DS3.3.2-BestPractice.v1.doc-PERTKBWeb.docVIP

ss12.07.05 Deliverable GN2 DS3.3.2 part 2:Current Good Best Practice Guide Deliverable GN2 DS3.3.2 part 2 Contractual Date: Insert date Actual Date: 12/07/05 Contract Number: 511082 Instrument type: Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) Activity: SA3 Work Item: WI 3 Nature of Deliverable: O (Other) Dissemination Level PU (Public) Lead Partner SWITCH Document Code GN2-DS3.3.2-part2-v1 Authors: Insert author names here Abstract Insert abstract text here Document Revision History This page to be deleted before submission to the EC Version Date Description of change Person pre1 30-06-05 Pre-Draft 1 13.07.05 1 st Version (incomplete draft) Review Approved REVIEW Main reviewer N. Surname Summary of suggested changes Recommendation 1) Major revision 2) Minor revision Re-submitted for review - if 1) DD/MM/YY Final comments Approved: DD/MM/YY Table of Contents 0 Executive Summary v 0.1 Goals and target readership v 0.2 Related work v 1 Hosts, Adapters, OS Tuning 1 2 Using advanced services 2 2.1 Differentiated Service over GEANT 2 2.1.1 Premium IP 2 2.1.2 LBE (Less than Best Effort) Service 2 3 Performance Pitfalls 3 3.1 Middleboxes 3 3.2 Duplex modes and auto-negotiation 4 3.2.1 Duplex Mismatch 4 3.2.2 Duplex Auto-Negotiation 4 3.2.3 Why people turn off auto-negotiation 5 3.2.4 Problems with turning auto-negotiation off 5 3.2.5 Recommendation: Leave auto-negotiation on 5 4 Monitoring and measurement 6 4.1 Proactive measures 6 4.1.1 Passive monitoring 6 4.1.2 Active measurements 7 4.2 Network usage monitoring 9 4.2.1 MRTG 9 4.2.2 Cricket 9 4.2.3 Netflow 9 4.3 Traffic capture and analysis 10 4.3.1 Etherreal 10 4.3.2 Tcpdump 10 4.4 Performance measurement 10 4.4.1 Ping 10 4.4.2 Iperf 10 4.4.3 NDT 10 4.4.4 Traceroute 10 5 Conclusions 10 6 References 11 7 Acronyms 12 Table of Figures Executive Summary Goals and target readership This document is a best practice guide and information source for network administrators and ex