Changing NetWare Driver Configuration Parameters
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Follow these steps to change parameters:
1 From the Configuration screen, select
Select/Modify driver parameters and protocols.
The Select a Protocol box is selected.
2 To add a network protocol, select the desired protocol
from the Protocols box and press Enter.
IPX is the default protocol. If you select TCP/IP, supply the
TCP/IP addresses as follows:
a
Type the IP address.
b
Type the IP subnet mask.
c
Press Enter to continue.
3 Enter the slot number.
The slot number is the PCI slot number of the physical NIC.
The following fields appear:
Node Address
Log Message Level
SHD Configuration
Transmit/Receive
Error Threshold
1–64000
50
Appears when
Configure SHD
is
selected. Specifies threshold levels
for Tx/Rx errors. A failure is
reported when the threshold is
exceeded during the sampling
period.
Sampling Window
Size
0–64000 packets
0 = disabled
1024
Appears when
Configure SHD
is
selected. Specifies the number of
Tx/Rx packets to be sampled for
late collisions, receive overruns,
transmit underruns, jabbers, and
bus contention errors.
Automatically ages error count to
ensure that only recent errors are
accumulated.
Table 3
NetWare Installation Program Configuration Parameters (continued)
Parameter
Range of Values
(Defaults in Bold)
Description
When multiple NICs are installed, you must determine
which physical NIC corresponds to which PCI slot in order
to correctly connect the cables to the hub or the switch.
