[SUMMARY] Wits end with fibre gigabit card stuff..

Thanks a bunch to Jason Santos, who pointed out that I should be using
flowcontrol.
netstat -k | grep overflow showed MANY overflow errors. I've set the switch
up, and set the following in /etc/system:
set ge:ge_adv_pauseTX=1
set ge:ge_adv_pauseRX=1
set ge:ge_adv_1000autoneg_cap=1

Problem solved! :) Once again this list proves awesome

Cheers
Steven

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haywood, Steven [mailto:shaywood@hurricaneseye.com]
> Sent: 20 May 2003 14:25
> To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject: Wits end with fibre gigabit card stuff..
> 
> 
> Hiya
> I keep getting the following console messages:
> 
> Adrian detected slow net(s): Tue May 20 14:16:17 2003
> Problem: network failure
> State Name      Ipkt/s  Ierr/s  Opkt/s  Oerr/s Coll% NoCP/s Defr/s
> black ge0       1448.1     1.2  1151.2     0.0  0.00   0.00   0.00
> 
> Adrian detected slow net(s): Tue May 20 14:16:47 2003
> Problem: network failure
> State Name      Ipkt/s  Ierr/s  Opkt/s  Oerr/s Coll% NoCP/s Defr/s
> black ge0       1075.5     0.8   840.7     0.0  0.00   0.00   0.00
> 
> E4500 running:
> SunOS xxxxxx 5.8 Generic_108528-20 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
> Patch: 108813-12 Obsoletes:  Requires:  Incompatibles:  
> Packages: SUNWged
> 
> I have tried 4 different fibre cables, 2 different ge cards, 
> 3 different
> switch ports.
> 
> I have another E4500 with the same model ge card, same 
> switch. This one is
> running 108813-04 and 105828-14. It occasionally gets errors, 
> but not nearly
> as consistently, and only under much higher traffic load:
> Adrian detected slow net(s): Tue May 20 12:03:32 2003
> Problem: network failure
> State Name      Ipkt/s  Ierr/s  Opkt/s  Oerr/s Coll% NoCP/s Defr/s
> black ge0       6635.7     0.3  7918.6     0.0  0.00   0.00   0.00
> 
> I upgraded the first one to its current patch levels in an 
> attempt to cure
> NFS hanging problems. The ierrors were also happening at the 
> older patch
> levels.
> 
> Where do I go now? I'm pulling my hair out! Is it possible 
> that the fibres
> are "incompatible" with the GBICs in the switches and the GE card?
> 
> Thanks
> Steven
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