Re: LAN N/w thruput, Basic Qs - Off-Topic

Hi,

I think such core infrastructure thing like LAN speed/duplex configuration should be fixed, leaving less room for problems coming for autonegotiation stuff. That's pretty much the same reason why one shouldn't use DHCP for servers.

Tanel.

• Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fox" To: Cc: ; ; "Oracle-L" ; "Vijaya Chander V.S" Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 6:45 PM Subject: Re: LAN N/w thruput, Basic Qs - Off-Topic

> Actually I've seen some performance issues with new HP servers (DL380 and
> DL580
> series) and Cisco 2950 switches. For some reason, nailing both the NIC
> and the
> switch slowed performance. It was the goofiest thing I had ever seen.
> Setting
> both sides to autonegotiate brought the link up to 100/Full, and
> performance
> improved.

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