RHEL network interface dropping packets
Issue
- System dropping network packets
- High number of drop counters like drop, discard, err or error, fifo, buf or buffer, fail, miss, OOB, full counters in
ethtool -S - High number of dropped, error, overrun, or frame counters in
ifconfig - What is the first thing to try when I see my network interfaces dropping packets?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all versions)
- Network interfaces
- Applications reporting loss of data (cluster fence, slow performance, timeouts, failed backups, etc)
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