6 – Windows 2000 | Driver Installation | ||
QL2x00IP NDIS Network | Driver Installation | ||
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3.Make a backup copy of the old driver. You can copy the file into the same directory with a .SAV extension indicating that it is the saved file. For example:
copy Ql2x00ip.sys Ql2x00ip.sav
4.Insert the disk that contains the updated QLogic driver in an appropriate drive.
5.Copy the new driver over the old driver. For example:
copy A:\W2k\Ip\Ql2x00ip.sys
6.Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver.
7.Restart your system to load the updated driver.
6.5.3
QL2x00IP NDIS Driver Configuration
You must configure the IP address and modify the driver parameters during the initial installation (see section 6.5.1). You can also modify these later as appropriate using the following procedures.
The QL2x00IP NDIS driver provides drive configuration parameters. The drive configuration parameters are listed in table
Table 6-1. Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters
Parameter | Minimum | Maximum | Recommended |
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MTU Size | 92 | 65280 | 8192 |
Buffer Count | 8 | 128 | 32 |
Buffer Size | 512 | 65536 | 4096 |
Header Split Size | 24 | Buffer size - 1 | 0a |
Adapter Node Name | — | — | — |
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Table Notes
aA value of 0 indicates that the headers and data are not split.
■MTU Size. This parameter specifies the maximum transfer or packet size that the host system sends or receives. All QLA22xx/QLA23xx HBAs on the same network must have the same MTU size value. QLogic recommends a default value of 8192.
■Buffer Count. This parameter specifies the number of receive buffers that the QL2x00IP driver allocates during initialization. The number of buffers multiplied by the buffer size must be greater than or equal to the MTU size. QLogic recommends a default value of 32.
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