Changing Operational Settings

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Disabling switch packet prioritization affects only the switch; it does not change the behavior of the PACE driver in any way. Regardless of the switch setting, high-priority packets are transmitted ahead of most non-PACE packets on the workstation.

Disable Receive Packet Buffering

This option disables the receive packet buffer.

Changing Operational Settings

Follow these steps to change PACE operational settings:

1Click the Advanced button on the 3Com DynamicAccess Setup screen (Figure 4-4).

The Advanced PACE Options screen is displayed, as shown in Figure B-1.

Figure B-1Advanced PACE Options Screen

2Enter data in the fields provided.

3Select the check boxes if you want to disable switch packet prioritization or receive packet buffering.

4Go to the next section.

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3Com XLPCI manual Changing Operational Settings, Disable Receive Packet Buffering