It is WAY out of date, however, since I was VPN'd in and it was 3am, HP
suggested not to update it remotely,
Will do the FW update today.
As far as PRTG goes it was set to the defaults (guru config)
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:37:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] PRTG crashed a switch?
> From: kurt.b...@gmail.com
> To: ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com
>
> We use PRTG, and have both HP and Juniper switches, though ours are 24
> and 48 port devices, not as large as what you're working with. I've
> never seen anything like that.
>
> I suppose it might be possible, depending on what PRTG was set to do,
> and how frequently - I just find it unlikely.
>
> I'd check the firmware on that switch - is it up to date?
>
> Kurt
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:29 AM, J- P <jnat...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Went onsite yesterday to check out some network issues, so I fired up PRTG
> > and let it do its thing.
> > Later in the evening when I'm home I VPN into the site and after 12 minutes
> > my vpn drops , I check the public IP internet is up.
> >
> > I call the IT mgr and let him know that I cant authenticate, he goes to the
> > office and tells me the core switch (240 port procurve) is lit up like
> > Christmas tree (all lights flashing), no telnet no ssh no ping reply , he
> > does a physical shutdown , and I'm back in , ten minutes later it drops
> > again this happened 4 times.
> >
> > Finally the last time it remains online, they are telling me that this "has
> > never happened before" (at least that they know of it was late at night)
> >
> > Oh and the logs on the switch only show 2 entries
> >
> > 1. First time installation
> > 2. Warning loss of link on B10
> >
> > So is it possible that PRTG caused this, or is likley they've never been
> > around that late to realize this?
> >
>
>
