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

Cute...

Well, that just goes to show how much "conventional wisdom" is really worth. ;-)

I should have known better than to even mention it. Sorry.

Thomas Fox wrote:

>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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>However, on the same switch (and I tried swapping ports), older Compaq DL380
>and ProLiant 8500 servers required the links to be nailed for performance,
>otherwise they linked at 100/Half.
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