This is pretty much the same situation we had. The SA's are used to the tools they know, so when they don't behave as expected on z, they get nervous.
I've had questions about grub, netdump, EMC Powerpath, and Veritas VxVM. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:13 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Gigabit interface on Linux? They're just trying to confirm what they have.. and using the Linux tools they normally use to do so. I've since explained that a virtual NIC isn't going to show them the physical characteristics of the 'real' NIC and have explained that we've verified the OSA is set to gigabit speed. I guess you could equate it to the 'checkbox eval' -- someone from the app team got on and showed them what mii-tools what indicating and so they naturally started to ask questions or wonder if they needed to set something from the Linux side... Now that I've gotten all the good input, I'm better able to explain what they are seeing and why... Thanks again for all the great responses! Scott Rohling On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Bruce -- we did that and confirmed it's set to gigabit.. but > > there > > seems to be concern from the Linux folks as mii-tools is reporting > 100mbs > > and ethtool is not reporting anything... > > I'd actually argue that ethtool is right -- there really isn't any valid > number TO report. Reporting the actual physical interface speed would be > wrong in that the memory speed interface isn't actually limited to that > speed, and reporting the actual memory interface speed is wrong in that > it's a theoretical number that you won't ever actually get. > > I guess my question is: why do they care? Does the application behave > differently with different interface speeds, or is this one of those > checkbox evals where "must have gigE support" is on there? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
