IBM server running Windows Server 2008 slow response and timeouts

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

 

Hello Alexander,

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

Best regards

Meinolf Weber

 

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!

 

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

 

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

 

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.

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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

 

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

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