Changing NetWare Driver Configuration Parameters
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.
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Slot Number | All PCI slot numbers valid to | Represents the PCI slot number of the physical NIC to be configured. |
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Node Address | Default is | Leave blank to use |
| MAC address. |
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ENABLE_CHKSUM | 0 (Disable) | NetWare 5.x and 6.x only. Enter the parameter on the load line to enable TCP/IP |
| 1 (Enable) | 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/ | |
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| failover groups. |
SHD_LEVEL | 0 | (None) |
| 1 | (Basic) |
| 2 | (Enhanced) |
| 3 | (Basic and 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 — Enables driver warning and error messages. |
| 1 | Enable | The default value is 0 (zero), which means Disable. |
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MEDIA_SELECT | 3 | (100 Mbps HALF duplex) | Sets the media speed at which the NIC communicates with other network |
| 4 (100 Mbps FULL duplex) | devices. | |
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The NIC does not support settings 0, 1, or 2. If you enter 0, 1, or 2, the NIC is forced to connect at 100 Mbps FULL duplex (the default value).
Note: Ensure that the NIC has the same speed and duplexity as the network.
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