Installing the Software in NetWare

 

 

NIC Configuration Parameters (continued)

 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

RecvBuffers

To ensure optimum NIC performance, the NIC driver has a default value

 

of 512 packet receive buffers for each NIC installed on the network.

 

NOTE: If performing an initial installation of NetWare 5.1, the

 

install program does not let you allocate the actual number of

 

packet receive buffers needed by the NIC.

 

During installation, the RecvBuffers value should be set to 32, the

 

minimum number of buffers the driver requires for each NIC. While

 

this setting dramatically affects NIC performance, it allows

 

installation of the operating system. Once installation is complete,

 

you need to increase the number of buffers allocated to the system,

 

as described in “Editing the STARTUP.NCF File” in the 3Com

 

Gigabit EtherLink Server NIC User’s Guide for Novell NetWare.

Other

This parameter is reserved for future features or technical support use.

Driver Version

This information field displays the version of the driver software.

 

This field cannot be edited.

 

 

6Ensure that you have set the RecvBuffers value to 32.

7After NetWare 5.1 has been successfully installed, edit the STARTUP.NCF file: Set the packet receive buffers parameter to 1024 for each NIC in the system. For more information, see “Editing the STARTUP.NCF File” in the 3Com Gigabit EtherLink Server NIC User’s Guide for Novell NetWare.

8In the autoexec.ncf file, delete the packet receive buffers parameter (RecvBuffers=32) in the load statement for this NIC.

Deleting the receive buffers phrase from the load statement resets the receive buffers parameter to the default value of 512 for this NIC.

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710011, 710026, 710025, 710024, 3C985B-SX specifications

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