Re: Compaq SMP problem (PLUG list repost with updates)

From: s-sumi@trc.rwcp.or.jp
Date: Mon Jun 12 2000 - 09:04:19 EST


Hi.

>>>>> "Raven" == Raven <ian.kent@pobox.com> writes:
Raven> Here I am with a story about a 'sick' Compaq.

Raven> The hardware:

Raven> Compaq SP750 with dual 733MHz Pentium III xeon processors
Raven> 1GB of Rambus memory
Raven> Adaptec 7899 SCSI controller
Raven> Matrox 16MB G400 dual head card
Raven> Intel EtherPro100 (I believe, I will confirm the driver)
Raven> The machine has a full duplex link to a switch with
Raven> Gigabit connectivity to our Solaris servers (a Cabletron SSR8000).

Raven> The problem:

Raven> The problem is with network performance. After some period of time,
Raven> network performance drops off to almost nothing. FTP's that crank
Raven> through at 8-10 Mbyte/sec when the machine is 'fresh' drop off to
Raven> sub-modem speeds ie. < 2KBytes/sec when it gets 'sick'.

Please check power manegement mode on BIOS setup. The power
manegement mode should be disable (maybe, default is not disable).

-----
Shinji Sumimoto E-Mail: s-sumi@trc.rwcp.or.jp
Real World Computing Partnership, Japan.
URL: http://www.rwcp.or.jp/lab/pdslab

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Jun 15 2000 - 21:00:25 EST