Administration
Fast Ethernet-Specific Information
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Fast Ethernet-Specific Information
This section provides information that will help administer and manage your Fast
Ethernet products.
Logging and Auditing
Events are logged with NetTL. This is common to Fast Ethernet. The following log files
are created by NetTL:
• For releases prior to HP-UX 11i: nettl.LOG-00 and nettl.LOG-01
• For release HP-UX 11i and later: nettl.LOG000 and nettl.LOG001
See Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” on page 47 for more information about NetTL.
Performance and Tuning Considerations
Although Fast Ethernet is theoretically capable of transferring data at 100 Mbit/s,
several factors can lower the bandwidth, including:
• Hardware architecture — not normally an issue in modern systems
• Driver design — using the same drivers at each end of a connection ensures that
differences between drivers does not become an issue
• system loading — reducing a system’s workload may improve Ethernet performance
For more information, see:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html
This site provides detailed information on this topic.
