[THIN] OT: Question about Intel Gig NICs
- From: Jennifer Booth <JBooth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:58:50 -0700
Hi Guys -
I'm wondering if anyone has run into problems with the following
configuration:
Hardware:
Dell PowerEdge 6400
PERC 2 Controller
PERC 2/DC Controller
2x QLogic HBA-2200 to a Dell 224F
2x Intel PRO 1000XT Gigabit NICS (going into Foundry BigIron Switches)
2x 550MHZ 512K Cache Processors
3GB RAM
Onboard NIC, USB Port, Serial and Com ports all disabled.
Configuration shows no IRQ conflicts
Software:
Windows 2000 Server, SP2
QLogic
QLDirect
Storage Consolidation
Intel ProSet Software
SQL Server 2000 Standard, SP1
MDAC 2.6
Terminal Services in Remote Administration Mode
And here is the problem that I have experienced (and have
experienced before, but have not been able to fix): Working along building
up the server, everything goes well. Install the ProSet software and team
the NICs for Fault Tolerance. A few reboots later, it takes an hour to get
a logon screen, then another hour after that to get a desktop. I forced the
NICs Link Config to only go at 1000Mbps, and it worked great for 4 more
reboots, allowed me to install SQL Server and MDAC 2.7. On the reboot for
2.7, the problem reoccurred... only I get the logon screen right away, but I
don't get the desktop for an hour, and it takes an hour once I have the
desktop, to even execute a Start | Run. I tried backing back down to MDAC
2.6, to no avail... right now I'm trying to reapply SQL Server SP1. It
seems that the problem is a software conflict somewhere, but where? We have
been focusing on the NICs as the source of the problem, but it may be
something else. Has anyone else seen this problem and know what else I
might do? I've been fighting with this box for 2 weeks now, and I'm
FRUSTRATED! >>:D (I am in the process of trying a few more things before
calling Dell Support)
Thanks for any suggestions and help...
Jennifer
Jennifer Booth
Systems Engineer
Viejas Casino
Alpine, California
jbooth@xxxxxxxxxx
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