RE: Ethernet Cards

What speed is your line configured for? A 520 can push 100MB and more. What
speed is your network, and more importantly, do the network guys have you on
a link that is throttled down to 10MB? You'd be surprised how many places I
find that. One guy even had the cajones to tell me that he had the System i
on a 10MB connection because "the stuff on that machine isn't that
important". His boss said "Your paycheck comes from that machine."

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bonnie Lokenvitz
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Ethernet Cards

I am programmer but my job includes maintaining our 520.

How do I know what kind of Ethernet card is installed? It is configured
with line speed of 10M.

If we were to get a different, faster card, what (besides a new business
partner) do I need to ask for?

Can one card be swapped for another with just some configuration tweaks?


What do I need to know about the network external to the i5?

The WAS 6.1 guide recommends Fiber or Copper GB Ethernet.

As always thanks for your aid,
Bonnie Lokenvitz