Updated February 12, 2002
January 18, 2002
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Products Affected
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Product |
Comments |
|---|---|
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Cisco EMF v3.2 patch 1 |
Cisco EMF v3.2 can only be run with patch 1 installed |
Problem Description
Cisco has found a Solaris related performance issue that impacts the overall performance of Cisco Element Management Framework (EMF) Version 3.2 Patch 1. Element Management Systems (EMSs) running on Solaris 8. A bug in the Solaris 8 virtual memory management results in a significant performance degradation when running Solaris 2.6 applications in compatibility mode. Sun Microsystems, Inc. is currently working on a patch for this problem.
Problem Symptoms
Performance testing on Solaris 8 indicates slowdowns during action executions. Results were collected for Solaris 8 and Solaris 2.6 systems, and the execution times were compared.
|
Action |
Solaris 2.6 Time |
Solaris 8 Time |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CEMF Start 1st time (initialise) |
1312 seconds |
1930 seconds |
-618 seconds |
|
AutoDiscover 1 GSR Chassis |
11 seconds |
14 seconds |
-3 seconds |
|
Commission 1 GSR Chassis |
36 seconds |
71 seconds |
-35 seconds |
|
time to sync/upload 250 VCL's |
85 seconds |
134 seconds |
-49 seconds |
|
Re-sync |
34 seconds |
125 seconds |
-91 seconds |
|
Delete chassis (required decomm 1st) |
13 seconds |
23 seconds |
-10 seconds |
Greater detail can be obtained through xddts CSCdw16519.
Workaround/Solution
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has recommended the following workaround.
To avoid any degradation in performance when Cisco EMF v3.2 patch 1 is used on Solaris 8, the superuser (root) must edit the /etc/system file as follows:
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Log in as root, or use the su command to become root.
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Add a line that reads set free_pages = 0 to the /etc/system file.
Note: This line can be added anywhere in the /etc/system file.
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Reboot the system using the reboot -- -r command.
Note: This change forces Solaris 8 to use the memory management model used in Solaris 2.6, avoiding the performance issue bug. Sun Microsystems, Inc. will resolve this bug in the next kernel patch.
DDTS
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DDTS |
Description |
|---|---|
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Solaris 8 Performance Degradation |
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