Due to misuse of ODBC, (A user had a tendency
to download entire large datasets.)  It was
deemed that the data was being queued up
on disc faster than the NIC could stand.

Users had impossible response times during
these incidents.  Sometimes losing their
sessions altogether and leaving reserved VT
ports hung out to dry.  An update from the
Terminal Emulation vendor solved the problem
but the possible misuse of ODBC to hammer the
10Mbit NIC still remains.

This is just one of the issues for the
justification of using a 100Mbit NIC as a
second card.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors


-----Original Message-----
From: Sohrt, Jeff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Dual Network Cards on a System


As much as I hate asking dumb questions (duh), here goes:

What are the reasons that one would want to install a 100mbit card on the
3k, other than the obvious (it's faster)?
1) Need to interface with faster hub???
2) Will data transfer faster between all devices???
3) other???

Private replies are humbly accepted to avoid wasted bandwidth....
jds

Doug wrote:
> As long as you buy and install the software from HP, and have
> an HP engineer install the card, it works great!
>
> You will have to configure the card in NMMGR, so make certain
> that you have the correct slot address.
>
> Everything else in your plan looks great!