wondering if other people out there are using Dell hardware, with what degree of success, and in what configuration? The failure seems to be related to the perc 6i. For some period around the time of crash, the system still responds to ping, and anything currently in memory or running from remote storage continues to function fine. But new processes that require the local storage ... Such as inbound ssh etc, or even physical login at the console ... those are all hosed. And eventually the system stops responding to ping. As soon as the problem starts, the only recourse is power cycle. I can't seem to reproduce the problem reliably, but it does happen regularly. Yesterday it happened several times in one day, but sometimes it will go 2 weeks without a problem. Again, just wondering what other people are using, and experiencing. To see if any more clues can be found to identify the cause.
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