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6 Ensure that you have set the RecvBuffers value to 32.
7 After NetWare 5.1 has been successfully installed, edit the
STARTUP.NCF file: Set the packet receive buffers parameter to 1024
for each NIC in the system. For more information, see “Editing the
STARTUP.NCF File” in the 3Com Gigabit EtherLink Server NIC User’s
Guide for Novell NetWare.
8 In the autoexec.ncf file, delete the packet receive buffers
parameter (RecvBuffers=32) in the load statement for this NIC.
Deleting the receive buffers phrase from the load statement resets the
receive buffers parameter to the default value of 512 for this NIC.
RecvBuffers To ensure optimum NIC performance, the NIC driver has a default value
of 512 packet receive buffers for each NIC installed on the network.
NOTE: If performing an initial installation of NetWare 5.1, the
install program does not let you allocate the actual number of
packet receive buffers needed by the NIC.
During installation, the RecvBuffers value should be set to 32, the
minimum number of buffers the driver requires for each NIC. While
this setting dramatically affects NIC performance, it allows
installation of the operating system. Once installation is complete,
you need to increase the number of buffers allocated to the system,
as described in “Editing the STARTUP.NCF File” in the 3Com
Gigabit EtherLink Server NIC User’s Guide for Novell NetWare.
Other This parameter is reserved for future features or technical support use.
Driver Version This information field displays the version of the driver software.
This field cannot be edited.
NIC Configuration Parameters (continued)
Parameter Description