Hi Forum,
I need a some troubleshooting an unstable OPNSense installation. I've moved from a virtualised OPNSense instances to running of dedicated hardware:
HP T730 Mini PC 8GB RAM, 64GB NVMe, Intel Pro/1000 ET 82576 Quad NIC
I'm using the latest VGA image with no additional plugins. OPNSense will suddenly lock up, GUI/Shell become unresponsive and the NIC ports link lights stop. Rebooting the PC resolves the issue. Yesterday with just 1 LAN and WAN interface configured it would crash after about 20 mins. I installed Windows 11 IoT over the top, updated the BIOS, ran hardware diagnostics - all passed. With Windows it ran without issue. Confident that it was fixed I reinstalled OPNSense and it seemed to work - ran for over 90 mins without issue.
Today I have configured 3 additional LAN interfaces and the problem is back, except now it will stay on for about 2 mins before dying. Any had any experience of this or where I can check logs to see what is going on?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
Try using the tuneable "hw.pci.enable_aspm = 0" to disable ASPM if your BIOS does not support it. Those freezing issues often point to ASPM issues.
Thanks Meyergru, I'll try that. I managed to get the Firmware > Report output before it crashed, I've attached in case that's helpful.
It stayed up for about 20 mins and then died again unfortunately.
Did you try installing the microcode updates? It does not look like it from the report...
There is definitely something off in the Power Management in your firmware:
Quote[1] Firmware Warning (ACPI): Optional FADT field Pm2ControlBlock has valid Length but zero Address: 0x0000000000000000/0x1 (20221020/tbfadt-796)
If the uptime is exactly 20 Minutes, I would look for a BIOS watchdog. When you look at the forum search for HP T730, you will find a few other reports of systems freezing or crashing.
I believe the microcode update is in the latest BIOS update, which I have installed. I'll have a look at the other posts. Do you think this is an issue with the HP T730 or the PCIe NIC?
I really do not know.