[SOLVED] Network performance issues with v3.8.16-1

Hello,
After the latest upgrade and reboot to load the latest kernel, i’m facing a high decrease of network performance.

I’ve removed each interface from bond to ensure that there is no faulty cable, destroyed the bond and connected with only one interface and there is no improvement.

iperf stats:
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 3] 0.0- 1.0 sec 1.50 MBytes 12.6 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 1.0- 2.0 sec 512 KBytes 4.19 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 2.0- 3.0 sec 9.62 MBytes 80.7 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 3.0- 4.0 sec 19.0 MBytes 159 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 4.0- 5.0 sec 22.5 MBytes 189 Mbits/sec
[ 3] 5.0- 6.0 sec 26.0 MBytes 218 Mbits/sec

In my setup I have a LACP bond with 2x10G network interfaces:
lspci |grep Ethernet
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)

Settings for ens15f0:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
Supported link modes: 10000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: 10000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: 10000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Direct Attach Copper
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: external
Auto-negotiation: off
Supports Wake-on: d
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
drv probe link
Link detected: yes

ifconfig ens15f0|grep mtu
ens15f0: flags=6211<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SLAVE,MULTICAST> mtu 9000

Installed the latest drivers for the network card, no improvement.
modinfo ixgbe|grep -i version
version: 5.0.4
srcversion: BA7E024DFE57A92C4F1DC93
vermagic: 4.8.7-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions

Any idea what caused this? Should I update from the testing repo?

Thanks,
Alex

Please ignore it, the issue was caused by a faulty switch :slight_smile:

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