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NIC flipping/unregistering on Solaris 10

Hi,
From today I started getting strange messages on Solaris-10 x86 (HP Proliant hardware).
The server seems accessible and mentioned NIC doesn't seem to be in use or plumb. Not sure why it is showing as flipping/unregistering.
Can somebody advise on this?
This server is at a remote location, so I don't have physical access to it.
From /var/adm/messges -->
Apr 2 11:06:43 server-10-32 kernel: pcplusmp: [ID 272826 kern.info] pcplusmp: pci14e4,1639 (bnx) instance 2 irq 0x3e vector 0x6a ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 4
Apr 2 11:06:45 server-10-32 kernel: bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx2: Copper link is downApr 2 11:06:45 server-10-32 kernel: pcplusmp: [ID 272826 kern.info] pcplusmp: pci14e4,1639 (bnx) instance 2 irq 0x3e vector 0x6a ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 5
Apr 2 11:06:47 server-10-32 kernel: bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx3: Copper link is down
Apr 2 11:06:47 server-10-32 kernel: pcplusmp: [ID 272826 kern.info] pcplusmp: pci14e4,1639 (bnx) instance 3 irq 0x3e vector 0x6a ioapic 0xff intin 0xff is bound to cpu 6
Apr 2 11:06:49 server-10-32 kernel: bnx: [ID 328528 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx3: Copper link is down
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Apr 2 09:31:22 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx2 unregistered
Apr 2 09:31:22 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx3 unregistered
Apr 2 09:31:22 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: igb1 unregistered
Apr 2 09:31:22 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 736570 kern.info] NOTICE: igb3 unregistered
Apr 2 10:44:02 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx2 registered
Apr 2 10:44:06 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: bnx3 registered
Apr 2 10:44:10 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: igb0 registered
Apr 2 10:44:10 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: igb1 registered
Apr 2 10:44:10 server-10-32 kernel: mac: [ID 469746 kern.info] NOTICE: igb3 registered
# dladm show-dev
bnx0 link: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
bnx1 link: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
bnx2 link: unknown speed: 0 Mbps duplex: unknown
bnx3 link: unknown speed: 0 Mbps duplex: unknown
igb0 link: unknown speed: 0 Mbps duplex: half
igb1 link: unknown speed: 0 Mbps duplex: half
igb2 link: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
igb3 link: unknown speed: 0 Mbps duplex: half
# dladm show-link
bnx0 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bnx0
bnx1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bnx1
bnx2 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bnx2
bnx3 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bnx3
igb0 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: igb0
igb1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: igb1
igb2 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: igb2
igb3 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: igb3
aggr1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
aggr50001 type: vlan 50 mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
aggr55001 type: vlan 55 mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
aggr60001 type: vlan 60 mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
aggr72001 type: vlan 72 mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
#
# dladm show-aggr -L
key: 1 (0x0001) policy: L4 address: e4:11:5b:ec:ac:e2 (auto)
LACP mode: active LACP timer: short
device activity timeout aggregatable sync coll dist defaulted expired
bnx1 active short yes yes yes yes no no
igb2 active short yes yes yes yes no no
#
# ifconfig -a| grep flag
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
lo0:1: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
lo0:2: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
lo0:3: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
lo0:4: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
lo0:5: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
aggr50001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2
aggr50001:1: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2
aggr50001:2: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2
aggr55001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr55001:1: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr55001:2: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr55001:3: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr55001:4: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr55001:5: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 3
aggr60001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 4
aggr60001:1: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 4
aggr60001:2: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 4
aggr60001:3: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 4
aggr72001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 5
bnx0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
bnx0:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
bnx0:2: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
bnx0:3: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
bnx0:4: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
bnx0:5: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
#
Thanks