N
O D E
A
D D R E S S
:
Normally this field should be left blank, causing the
driver to use the unique pre-assigned Ethernet address supplied with
the card. However, it can be used to override the Ethernet address
used by the port if you wish administer Ethernet addresses locally
according to the IEEE 802.2 specification.
C
O N N E C T I O N
T
Y P E
:
Normally this field should be left set to Auto-
Negotiate, and the card will automatically choose the best type of
connection available depending on the type of switch, hub, or NIC
at the other end of the Ethernet cable attached to this port. However,
if the other node does not support the standard IEEE auto-negotiation
protocol, or does not implement it properly, it may be necessary to
force a particular connection type (10BASE-T or 100BASE-T, Full
or Half Duplex). Note that if you disable auto-negotiation and force
the connection type on the P430, you must also force the connection
type on the switch or NIC at the other end of the cable: if one side
is forced while the other is attempting to auto-negotiate, then the
auto-negotiation on the other end may not work properly, causing
link failure or excessive errors. Normally you should set the Connection
Type parameter of all the ports in a trunking group to the same setting,
although the driver does not enforce this restriction.
R
E C E I V E
B
U F F E R S
:
Indicates the number of packets that can be received
by the NIC and stored in the host's memory while waiting to be
processed by the NetWare protocol stacks bound to the P430 driver.
The default value is 10 receive buffers for each P430 port. Increasing
this value may improve performance and reduce the likelihood of
packet loss on heavily-loaded servers.
N O T E :
If you increase this value for any of the P430 ports, or if you have
more than one NIC in the system, then you may have to increase
the systemwide "Minimum Packet Receive Buffers" and/or "Maximum
Packet Receive Buffers" settings; otherwise one or more of the P430
driver instances you configured may not load successfully. The
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