Chapter 7: Installing the Novell NetWare Driver Software

FRAME

This is a Novell NetWare keyword.

String specifying the frame type.

Choices are:

ETHERNET_II

ETHERNET_802.3

ETHERNET_802.2

ETHERNET_SNAP

Default value is ETHERNET_802.2

SLOT

This is a Novell NetWare keyword.

System-wide unique Hardware Instance Number (HIN) that may be the physical slot number on a slot based bus such as PCI.

SLOT=n

Jumbo=

Keyword to enable Jumbo frame support. When enabled, jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes are supported. Choices are:

Jumbo=1536-9100

Default is no jumbo packets

Note

Jumbo frames are only supported on NetWare 6.0 and above. Plus the first frame loaded must be ETHERNET_II

Note

Jumbo frame support must have the following text in the Startup.ncf file: "Set maximum physical receive packet size = 18000".

P3

This keyword is used when running perform3.exe tests and may increase performance on networks running with many ipx clients.

Set P3=1, when running the perform3 test back to back to a single client.

Set P3=2, when running the perform3 test with many clients.

Default: P3=0.

Spuriousfix

When this keyword is set to 1 (spurious fix is on), the spurious interrupts count that is sometimes displayed on the NetWare console monitor, may be reduced. By setting this keyword to 0 (spurious fix is OFF), performance of the driver may be enhanced.

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Allied Telesis AT-2916LX10/LC, AT-2972LX10/LC manual Frame, Spuriousfix

AT-2916LX10/LC, AT-2972LX10/LC specifications

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