Changing NetWare Driver Configuration Parameters

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Changing NetWare Driver Configuration Parameters

You can change server configuration parameters using the NetWare installation program

Configuration screen. The following table lists the parameters shown on the Configuration

screen. Default values are shown in uppercase text.

Maintaining Groups

3Com Advanced Server technology server features allow you to configure load balancing

groups. The load balancing features are described in “3Com DynamicAccess Advanced

Server Features” on page 9.

The following 3Com Advanced Server technology features are available for NIC groups

in NetWare:

■load balancing
■RSL failover
Parameter Range of Values Description
Slot Number All PCI slot numbers valid to
the system
Represents the PCI slot number of the physical
NIC to be configured.
Node Address Default is factory-assigned
MAC address.
Leave blank to use factory-assigned default.
ENABLE_CHKSUM 0 (Disable)
1 (Enable)
NetWare 5.x only. Enter the parameter on the
load line to enable TCP/IP checksum offload. The
default value is 0 (zero), which means Disable.
Do not enable TCP/IP checksum offload if you
plan to form load balancing/failover groups.
SHD_LEVEL 0 (None)
1 (Basic)
2 (Enhanced)
3 (Basic + Enhanced)
1 — The default value, indicating Basic.
Monitors levels for the following self-healing
driver conditions: firmware heartbeat,
interrupt availability, recoverable transmit and
receive errors (CRC, transmit underruns,
receive overruns, collisions, jabbers).
2 — Indicates Enhanced. In this state the NIC
monitors DMA stalls and hardware errors.
VERBOSE 0 (Disable)
1 Enable
1 — Enables driver warning and error messages.
The default value is 0 (zero), which means
Disable.
MEDIA_SELECT 0 (Auto negotiate)
1 (10 Mbps HALF duplex)
2 (10 Mbps FULL duplex)
3 (100 Mbps HALF duplex)
4 (100 Mbps FULL duplex)
Sets the media speed at which the NIC
communicates with other network devices.
The default value is 0 (zero), which means
Auto negotiate. In Auto negotiate mode, the
NIC automatically sets itself to the best
possible speed and duplexity of the network.
When set at any other valid value (1-4), the
NIC is forced to connect at the rate indicated
in the Range of Values column.
Note: If you force the speed and duplexity on
the NIC by using this parameter, make sure
that the NIC has the same speed and duplexity
as the network.