4. You are the given a choice of parameters to either view or set.

In the following sections, we look at many of these parameters and make recommendations for setting them.

Note

Many of the set parameters can be adjusted from the server console while the server is up and running. However, several parameters must be set in either the AUTOEXEC.NCF or STARTUP.NCF files. The information displayed using the set command will indicate which parameters must be set in this way.

5.2.2.3 SERVMAN.NLM

SERVMAN is a server system console utility, which can be used to view and configure system parameters. Figure 144 shows the SERVMAN utility.

Figure 144. SERVMAN Utility

5.3 Tuning NetWare

As was discussed in 5.1, ªHardware Tuningº on page 167, uningt a server can be a complicated task because it is not a single device, but is made up of several subsystems all working in unison. The subsystems include the following:

Disk subsystem Network subsystem System memory

System processor and I/O bus

Each of the above subsystems affects the performance of the other subsystems. For example, the lack of available system memory will have an adverse effect on the performance of the network communications and disk storage subsystems.

In this section, we look at NetWare performance parameters which relate to these subsystems and we will also give recommendations for setting them.

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