HP Embedded Firewall manual Configuring the NIC, All

11Configuring the NIC

Option	Description		Settings
Media Type	Determines the type of media your network is using.		•	AUTO SELECT
	•	Auto Select allows the NIC to automatically select the	•	100BASE-TX
	•	Media Type for you.	•	(100 Mbps)
		If you set the NIC Duplex setting to Auto Select, the		10BASE-T
	•	Media Type is automatically set to Auto Select.	•	(10 Mbps)
		If you set the NIC Duplex setting manually, you must		100BASE-FX
		set the Media Type setting manually.		(100 Mbps)
		Note: If you are running Windows 2003, Windows XP,
		or Windows 2000, changes made to the Media Type
		setting though the 3Com NIC Diagnostics are not
		reflected in the registry unless you also change the
		Media Select property setting in Windows:
	1	In the Device Manager window, double-click Network
		adapters.
	2	Right-click the 3CR990B NIC and select Properties.
	3	Select the Advanced tab.
	4	Select Media Select in the property list, and make the
		appropriate setting change in the Value list.
Self Healing	In BASIC mode, monitors firmware heartbeat and		•	BASIC
	interrupt stalls, and tries to automatically reset the NIC.		•	Disabled
	Also monitors link status and reports changes.		•	Enhanced
	In ENHANCED mode, checks for transmit/receive errors
	and tries to recover.
Error Tolerance	Specifies threshold levels for transmit/receive errors. An		•	HIGH
	RSL failover or NIC reset occurs when the threshold is		•	Medium
	exceeded during the sampling period.		•	Low
	•	High = 100 of each error category (default setting)
	•	Medium = 50 of each error category
	•	Low = 5 of each error category
Alert Type	Enabled alert types are reported to the Windows System		•	Off
	Events monitor. The default setting is ALL. Alert types:		•	Information
	•	Information	•	Warning
	•	Warning	•	Error
	•	Error	•	All
Flow Control	When enabled, the NIC throttles the incoming data		•	Disabled
	packet stream to prevent the input buffers from		•	Enabled
	overflowing and losing packets.

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