[ale] e1000 loses link to switch

[Chris Fowler]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Yes. It's not a problem with the Centos box but with the switch. The 
> switch has a flaky power issue that is causing the link indication 
> voltage to either drop below threshold or an overheat issue causing a 
> drop out. I wrote a series of little scripts to test for link every 
> few minutes when I had this issue and restart the networking (network 
> off, unload modules, network start). That would re-init the switch 
> ports but was not a real solution. When I replaced the switch, the 
> problem went away.
>

What I should do is move the server to the Cisco 2900 and see if it 
behaves the same.