On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Dane Jasper wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:18:52PM -0600, John Gaines wrote:
> > If you are using a CISCO switch, this may be the cause. You have your media
> > type set to auto. Netapp and Cisco do not negotiate well together. My
> > suggestion would be to force the NIC to full duplex and force the port on
> > the switch also. Also, i have never used 0.0.0.0 to specify "default"
> > before. I am also curious as to what LinkNegotiation does?
>
> I've got an Extreme Networks Black Diamond switch, and our F230 won't
> auto-negotiate 100-BT-fd with that either. Of course, neither will our
> Cisco 7507. It's ironic that the two more important bits on my network
> won't negotiate their connection speeds, but lots of irrelevant little
> workstations will.
We haven't had any problems with the NetApps detecting the right speed.
However autonegotiating the duplex has been a problem for all of our
boxes, NetApps, Auspex, Suns, and SGIs with CableTRON or Cisco switches.
Tom
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