yls177@hotmail.com (yls177) wrote in message news:<c06e4d68.0403242102.16816f61@posting.google. com>...
> yls177@hotmail.com (yls177) wrote in message news:<c06e4d68.0403231937.38166d08@posting.google. com>...
> > Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message news:<slrnc5u074.rab.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net>...
> > > In article <42862645.0403220700.4acd2e0@posting.google.com> , Steve Nottingham <steve@wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> yup, ifconfig -a gives info basically the en* adapters. accordingly to
> > > >> my earlier posts, one is fast (Gigabit Ethernet) and the other slow
> > > >> (10/100). therefore, when we do any network transferring, example rcp,
> > > >> going through Gigabit will be much faster.
> > > >
> > > > Potentially. Even though the card supports gigabit, it might not be
> > > > running at that speed. "lsattr -El ent0" will show the media_speed of
> > > > the card. You cannot set the speed to gigabit though, it has to be set
> > > > to Auto_Negotiation, but this will still not tell you if it's running
> > > > at gigabit.
> > >
> > > Well, you *can* use:
> > >
> > > # netstat -v en0 | grep "^Media Speed Running:"
> > >
> > > This is what my gig-e card on a H70 appears as:
> > >
> > > # netstat -v en2|grep "^Media Speed Running: "
> > > Media Speed Running: 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
> > >
> > > -Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks.. since we have a few adapters en* to play with..
> >
> > 1)when we do rcp, we can choose the one with the faster conncetion
> > right?
> >
> > 2) these network adapters server as connection for different purposes.
> > they are already predefined and can be changed as and when required.
> > example, the faster adapter could be used for backups while the slower
> > one could be used for connection between database and application
> > servers. also, they could be used for connection to private and public
> > lans
> >
> > comments?
>
>
>
> hi, i got my hands on contorl workstation.... so that will open
> another path to my understanding of regatta?
>
> thanks


i am interested by my splstdata -n entries, with the column
initial_hostname and reliable_hostname. some of them have the same
entries, with the format, frame, node, adapter info. others have the
hostname as their initial_hostname and node number, adapter info as
reliable_hostname.

any help?

thanks

>
>
> i am interested by my splstdata -n entries, with the column
> initial_hostname and reliable_hostname. some of them have the same
> entries, with the format, frame, node, adapter info. others have the
> hostname as their initial_hostname and node number, adapter info as
> reliable_hostname.
>
initial_hostname is the hostname that is set as the hostname of the system.
reliable_hostname is the name of the interface that is part of the SP
ethernet.

You can choose the names to be whatever you like before you install the
node. When changing the hostname afterwards follow the procedure in the
PSSP maintenance guide. It mostly consists of running node customization
again.

Cheers,

Maarten Kreuger
IBM Netherlands

Maarten Kreuger <maarten_kreuger@jahoe.kom> wrote in message news:<Xns94C4DC6E1BCCAmaartenkreugeryahooc@194.109 .133.20>...
> >
> >
> > i am interested by my splstdata -n entries, with the column
> > initial_hostname and reliable_hostname. some of them have the same
> > entries, with the format, frame, node, adapter info. others have the
> > hostname as their initial_hostname and node number, adapter info as
> > reliable_hostname.
> >
> initial_hostname is the hostname that is set as the hostname of the system.
> reliable_hostname is the name of the interface that is part of the SP
> ethernet.
>
> You can choose the names to be whatever you like before you install the
> node. When changing the hostname afterwards follow the procedure in the
> PSSP maintenance guide. It mostly consists of running node customization
> again.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Maarten Kreuger
> IBM Netherlands

just to wrap this up, is that with both names, i am able to access the
same box.

and to go a final round, using the name that is part of the SP
ethernet will haev a faster connection?

thanks

yls177@hotmail.com (yls177) wrote in
news:c06e4d68.0404072042.5f99d77d@posting.google.c om:


> just to wrap this up, is that with both names, i am able to access the
> same box.
You should be able to.

>
> and to go a final round, using the name that is part of the SP
> ethernet will haev a faster connection?
SP ethernet is usually a 10Mbit coaxial ethernet, your regular network is
usually 100mbit, so that would be faster. You can check that with:
splstdata -a

Cheers,

Maarten Kreuger

In article <Xns94C6CC28A5783maartenkreugeryahooc@194.109.133. 20>, Maarten Kreuger <maarten_kreuger@jahoe.kom> wrote:
>> and to go a final round, using the name that is part of the SP
>> ethernet will haev a faster connection?
> SP ethernet is usually a 10Mbit coaxial ethernet, your regular network is
> usually 100mbit, so that would be faster. You can check that with:
> splstdata -a

On newer generations of SP, the cwnet ethernet is 100baseT. We had the
old and new generation machines; they went to 10 then 100baseT not too
long after the original SP introduction which had 10base2 (coaxial,
thinnet) ethernet.

We got rid of our first generation (mid-1990s) SP nodes with only
10base2 long ago; all nodes since then has either 10 or 100baseT; all of
our ~60 nodes has built-in 100baseT for cwnet.

(And prior to the release of the original SP, the cwnet interface was
actually Token Ring in the Poughkeepsie -- P'ok -- SP dev labs, but I
think they changed to 10base2 around the time of the actual public
release?)

-Dan

Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message news:<slrnc7dr3a.rab.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net>...
> In article <Xns94C6CC28A5783maartenkreugeryahooc@194.109.133. 20>, Maarten Kreuger <maarten_kreuger@jahoe.kom> wrote:
> >> and to go a final round, using the name that is part of the SP
> >> ethernet will haev a faster connection?
> > SP ethernet is usually a 10Mbit coaxial ethernet, your regular network is
> > usually 100mbit, so that would be faster. You can check that with:
> > splstdata -a
>
> On newer generations of SP, the cwnet ethernet is 100baseT. We had the
> old and new generation machines; they went to 10 then 100baseT not too
> long after the original SP introduction which had 10base2 (coaxial,
> thinnet) ethernet.
>
> We got rid of our first generation (mid-1990s) SP nodes with only
> 10base2 long ago; all nodes since then has either 10 or 100baseT; all of
> our ~60 nodes has built-in 100baseT for cwnet.
>
> (And prior to the release of the original SP, the cwnet interface was
> actually Token Ring in the Poughkeepsie -- P'ok -- SP dev labs, but I
> think they changed to 10base2 around the time of the actual public
> release?)
>
> -Dan


hi, i issued splstdata -a and got a list of switch connections? and i
got the below entries with different net address.

1) SP_Switch_MX NA
2) RS/6000_SP_S NA
3) tp
4) fibre