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6.
If you inserted the archive disk, press ENTER. If you have the installation CD
mounted as a NetWare volume, press F3 and type
Volume Name
:
NetWare\Driver
as
the source path, where
Volume Name
is the name of the NetWare volume for the
installation CD, and
NetWare\Driver
is the directory containing the specific files on
the installation CD needed for this installation.
7.
Press ENTER to select the highlighted driver.
8.
Select
Yes
, and then press ENTER.
9.
Select
Yes
, and then press ENTER to copy the .ldi file. This is the installation script for
the driver.
10.
Select
Save parameters and load driver
to continue.
11.
Select
Exit
to return to the NetWare Server console prompt.
NOTE: If you are performing an initial installation of NetWare 5.1/6.0 and have
more than two network adapters installed, the install program allows you to allocate
the actual number of packet receive buffers needed by the adapter. During
installation, the RxBuffers value is set to 32, the minimum number of buffers the
driver requires for each adapter. Although this setting affects adapter performance,
it allows the installation of the operating system and up to 8 adapters during initial
installation process. After you complete the installation, increase the number of
buffers allocated to the driver, as described in Viewing or Modifying Adapter
Properties.
12.
After NetWare 5.1/6.0 has been successfully installed, set the minimum packet
Receive Buffers property in the Startup.ncf file to 1500 for each adapter in the system.
Set the maximum packet receive buffers to three times the minimum packet receive
buffers. Typically, 4 MB of RAM are required per 1000 receive buffers. For more
information, see Viewing or Modifying Adapter Properties
.
13.
In the Autoexec.ncf file, delete the packet Receive Buffers property (RxBuffers = 32)
in the load statement for this adapter. Deleting the Receive Buffers phrase from the
load statement resets the Receive Buffers property to the default value of 200.
NOTE: The system must be restarted for the new configuration to take effect.
Example:
The default maximum number of receive buffers for the system is 500, and the
default minimum is 128. Edit the Startup.ncf file to have the following entries. The actual
number of receive buffers is a function of the number of ports in the system. The following is
an example for a system with 8 ports installed: