Thanks! Strangely, there's *no* specific mention of TCP Chimney at all- does this patch disable that as well, or just the RSS and TCP/IP offloading?
Also, here's an article that says this of latest drivers and SNP: "I have personally dealt with cases that having the Scalable Networking features enabled with the latest drivers have not caused any connectivity issues to/from Exchange servers, so you can now take advantage of these features that may help increase overall network performance on your servers". http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/18/446400.aspx And Michael, you reference the same link twice in this post :-): http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/03/11/kb-9484 96-patch-disables-scalable-networking-pack.aspx Dave -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Broadcom Server NIC Question Wrappage: <http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/03/11/kb-948 496- patch-disables-scalable-networking-pack.aspx> Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Broadcom Server NIC Question Really? You have the KB article? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Broadcom Server NIC Question On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They aren't "Broadcom" tweaks as you say, but changes to the Scalable > Networking Pack that SP2 includes. Microsoft just released an "update" which basically disables the Scalable Network Pack. Apparently, it's caused quite a lot of grief. One has to wonder how something that unreliable got through testing. Yah, I know the fault lies partly with Broadcom's driver design, but drivers don't exist in a vacuum. And what, Microsoft never tested SNP on a Dell server? Sheesh. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
