Cook, Dwight E wrote: >well, how bad... >I've seen about every sun box here not negotiate duplex correctly with their >switch so we've had to force set all sun 100 Mb/sec fast Ethernet interfaces >to full duplex, 100 Mb AND force set the switch ports they connect to also. >If auto negotiate is involved anywhere in there, something always gets >screwed up and backup speeds drop to about 10 MB/hr >ARG ! >I cut all my hair off long ago to keep from pulling it out ! > >
I have yet to see a server correctly detect duplex when set to auto-negotiate with a switch. Not just Sun, but every other vendor we have as well. In fact a few years back, even the cisco engineers didn't rate the chances of seeing a successful suto-negotiation for duplex. Speed is OK, but everything just seems to grab half duplex when they should be full... >Dwight E. Cook >Software Application Engineer III >Science Applications International Corporation >509 S. Boston Ave. Suite 220 >Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606 >Office (918) 732-7109 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Farren Minns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:49 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: High Comm Wait (slow network speed?) > > >Hi TSMers > >TSM Server 4.2.2.12 running on Solaris 2.7 > >Clients are OS/2, NT, Solaris and Linux > >We have recently installed Servergraph and are seeing very poor comm wait >(network speed) figures for many of our machines, mostly local Sun servers. >We have tested FTP'ing some large files to and from the TSM server and >clients and the network seems fine. I'm sure I haven't included enough info >here, so please feel free to ask questions. > >Are there tuning params on the TSM client itself that I may need to be >looking at that may be causing these problems? > >Many thanks in advance > >Farren Minns - TSM and Solaris System Admin - John Wiley & Sons Ltd > >Our Chichester based offices have amalgamated and relocated to a new >address > >John Wiley & Sons Ltd >The Atrium >Southern Gate >Chichester >West Sussex >PO19 8SQ > >Main phone and fax numbers remain the same: >Phone +44 (0)1243 779777 >Fax +44 (0)1243 775878 >Direct dial numbers are unchanged > >Address, phone and fax nos. for all other Wiley UK locations are unchanged >**************************************************************************** >** > > -- I don't suffer from Insanity... | Linux User #16396 I enjoy every minute of it... | | http://www.travellingkiwi.com/ |
