IBM server running Windows Server 2008 slow response and timeouts

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Alexander McLin

2009-04-28 14:05:15 UTC

I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I recently
set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a website on it to confirm
that everything is working..

I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server seems
slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit refresh, and it
connects after a few moments.

Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the server, it
takes time to respond with timeouts.

When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the second times
works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and needs time waking up to
respond. Obviously that's not what we want!

At first I thought it might be actually due to the work network
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the outside, from
home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and remote connections.

I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept inbound
connections of the above types.

I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the power
setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd always running
but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone have any suggestions or
idea on what's going on? I migrated to 2008 from 2003 so I'm still
familiarizing myself with the system.

Thank you
Alex

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

2009-04-28 21:00:06 UTC

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Hello Alexander,

An unedited ipconfig /all can be helpful, from the problem server and your
DNS server.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Post by Alexander McLin
I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I
recently set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a website on
it to confirm that everything is working..
I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server
seems slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit refresh,
and it connects after a few moments.
Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the
server, it takes time to respond with timeouts.
When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the second
times works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and needs time
waking up to respond. Obviously that's not what we want!
At first I thought it might be actually due to the work network
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the outside,
from home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and remote
connections.
I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept
inbound connections of the above types.
I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the power
setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd always
running but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone have any
suggestions or idea on what's going on? I migrated to 2008 from 2003
so I'm still familiarizing myself with the system.
Thank you
Alex

Alexander McLin

2009-04-29 15:48:37 UTC

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Thank you for your reply. Right now the server doesn't have a domain name
attached, it's just an IP address.

Your reply gave me a hunch so I went ahead and forced a repair on the
connection, although the system reported it found nothing wrong with it. Now
the connection is much better, speedy and the way it should be. I went ahead
and switched the ethernet cable to the second network interface and
reprogrammed it with the same IP address. It's speedy on that one as well.

I'll keep an eye on it and see if it continue to perform well or experience
the same issues. At this stage it appears that the first NIC was the root of
the problem. But I'll send you the ipconfig file if issues return.

Thanks again!

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
An unedited ipconfig /all can be helpful, from the problem server and your
DNS server.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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confers no rights.
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Alexander McLin

2009-04-29 18:25:05 UTC

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Well seems like the behavior has returned. At first the server responded
speedily after resetting the connection but now it's gradudually degraded
and now I'm experiencing time outs and slow responses as before.

Can I send the ipconfig /all directly to your email address? I'd prefer not
to paste it into here if possible.

Thank you, really appreciate your help

Alex

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

2009-04-29 19:26:40 UTC

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Hello Alexander,

If your iprange is either 10.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x, these are private
ip ranges that are not accessible form the public network. So hopefully you
work with them and not with any public ip in your private network. Servernames
and domain names you can change, but keep the same format.

Then there is the better option with posting here so others can also check
them.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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Post by Alexander McLin
Well seems like the behavior has returned. At first the server
responded speedily after resetting the connection but now it's
gradudually degraded and now I'm experiencing time outs and slow
responses as before.
Can I send the ipconfig /all directly to your email address? I'd
prefer not to paste it into here if possible.
Thank you, really appreciate your help
Alex

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
An unedited ipconfig /all can be helpful, from the problem server and
your DNS server.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Post by Alexander McLin
I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I
recently set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a website
on it to confirm that everything is working..
I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server
seems slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit
refresh, and it connects after a few moments.
Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the
server, it takes time to respond with timeouts.
When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the
second times works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and
needs time waking up to respond. Obviously that's not what we want!
At first I thought it might be actually due to the work network
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the outside,
from home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and remote
connections.
I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept
inbound connections of the above types.
I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the
power setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd
always running but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone have
any suggestions or idea on what's going on? I migrated to 2008 from
2003 so I'm still familiarizing myself with the system.
Thank you
Alex

Alexander McLin

2009-04-30 20:43:16 UTC

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Here's the ipconfig /all information below. I hope it reveals something. The
server is behind a private IP address. I've noticed an improvement but
there's still delays. It's frustrating.

Thanks in advance for any help.

----

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-60-55-91-77
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::a954:c333:7e03:90b8%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.200(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.2
4.2.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-60-55-91-76
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e50:300d:12e1:3f57:fe37(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::300d:12e1:3f57:fe37%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
If your iprange is either 10.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x, these are
private ip ranges that are not accessible form the public network. So
hopefully you work with them and not with any public ip in your private
network. Servernames and domain names you can change, but keep the same
format.
Then there is the better option with posting here so others can also check
them.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
An unedited ipconfig /all can be helpful, from the problem server and
your DNS server.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Post by Alexander McLin
I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I
recently set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a website
on it to confirm that everything is working..
I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server
seems slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit
refresh, and it connects after a few moments.
Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the
server, it takes time to respond with timeouts.
When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the
second times works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and
needs time waking up to respond. Obviously that's not what we want!
At first I thought it might be actually due to the work network
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the outside,
from home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and remote
connections.
I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept
inbound connections of the above types.
I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the
power setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd
always running but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone have
any suggestions or idea on what's going on? I migrated to 2008 from
2003 so I'm still familiarizing myself with the system.
Thank you
Alex

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

2009-04-30 20:50:02 UTC

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Hello Alexander,

Your problem is that you not use the domain internal DNS server on the NIC.
Remove the 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 and use the domain DNS server.

The ISP's DNS server (4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2) configure as FORWARDERS under
the DNS server properties in the DNS management console.

Additional disable IPv6 if you not use it according to this artilce:
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulbergson/archive/2009/03/19/disabling-ipv6-on-windows-2008.aspx

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Here's the ipconfig /all information below. I hope it reveals
something. The server is behind a private IP address. I've noticed an
improvement but there's still delays. It's frustrating.
Thanks in advance for any help.
----
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-60-55-91-77
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
fe80::a954:c333:7e03:90b8%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.200(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.2
4.2.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-60-55-91-76
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
2001:0:4137:9e50:300d:12e1:3f57:fe37(Pref
erred)
fe80::300d:12e1:3f57:fe37%13(Preferred)
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
If your iprange is either 10.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x, these
are private ip ranges that are not accessible form the public
network. So hopefully you work with them and not with any public ip
in your private network. Servernames and domain names you can change,
but keep the same format.
Then there is the better option with posting here so others can also
check them.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
Hello Alexander,
An unedited ipconfig /all can be helpful, from the problem server
and your DNS server.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
confers no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

Post by Alexander McLin
I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I
recently set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a
website on it to confirm that everything is working..
I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server
seems slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit
refresh, and it connects after a few moments.
Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the
server, it takes time to respond with timeouts.
When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the
second times works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and
needs time waking up to respond. Obviously that's not what we
want!
At first I thought it might be actually due to the work network
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the
outside, from home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and
remote connections.
I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept
inbound connections of the above types.
I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the
power setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd
always running but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone
have any suggestions or idea on what's going on? I migrated to
2008 from 2003 so I'm still familiarizing myself with the system.
Thank you
Alex

ricxon16

2012-09-13 16:11:20 UTC

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Alexander McLin wrote on 04/28/2009 10:05 ET

Post by Alexander McLin
I have a IBM xSeries 346 server running Windows Server 2008 that I recentl
set up and connected to the internet. I deployed a website on it to confir
that everything is working.
I noticed that when I try to connect to the IP address, the server seem
slow in responding, sometimes it times out, then I hit refresh, and i
connects after a few moments
Similar things happens when I try to FTP or remote connect to the server, i
takes time to respond with timeouts
When I'm remote connecting, often the first time fails, but the second time
works. It's almost as if the server was sleeping and needs time waking up t
respond. Obviously that's not what we want
At first I thought it might be actually due to the work networ
configuration but I tried connecting to the server from the outside, fro
home and I get the same behavior for http, ftp, and remote connections
I wondered if it was the server's firewall but it is set to accept inboun
connections of the above types
I've tried tweaking some settings, the firewall, and checked the powe
setting which has the server set to never sleep and the hd always runnin
but I'm still seeing slow responses. Does anyone have any suggestions o
idea on what's going on? I migrated to 2008 from 2003 so I'm stil
familiarizing myself with the system
Thank yo
Ale

Sr. I need your help to install Windows 2008 on IBM xSeries 34

Good morning Sir, my name is Ricxon, and I'm from Venezuela, now I have
problem with an IBM xSeries 346 Server, I need to install Windows Server 200
Enterprise, the installation wizard does not show the disk or partition,
downloaded driver and no me have operated

first install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and then upgrade to Windows Serve
2008 but I think that there are no driver for Windows Server 2008

however the web, I found that you have installed Windows Server 2008 on IB
xSeries 346 servers

I need your help to install Windows 2008 on IBM xSeries 34

The controller is
Adaptec AIC-7902B HostRAI

thank
Ricxon