hi 2 nodes RAC on AIX instance and CRS version 10.1.0.3 We have a setup where we are independent of the VIP adresses for production use. We had an incedent where 1switch failed where both VIP adresses is connected, not smart but true. I observed this from syslog : CRS tries 3 times to move each VIP adress to the other side. >> ifconfig delete and alias commands << This happendend on both sides. When this didnt work ( hardware malfunction on switch ) shutdown started on plab2 >> Mon Mar 13 13:26:36 2006 Shutting down instance: further logons disabled ... Mon Mar 13 13:26:39 2006 Shutting down instance (transactional local) ... Mon Mar 13 13:26:55 2006 Reconfiguration started (old inc 2, new inc 3) List of nodes: 1 Global Resource Directory frozen * dead instance detected - domain 0 invalid = TRUE Update rdomain variables Communication channels reestablished Master broadcasted resource hash value bitmaps Non-local Process blocks cleaned out Mon Mar 13 13:26:55 2006 << so before this shutdown complete before plab1 started and completed shutdown : >> Mon Mar 13 13:26:43 2006 Shutting down instance: further logons disabled ... Mon Mar 13 13:26:50 2006 ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT Completed: ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT << is it expected behaveoir that both sides shutdown ? is the reason for the shutdown the missing VIP's ? Where do I see if CRS has detected that the interconnect was down ? Thanks In advance SteenB, Denmark