Major SpanningTree Issue

I'm new to this environment and when I arrived I notices that five catalyst switches are trunk to one 6513 core switch, which is fine. The 6513 switch is the server farm switch and also the aggregation switch. The issue is that sw22 is the root bridge, not the 6513 switch. Sw22 is a user switch that is trunk into the 6513 switch. The issue is that when a user needs to access a server off of the 6513 switch they must first connect into sw22 because sw22 is the root bridge, is that correct? This tells me that the 6513 switch is acting like a transit switch. If this is true then this could be related to the slow response issue at my site. I think the resolution for this problem would be to make the 6513 switch the root bridge, do you agree?
Thanks,

John
VTP setup with 6513 as server and other switches as clients is fine.
When you talk about a server in VLAN 200 on the 6513 are the users also in VLAN 200? From the fact that the switches are connected by trunks I am going to assume that users are in different VLAN(s) from the server VLAN. In this case you must have inter VLAN routing. Any traffic from a user in some other VLAN must get to a layer 3 interface and be routed to be able to access servers in VLAN 200 (and the response must be routed back). That is likely to have more impact on perfromance than is the question of who is the root of the spanning tree.
HTH
Rick

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KennaOkoye wrote:
Ischwartz, What should the Pan be set to, I have it at compensated.... Should it be at zero?
There is no "should" when it comes to the pan law setting. It's a matter of personal preference (which I'll explain in a minute). If you've imported tracks from another project, though, it's a good idea to get info about the pan law used in that project so that it translates well when playing back out of Logic.
Now, to the personal preference bit... I have mine set to -3dB compensated. This is because I like to be able to pan sounds and not have their level change as would happen at a setting of 0dB. You just need to take care to watch your output levels should you pan something rather hard L or R. But under normal circumstances (i.e., if you've set your overall output to peak at -6dB or so to prevent overshoot on your mixes), this isn't usually a problem. If it is a problem, though, just tweak your output(s) or master fader down a bit. The overall balance of your mix will be preserved, it'll just be a little bit lower.

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I have been experiencing major slowdown in the Flash 8
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.fla).
My system specs aren't too bad but maybe not enough?
1.5Ghz Pentium M
512mb RAM
1024mb virtual memory...
Is there anything that specifically causes Flash to slow way
down? I'm thinking about tweaking my system (either settings or by
upgrading hardware) but I don't know what would help Flash with
larger projects. I'm assuming that more RAM would speed things up,
but I don't want to jump to that assumption and buy it without
knowing for sure...
...any ideas?

Yes... more graphics = heavier load...
...obviously.
However the performance issues here I'm talking about aren't
just slight slowdown issues. It is a MAJOR slowdown problem that
occurs suddenly. This means that once I hit a certain filesize,
Flash slows down and will not respond for MINUTES. If it were a
simple "you added more graphics" problem, then it would show a
gradual decrease in performance.
What I was really wanted to know is what is the weak link
concerning Flash performance? Is it RAM, processor speed, or
something else?
I can upgrade, but I'm not buying a new multi-processor
machine...it's not feasible, and not to mention it's a huge
overkill.

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Hi There,
I have an Alienware 14 and I started having major issues following the downloading of Adobe CC. After downloading I started getting blue screens, restarts and application errors unrelated to Adobe. I have no idea what the problem is but since downloading I cannot update my Norton security or my Nvidia updates. PLEASE HELP ME!!
My Computer:
Alienware 14
Intel i7 4900mq
16gb ram
256gb ssd
750gb 7500rpm drive
Nvidia 765m w/ 2gb ram

Creative Cloud chat support (all Creative Cloud customer service issues)
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service-ccm.html

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I am having major issues with my Mid 2010 mac pro. ATI Radeon 5770 in dual 22" monitors and I'm getting triangles flashing on the screen, random pixels, tearing, etc.
Here's a video of the problem:
http://youtu.be/NL6Z3u3fwBY
I'm using (currently) 1 Mini display port to single link DVI to primary, DVI to DVI on secondary.
I've tried 2 mini ports, 2 dvi's and a variety of combinations. Eventually after hours of doing this the mac will sleep, or just during use, go complete grey or blue screen and hard lock.

It can be a driver issue, especially when it happens from scrolling and such.
However: Here's some more information about what I've done.
1) Reset the SMC/PMC
2) Moved the ATI card to the other PCIex16 slot, and changed the AUX power plug from B to A
3) Sometimes it works great for hours, other times...the second I sit down.
This Mac was purchased in June and is in a very clean room, dust is not an issue (it's not even on the card).
AppleCare apparently expired...but I've noticed that I'm not the only one with issues, maybe the only one this severe but apparently there are issues with the 5770 and Lion and MacPro Mid-2010.

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