I agree with Todd. Get yourself a 3com card to aid in troubleshooting. I've found that ipswitch seems to be most comfortable recommending them.
As cheap as they are, you can consider it the hardware part of the service agreement :) Regards, David Gregg dgSoft Internet Services +1.949.584-1514 --- mxGuard for IMail Server based spam and virus protection for under $100 Run multiple virus scanners at no extra charge! Get a free trial at http://www.mxGuard.com/Postmaster --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Dell 2650 server problem > Yes...our 2600 has the integrated Broadcom Gig card. I was > dissappointed that the issues still existed after the FIRST server we > had with an integrated Intel 100 NIC. You might have better luck on > Win2k3. We're still running Win2000. I can't explain it either. It > could also be some sort of interaction between the Intel/BC card and the > 3com switch. But why don't any other file/web/AD servers have this > issue? They all have Intel/Broadcom NICs and they're all patched into > the same switch. And they send a heck of a lot more data over the wire > than the mail server does. > > I feel the same way that the application should not have any way to > directly affect the network stack. It should only be the OS, firmware, > and drivers. I have no idea why this happens. But all I can do is tell > my story. ;-) If you DO have similar problems, it would probably be > helpful to let Ipswitch know about it. But you may save yourself some > headaches by having a 3com NIC handy to toss in IF this happens for you. > > For what it's worth, the 3com cards really aren't that expensive and > it's a quick fix. But it is still disturbing that you would HAVE to do > it. Believe me...I know how that feels! > > Good luck! > > --Todd. > > > > Ed Butler (49pence) wrote: > > >This is pretty worrying for us as we've got a 2650 on order specifically for > >Imail. :| > > > >Are you using the Broadcom GB nics in the 2650? > > > >Perhaps someone from Ipswitch could shed some light on what causes the > >problem. As far as my understanding of hardware goes, the only thing > >responsible for 'knowing' its an Intel/3com/Broadcom NIC is the driver in > >Win2K3. The TCP/IP stack is abstracted away from this, and Imail abstracted > >layers further from this and shouldn't have problems with any kind of > >network card, as long as Windows is talking to it properly. > > > >Regards, > > > >Ed Butler > >49pence.com - The Web Hosting Specialists > >0870 141 7149 > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Ryan > >>Sent: 12 April 2004 12:01 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Dell 2650 server problem > >> > >>Couldn't hurt to toss in a 3com NIC. See the thread "[IMail > >>Forum] Server Migration / Version Upgrade". It was a 2600 > >>that I had my troubles with this time around. I know it > >>sounds too weird to believe. > >>I felt the same way when Ipswitch told me to us a 3com NIC. > >>I still can't believe they have so much trouble with the > >>integrated Intel NICs. > >> > >>--Todd. > >> > >> > >>Hector Cintron wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi > >>> > >>> We have a weird problem in our Imail server that so far > >>> > >>> > >>I've able to > >> > >> > >>>trace it to the Dell server. here's the scoop. when we > >>> > >>> > >>were running > >> > >> > >>>7.15 all was perfect. Once we upgraded to 8.x we started to > >>> > >>> > >>have the > >> > >> > >>>SMTP server crash, CPU at 80% to 100% and the famous 10054 > >>> > >>> > >>errors. We > >> > >> > >>>fix some errors on the registry (dup ip addresses and orphan > >>> > >>> > >>domains), > >> > >> > >>>reinstall imail, change the LAN card to a 3Com 3c996 as per > >>> > >>> > >>tech support. > >> > >> > >>> We then moved Imail to a clone PC so we can format the > >>> > >>> > >>server and so > >> > >> > >>>we can do an install from scratch and reinstall Imail and > >>> > >>> > >>notice that > >> > >> > >>>the PC was running fine compare to the Dell (CPU is at 30% thru 80% > >>>with peaks at > >>>100%) and the SMTP doesn't crash. > >>> > >>> Once we formatted the Dell and reinstall the software on the Dell, > >>>same result. It didn't matter if we turn off Declude, the > >>> > >>> > >>SMTP would > >> > >> > >>>still crash. Right now Imail is running on the PC. Any suggestions? > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>>Hector. > >>> > >>> > >>>We are running > >>>server: > >>> Power Edge 2650 > >>> 2 Gig memory > >>> Dual 2.4Gb Xeon Processors > >>> Dual 10k 70Gb SCSI drives (RAID 1)(2 partition 15g, 55g) > >>> Windows 2000 SP4 > >>> Imail 8.01 > >>> Declude Antispam & Antivirus > >>> F-prot > >>> > >>>------------------------ > >>> > >>>Clone P4 1.8g > >>>512m memory > >>>70g IDE HD > >>> > >>>Config: > >>>50 domains - avg of 50 users per domain with one domain with > >>> > >>> > >>5000 users. > >> > >> > >>>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >>>List Archive: > >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >>>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >>List Archive: > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
