[c-nsp] Self rebooting pix?

[Vincent C Jones]

Another possibility, given that it is a PIX501, is a loose power
connection. Some of the older PIX 501s were so sensitive it seemed they
would power cycle if you so much as looked at them. Moving the box, or
even bumping into the desk they were on, could reboot them. Crazy,
because otherwise they are solid and will run for years with no issues.

Good luck and good hunting!
-- 
Vincent C. Jones
Networking Unlimited, Inc.
Phone: +1 201 568-7810
V.Jones at NetworkingUnlimited.com

On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 18:46 -0500, Jason Gurtz wrote:
> > After each drop this counter returns to 0 which tells me the Pix is
> > rebooting for some reason.
> [...]
> > experienced this.  The software rev is 6.3.
> 
> We experienced this on a 515E running 6.3 code.  A move to the 7.0 series
> solved this issue.
> 
> I can't remember what exactly we saw using console but IIRC was something
> like runaway memory use.
> 
> ~JasonG
>