[Samba] Performance Issues With Samba and RedHat 8.

[Collins, Kevin]

> Ive just pulled my system service tag off and looked on the 
> dell website
> armed with that tag and it only lists Intel Drivers for the NIC. can i
> safely assume that i have an intel based nic in mine? i dont 
> really want
> to down server/pull it apart to find out for sure.

Generally speaking the Dell website is right.

To be sure do an lsmod to look for the tg3/e1000 driver.

For the Broadcom Gigabit card do 'lsmod | grep tg3'
For the Intel Gigabit card do 'lsmod | grep e1000'.

If the site is right (and it should be) you will see the later command
return information about the loaded driver.

Good luck.

Kevin


> but if thats the only way then maybe i have no choice :)
> 
> ill also try that mailing list and see if they have any info.
> 
> Thanks Again
> 
> Ross McInnes
> 
> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Collins, Kevin wrote:
> 
> > Ross:
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > Appologies if this has been asked before, i have searched the 
> > > archives and 
> > > while there are some almost related issues, none really answer my 
> > > question/problem.
> > > 
> > > Recently (about 4 months ago) we purchased a new Dell 2600 
> > > (2.0Ghz Xeon 2GB Ram), Machine
> > 
> > Only thing I have to input here is:  Does your server have 
> the "Broadcom"
> > NIC(s) in it?  I've seen horror stories about this card on the Dell
> > PowerEdge on Linux mailing list.  If you do, I would 
> recommend that you
> > check out this link: http://lists.us.dell.com and search 
> for "tg3" and or
> > "broadcom" to see the troubles reported there.  Most of the 
> problems with
> > the Broadcoms actually end up leading to complete server 
> lockups though.  I
> > just thought it might be worth mentioning.
> > 
> > Dell has since moved to the Intel brand for integrated NICs 
> in the 2600 -
> > I've got one on the way right now...where is UPS anyway?  :-)
> > 
> > BTW, that mailing list is a VERY good source for anyone 
> running Linux on
> > Dell PowerEdge servers.  There are several Dell people 
> moderating the list
> > and there is always a good "flurry" of information from 
> knowledgeable people
> > being passed around.
> > 
> > Hope I helped a little,
> > 
> > Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
> > Systems Manager
> > Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.
> > 
> > 
>