ML370 G4 with poor Network Performance and high CPU Load

[rene at reckschwardt.de]

  here is the pciconf for the onboard Nic

bge0 at pci0:7:3:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x00cb0e11 chip=0x16c714e4 
rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
     device     = 'BCM5703A3 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet'
     class      = network
     subclass   = ethernet
     bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfdef0000, size 65536, 
enabled
     cap 07[40] = PCI-X 64-bit supports 133MHz, 2048 burst read, 1 split 
transaction
     cap 01[48] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
     cap 03[50] = VPD
     cap 05[58] = MSI supports 8 messages, 64 bit

regards ré