klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (03/05/91)
In article <26593@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, aprzygie@iiic.ethz.ch (Antoni Bronislaw Przygienda) writes: > I lately installed a net (Advanced Netware 2.15) with a COMPAQ 386/33L as > server (Novell NE2000 in it). Questions: ...stuff deleted..... > 2) the "monitor"'s cpu-load-meter goes crazy. It shows first a > couple of asteriks & then a load of 170% and more ?! When I > slows the compaq by 30% it behaves normally. I looks strongly > the way as if the meter would have been tested up to machines > with 25MHz by Novell (although I can't really believe it) & > has kind of a time-loop in it overflowing on faster ones. > > Some hints ?? I'll resume for the net > > > Tony Novell issued a Technical bulletin #1-264 dated March 20, 1990 that said the high utilization figures are caused by a bug in their file server utilization code. This occurs with 486-25 and 386-33Mhz machines. The disturbing thing is that although they said it would be fixed in their next release of Netware 286, this rather visible bug is still araound a year later!