Question : Troubleshoot unexpected restart

Hello everyone.  I have an HP Proliant ML150 on which I installed Gentoo a few months back.  I have been plagued by system restarts from time to time.  The restarts don't seem to follow any pattern and I have yet to find a cause.

The logs don't show the system being shut down properly prior to the restarts, so I wonder if it is hardware related.  The HP management tools don't show anything wrong(aside from one power supply not being plugged in).  I have been using Gentoo at home(both desktops and servers) for the past 3 years, but have never come across something like this.

I would like to make sure that this is not a software related problem before I start looking at hardware problems, since this is a brand new server.  However, I am unsure what else I need to look at, other than the logs in /var/log.

Any suggestions?

Answer : Troubleshoot unexpected restart

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