A7012A

[Ron Irving]

Hello geniuses.

My production server's installed NIC, (A7012A,) is only running at 100MBps.

Is it just an underachiever?

Thnx!!!

[Torsten.]

Hi Ron,

this is a PCI-X 2 PORT 1000BASE-T Adapter, first check if it is set to autonegotiate (on both sides, server [use SAM] and switch!).

[Torsten.]

Example for my lan1:

# lanadmin -x 1
Speed = 100 Full-Duplex.
Autonegotiation = On.


and


# nwmgr -g -v -c lan1
lan1:
Interface State =UP
MAC Address = 0x00306EF12345
Subsystem = igelan
Interface Type = 1000Base-T
Hardware Path = 0/1/2/0
NMID = 2
Feature Capabilities = Physical Interface
IPV4 Recv CKO
IPV4 Send CKO
VLAN Tag Offload
64Bit MIB Support
IPV4 TCP Segmentation Offload
UDP Multifrag CKO
Feature Settings = Physical Interface
VLAN Tag Offload
64Bit MIB Support
MTU = 1500
Speed = 100 Mbps Full Duplex (Autonegotiation : On)

[Ron Irving]

rp8420 root etc/rc.config.d # lanadmin -x 1
Speed = 100 Full-Duplex.
Autonegotiation = On.


There ya go!! Can't figure it out. Originally, we had APA setup on our old server. We purchased a new production server last fall, and just ignited it, (another rp8420.) Right now, it's still listed in the Aggregate, (lan900,) as a Gigabit interface. We do not as yet have the 2nd link hooked up.

[Ron Irving]

Thanks for your replies...Torsten, nwmgr doesn't seem to work. I'm running 11.23.

[Torsten.]

I'm running 11.31 on my system.

The NIC is gigabit too, but the switch is 100FD only.

Since your NIC is set to autoneg - check the switch now.

[rick jones]

And should the switch port in question also be gigabit capable and set to autoneg, the next thing to check would be the cable to make sure it is up to specs for GbE.