Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 bandwidth throttling for both the Remote Access Server (RAS) Sender and the Standard Sender may not use all the allocated bandwidth.
This problem occurs because the SMS 2003 RAS Sender and the SMS Standard Sender do not account for the time that it takes to transfer each data block (block transfer time). SMS bandwidth throttling is based on "sleep time". Sleep time forces a delay between each sent data block.
For example, if the maximum available bandwidth is 40 Kbps and the
Limit (% of connection bandwidth) setting for the RAS Sender or the Standard Sender is set to 75%, and the last sent block size was 120 KB, SMS uses the following formula to calculate the sleep time:
block size (KB) x (1 / limit setting) x maximum available bandwidth (Kb/s) = sleep time (seconds)
Note 1 KB = 8Kb
120 KB x (1 / .75) / 40 Kb/s = 32 seconds
This formula does not account for the block transfer time. You can use the following formula to calculate the block transfer time:
block size / maximum available bandwidth = block transfer time
120 KB / 40 Kb/s = 24 seconds
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, install the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2003.
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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
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Prerequisites
You must have SMS 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed to apply this hotfix.
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Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the
Date and Time item in Control Panel.
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| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time | Platform |
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| Sender.dll | 2.50.4160.2132 | 176,128 | 02-Mar-2006 | 04:35 | x86 |
You can use the formulas in the "Cause" section of this article to calculate the actual bandwidth for the SMS RAS Sender and the SMS Standard Sender. You must add the data block transfer time (24 seconds) and the sleep time (32 seconds) to calculate the overall time of 56 seconds and an actual bandwidth utilization factor of 43% and not 75% as specified in the
Limit (% of connection bandwidth) setting of the SMS 2003 Sender properties.
You can use the following formula to calculate the actual bandwidth utilization factor:
block size (KB) / overall time (seconds) / maximum available bandwidth (Kb/s) = actual bandwidth utilization factor
120 KB/ 56s / 40 Kb/s =
42.8%
For example, when you set the
Limit (% of connection bandwidth) setting to
25%, the total time is: 24 seconds for the data block transfer time, 96 seconds for the sleep time (for an overall time of 120 seconds), and an overall bandwidth utilization of 20%.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3.