We've had the same problem as well with our F740s w/ 100BT. This problem with autonegotiation is neither particular to NetApp nor Cisco. We have SGIs, Suns, and HPs that also have had problems with autonegotiation, and I've heard from others having similar problems with other non-Cisco network devices. The problem is that the autonegotation standard in IEEE (Cl. 28 of IEEE 802.3u, based on NWay scheme) is a bit vague, which results in vendors implementing autonegotiation in such a way that it tends to be incompatible with how other vendors implement it. An unfortunate fact of life.
A good into to autonegotiation can be found at:
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/NWay.html
As for using 0.0.0.0 for the default gateway, that should be perfectly acceptable.
--john
-----Original Message----- From: Dane Jasper [mailto:dane@sonic.net] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 6:48 PM To: John Gaines; Mark D Fowle; toasters Subject: Re:
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 03:18:52PM -0600, John Gaines wrote:
If you are using a CISCO switch, this may be the cause. You have your
media
type set to auto. Netapp and Cisco do not negotiate well together. My suggestion would be to force the NIC to full duplex and force the port on the switch also. Also, i have never used 0.0.0.0 to specify "default" before. I am also curious as to what LinkNegotiation does?
I've got an Extreme Networks Black Diamond switch, and our F230 won't auto-negotiate 100-BT-fd with that either. Of course, neither will our Cisco 7507. It's ironic that the two more important bits on my network won't negotiate their connection speeds, but lots of irrelevant little workstations will.