Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-25 21:50, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: I'm confused. If VirtualBox is just going to talk to the physical interface itself, why is plumbing IP necessary at all? It shouldn't be needed. Maybe I'm the one being confused here. I just believed that the IP must be visible

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Al Slater
On 26/01/2012 08:32, Open Indiana wrote: Please skip the whole ifconfig and plumb this or that discussion. Virtualbox works on any interface that is plumbed since only then the interface is visible in the menu. That is untrue. All interfaces are visible in VB regardless of whether they are

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread James Carlson
On 01/27/12 07:51, Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-25 21:50, James Carlson wrote: By default, the first IP layer object created on a given datalink layer object has the same name as that datalink layer object -- even though they're distinct ideas. The second and subsequent such objects

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-26 09:32, Open Indiana wrote: Please skip the whole ifconfig and plumb this or that discussion. Virtualbox works on any interface that is plumbed since only then the interface is visible in the menu. A working IP-adress is not necessary. Please put your interfaces on manual

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-26 14:05, James Carlson wrote: Open Indiana wrote: Please skip the whole ifconfig and plumb this or that discussion. Virtualbox works on any interface that is plumbed since only then the interface is visible in the menu. Oh, yuck. It should be using the libdlpi interfaces (see

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Open Indiana
on the global zone before the zone can use it. Ooops, sorry -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: vrijdag 27 januari 2012 14:38 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues On 2012-01-26 14:05

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread James Carlson
On 01/27/12 08:37, Robin Axelsson wrote: If VirtualBox and OpenIndiana did what they promised without hickups I wouldn't even need two network interfaces to ensure the operation of the system. But when bugs occur we try to get around them until they are fixed, and that requires at least some

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread James Carlson
On 01/27/12 08:28, Robin Axelsson wrote: One way to make the system user-friendly is to make nwam automatically configure IPMP when it detects two properly working ethernet connections within the same subnet. My recollection is that automatic configuration of IPMP was on the list of things to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-27 15:32, James Carlson wrote: On 01/27/12 08:28, Robin Axelsson wrote: One way to make the system user-friendly is to make nwam automatically configure IPMP when it detects two properly working ethernet connections within the same subnet. My recollection is that automatic

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-27 15:32, James Carlson wrote: What NWAM is supposed to do is configure only one usable interface (guided by user selection criteria) for the system. The fact that you got multiple interfaces configured is indeed an anomaly, and one I can't explain. I don't

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-27 16:45, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-27 15:32, James Carlson wrote: What NWAM is supposed to do is configure only one usable interface (guided by user selection criteria) for the system. The fact that you got multiple interfaces configured is indeed an

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-27 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-27 16:45, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-27 15:32, James Carlson wrote: What NWAM is supposed to do is configure only one usable interface (guided by user selection criteria) for the system. The fact that you got multiple interfaces

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-26 Thread Open Indiana
Please skip the whole ifconfig and plumb this or that discussion. Virtualbox works on any interface that is plumbed since only then the interface is visible in the menu. A working IP-adress is not necessary. Please put your interfaces on manual IP-assignment and disable nwam. Give an IP-address

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-26 Thread James Carlson
Open Indiana wrote: Please skip the whole ifconfig and plumb this or that discussion. Virtualbox works on any interface that is plumbed since only then the interface is visible in the menu. Oh, yuck. It should be using the libdlpi interfaces (see dlpi_walk(3DLPI)), at least on OpenIndiana.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-25 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-24 21:59, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: If you have two interfaces inside the same zone that have the same IP prefix, then you have to have IPMP configured, or all bets are off. Maybe it'll work. But probably not. And was never been supported that way by Sun. The idea

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-25 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-24 21:59, James Carlson wrote: Well, unless you get into playing tricks with IP Filter. And if you do that, then you're in a much deeper world of hurt, at least in terms of performance. Here's what the virtualbox manul says about bridged networking:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-25 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-25 19:03, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-24 21:59, James Carlson wrote: Well, unless you get into playing tricks with IP Filter. And if you do that, then you're in a much deeper world of hurt, at least in terms of performance. Here's what the virtualbox

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-25 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: I'm confused. If VirtualBox is just going to talk to the physical interface itself, why is plumbing IP necessary at all? It shouldn't be needed. Maybe I'm the one being confused here. I just believed that the IP must be visible to the host for VirtualBox to be able

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread Robin Axelsson
: What happens if you disable nwam and use the basic/manual ifconfig setup? -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: maandag 23 januari 2012 15:10 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread Gary Mills
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 04:39:42PM +0100, Robin Axelsson wrote: ifconfig -a returns: ... e1000g1: flags=1004843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.40.137.185 netmask ff00 broadcast 10.40.137.255 e1000g2:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-24 16:52, Gary Mills wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 04:39:42PM +0100, Robin Axelsson wrote: ifconfig -a returns: ... e1000g1: flags=1004843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.40.137.185 netmask ff00 broadcast 10.40.137.255 e1000g2:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-24 16:52, Gary Mills wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 04:39:42PM +0100, Robin Axelsson wrote: ifconfig -a returns: ... e1000g1: flags=1004843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 10.40.137.185 netmask ff00 broadcast

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread Robin Axelsson
On 2012-01-24 19:14, James Carlson wrote: Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2012-01-24 16:52, Gary Mills wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 04:39:42PM +0100, Robin Axelsson wrote: ifconfig -a returns: ... e1000g1: flags=1004843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4mtu 1500 index 2 inet

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-24 Thread James Carlson
Robin Axelsson wrote: If you have two interfaces inside the same zone that have the same IP prefix, then you have to have IPMP configured, or all bets are off. Maybe it'll work. But probably not. And was never been supported that way by Sun. The idea I have with using two NICs is to create

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-23 Thread Robbie Crash
: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues No, I'm not doing anything in particular in the virtual machine. The media file is played on another computer in the (physical) network over CIFS. Over the network I also access the server using Remote Desktop/Terminal Services to communicate

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-23 Thread Open Indiana
are you using? -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: zondag 22 januari 2012 23:38 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues I don't understand what you mean with PCI-x settings and where

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-23 Thread Robin Axelsson
? What soundcard are you using? -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: zondag 22 januari 2012 23:38 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues I don't understand what you mean with PCI-x

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-23 Thread Open Indiana
What happens if you disable nwam and use the basic/manual ifconfig setup? -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: maandag 23 januari 2012 15:10 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-22 Thread Open Indiana
A very stupid answer, but have you looked at the bios and inspected the settings of the network devices and /or PCIx ? How is your bios setup (AHCI or raid or ??) ? Do you see any error in the system logs? To my opinion your system swallows in the datatransfers. Either on the NIC-montherboard

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS performance issues

2012-01-22 Thread Robin Axelsson
I don't understand what you mean with PCI-x settings and where to check them out. The hardware is not PCI-X, it is PCIe. The affected LSI HBA is a discrete PCIe card that operates in IT-mode. As in system logs I assume you mean /var/adm/messages and I could not find anything there. If this