[OmniOS-discuss] no access issue through ssh or through physical console

[Dave Pooser]

(resending because I left the list off last time)

>We have an issue in our omniOS installation.
>
>We use the server as storage server (ZFS) with NFS.
>
>the server works great and never crashed actually.
>
>but we have very strange issue that after few days we are unable to ssh ,
>http or even directly console access the server.
>
>the console of the server when connecting a screen or using the IPMI will
>show the normal black window where we can type anything but its like
>typing in vi window nothing will happen.
>
>while in this situation the NFS server is running ok with no dropped
>performance.
>
>the only way to go out of this situation is to hard reboot the server
>
>is there any way to find out why this happens (I have 2 identical
>supermicro servers and the issue is reproducible in both servers actually)

If you make an ssh connection to the server when it's working fine, and
then leave that connection open until the server issue reappears, does
that existing SSH connection still work, or does it go deaf?
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Dave Pooser
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