https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/compaq-nic-agent/m-p/2688698#M78881 To fix this problem, I would check to make sure the nic agents are loaded in runlevel 3 and 5. You can see if you have a file called /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99cmanic as well as /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99cmanic which take care of starting the process when the server loads. I think if it would already be loading this way and would stop because of an error, you would see an error in the /var/log/messages when it loads cmanic. If it still does the same after, I would try to update the agents with the latest 5.4 version from <A href="http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/index.html</A> and by selecting the redhat version that you are running. Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:00:00 GMT Ayman Altounji 2002-08-11T23:00:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/compaq-nic-agent/m-p/2688697#M78880 On our DL360 we have cmanic-5.30.0-3 installed. From time to time, CIM shows the proper green button for the NIC, but the contents are empty. <BR />I realize that there aren't any cmanic processes running anymore. I then restart them (/etc/rc.d/init.d/cmanic start) and I can see the Compaq NC3163 NICs in CIM. <BR />Why do they just stop running? (cma.log doesn't show anything for the stoppage) <BR />Regards, <BR />Christopher Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/compaq-nic-agent/m-p/2688697#M78880 Ayman Altounji 2002-03-22T00:00:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/compaq-nic-agent/m-p/2688698#M78881 To fix this problem, I would check to make sure the nic agents are loaded in runlevel 3 and 5. You can see if you have a file called /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99cmanic as well as /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99cmanic which take care of starting the process when the server loads. I think if it would already be loading this way and would stop because of an error, you would see an error in the /var/log/messages when it loads cmanic. If it still does the same after, I would try to update the agents with the latest 5.4 version from <A href="http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/index.html</A> and by selecting the redhat version that you are running. Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:00:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/compaq-nic-agent/m-p/2688698#M78881 Ayman Altounji 2002-08-11T23:00:00Z