In ifconfig I don't see the actual tape device card and only network devices. It seems like my device is the Fibre Channel: Emulex. Here is my lspci output.... [root@backup-1 ~]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 12) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 2 (rev 12) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 3 (rev 12) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 4-5 (rev 12) 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 5 (rev 12) 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 6-7 (rev 12) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 7 (rev 12) 00:10.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev 12) 00:10.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev 12) 00:10.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev 12) 00:11.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers (rev 12) 00:13.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers (rev 12) 00:15.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev 12) 00:16.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev 12) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 09) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 09) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 09) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #3 (rev 09) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller (rev 09) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d9) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 09) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE Controller (rev 09) 01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-A PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge 01:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-B PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge 02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 5i 04:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev c3) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Upstream Port (rev 01) 06:00.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev 01) 07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E1 (rev 01) 07:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E2 (rev 01) 08:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev c3) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) 0c:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) 0e:00.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Zephyr-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 02) 0e:00.1 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Zephyr-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 02) 10:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02) [root@backup-1 ~]# On 4/9/2010 8:06 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/09/2010 03:35 PM, Overkill wrote: > >> All, I have a backup server with fiber card or scsi card in it. I'm >> seeing a lot of traffic on my network card and it should all be going >> thru my fiber card. The fiber card is hooked up to some sort of tape >> device/robot. Is there a way that I can view or see my fiber card >> device traffic? I'm getting complaints that I'm clogging the network >> bandwidth and that shouldn't be the case. Thanks guys! >> > A fiberchannel card is not the same as a glass (fiber) NIC--especially > if it's connected to a tape library. > > Post your "lspci" output. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - "The bogosity meter just pegged." - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines