Latency difference observed between two nodes in "cifs domain preferred-dc check" output
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.5 and later
- CIFS/SMB
- Preferred DC
Issue
- Latency difference observed while running
cifs domain preferred-dc check
command for two different SVMs - These SVMs have LIFs on different nodes in the cluster
- But the preferred domain controllers they are contacting are same
ONTAP95::> cifs domain preferred-dc check -vserver SVM_NODE_A
Vserver: SVM_NODE_A
Domain Name DC Address Status Status Details
----------------------- ----------------- ------ ------------------------
domain.local 10.10.10.2 up Response time (msec):201
domain.local 10.10.10.5 up Response time (msec):105
ONTAP95::> cifs domain preferred-dc check -vserver SVM_NODE_B
Vserver: SVM_NODE_B
Domain Name DC Address Status Status Details
----------------------- ----------------- ------ ----------------------
domain.local 10.10.10.2 up Response time (msec):0
domain.local 10.10.10.5 up Response time (msec):2