[TriLUG] NFS performance issues - Solved

[Mike Johnson]

Kevin Flanagan [kevin at flanagannc.net] wrote:
> I did some testing today, apparently it was the Nortel switch and the HP
> onboard NIC interaction.  I have seen a lot of cases with the Nortel
> gear we have where setting the NIC to auto doesn't work right, you have
> to set it to 100Mb/Full Duplex by hand.  
> 
> Is it just me, or does this sound like crap to others?  Why do we have
> auto if some combinations of vendor gear don't work right?  I never had
> this problem with Cisco switches and HP servers.

You got lucky.  I've seen this problem with Cisco switches before.  It's
annoying as hell, but it does happen.  Auto speed and duplex settings
are a negotiation, and unfortunately doesn't always work.  Frankly,
you're lucky that this is the first time you've run into it.

Mike
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