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NIC Driver Configuration Parameters for Novell NetWare
Parameter
Options
Description
CheckSum =
Default = ON
Selections are:
ON, OFF, Tx, Rx
Enables or disables the transmit and receive
checksum off-loading feature. Note that
checksum is supported under NetWare 5.x only.
Frame = type
Valid types are:
Ethernet_802.2
Ethernet_802.3
Ethernet_II
Ethernet_SNAP
Defines the frame type being used by this load
instance. Ethernet_802.2 and Ethernet_II are
the default values.
name = text
Name assigned to this NIC
PDriver =
Default = OFF
Selections are:
OFF, ON
Allows driver to operate in persistent driver
mode. Persistent driver mode is supported
under NetWare 5.x only. Use only if NIC is
placed in a Hot Plug PCI slot and only if required
to swap with an exact NIC.
RxBuffers =
Default = 200
Min = 32
Max = 1000
Pre-allocates ECB resources on the adapter for
receiving packets.
TxDescriptors =
Default = 120
Min = 100
Max = 400
Pre-allocates ECB resources on the adapter for
transmitting packets.
RxFlow =
Default = ON
Selections are:
ON, OFF
Allows enabling and disabling of RxFlow
control.
TxFlow =
Default = ON
Selections are:
ON, OFF
Allows enabling and disabling of TxFlow
control.
Slot = n
Identifies the slot number for the specific
BCM5700 NIC currently being configured. This
parameter is not necessary if only a single NIC is
installed.
Speed = n
Default is Auto. (Note that
1000 FD is only auto-detected at
this time.
AUTO, 10FD, 10HD, 100FD,
100HD
If link negotiation has been disabled, you can
select port speed to be either Auto, 10HD or
10FD, 100HD or 100FD.
Link=
Default is FORCE because the
speed keyword is usually used
when a switch and the adapter
speeds are both forced to a
specific value.
Selections are: AUTO, FORCE
Used only to allow the NIC to negotiate a
specific or forced line speed with a switch that
is not forced, but instead setup for auto-
negotiation. It is best to allow for auto-
negotiation of the NIC and switch by not setting
this keyword or the speed keyword. Only use
this keyword if the speed keyword is set to
something other than AUTO.
RxTicks=
Default is 75
Min=0, disabled
Max=5000000, 5 seconds
Units in microseconds
Enables the use of batching receives within a
specific time period.
TxPacketsPer=
Default is disabled
Min=0
Max=100
Enables the use of batching transmits to a
specific amount of packets.
Node=
To override the default media access control
(MAC) address (also known as the Locally
Administered Address), specify a node address
in this field. The expected range is
0060CD000000 through 0060CFFFFFFF.
