3Com 3C996B-T manual Installing Novell NetWare Server, AUTO, 10FD

		Installing Novell NetWare Server 4.2
Parameter	Options	Description
TxDescriptors =	Default = 120	Pre-allocates ECB resources on the adapter for transmitting
	Min = 100	packets.
	Max = 400
RxFlow =	Default = ON	Allows enabling/disabling of RxFlow control.
	Selections are:
	ON, OFF
TxFlow =	Default = ON	Allows enabling/disabling of TxFlow control.
	Selections are:
	ON, OFF
Slot = n		Identifies the slot number for the specific BCM5700 adapter
		currently being configured. This parameter is not necessary if
		only a single adapter is installed.
Speed = n	Default is Auto.	If link negotiation has been disabled, you can select port
	(Note that 1000	speed to be either Auto, 10HD or 10FD, 100HD or 100FD.
	FD is only auto-
	detected at this
	time.
	AUTO, 10FD,
	10HD, 100FD,
	100HD
Link=	Default is FORCE	Used only to allow the adapter to negotiate a specific or
	because the	forced line speed with a switch that is not forced, but instead
	speed keyword is	setup for auto-negotiation. It is best to allow for auto-
	usually used	negotiation of the card and switch by not setting this
	when a switch	keyword or the speed keyword. Only use this keyword if
	and the adapter	the speed keyword is set to something other than AUTO.
	speeds are both
	forced to a
	specific value.
	Selections are:
	AUTO, FORCE
RxTicks=	Default is 75	Enables the use of batching receives within a specific
	Min=0, disabled	time period.
	Max=5000000, 5
	seconds
	Units in
	microseconds
TxPacketsPer=	Default is	Enables the use of batching transmits to a specific amount
	disabled	of packets.
	Min=0
	Max=100
Node Address=		To override the default Media Access COntroller (MAC)
		address (also known as the Locally Administered Address),
		specify a node address in this field. The expected range is
		0060CD000000 through 0060CFFFFFFF.

NOTE: If you modify any NIC parameters, you must reboot the system before changes take effect. If you make changes and do not reboot, you may experience configuration problems. If the driver was loaded at console, however, no reboot is necessary.

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