Changing Netware Driver Configuration Parameters - 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI NIC Series User Manual

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HAPTER NSTALLING AND
Changing NetWare
Driver Configuration
Parameters
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ONFIGURING IN ET ARE
3 Select a driver to view its associated statistics.
A functioning driver displays packets being sent and received.
To verify that the server is communicating over the network, perform the
following procedure:
1 Set up a NetWare client on a LAN supported by the server to be tested.
2 Log in or map to the server.
If you cannot log in or map to the server, the link is not functional.
If the link is functional, the following message appears on the server console:
Link integrity test for primary slot #XXXXX passed.
You can change parameters from the NetWare installation program Configuration
screen. Table 3 lists the parameters shown on the Configuration screen.
Table 3 NetWare Installation Program Configuration Parameters
Range of Values
Parameter (Defaults in Bold)
Slot Number All PCI slot numbers
valid to the system
Node Address Default is
factory-assigned MAC
address.
Log Message Error messages logged
Level
Message logging
disabled
Receive Enabled
Checksumming
Disabled
Transmit Enabled
Checksumming
Disabled
SHD Configure SHD
Configuration
Use default
configuration
Check Level Basic Level Checking
All Checking is Disabled
Enhanced Level
Checking
Basic and Enhanced
Transmit/Receive 1–64000
Error Threshold
50
Sampling 0–64000 packets
Window Size
0 = disabled
1024
Description
Represents the PCI slot number of the physical
NIC to be configured.
Leave blank to use factory-assigned default.
Determines which type of messages are
displayed to the system console and the
SYS:\SYSTEM\SYS$LOG.ERR file.
NetWare 5.x only. Select Enabled to allow the
NIC to perform checksum operations on
incoming packets.
NetWare 5.x only. Select Enabled to allow the
NIC to perform checksum operations on
outgoing packets.
Select Configure SHD to change self-healing
driver settings.
Appears when Configure SHD is selected. Basic
Level Checking monitors link beat, DMA FIFOs,
interrupt availability, bus contention errors,
internal NIC subsystems, and recoverable Tx/Rx
errors (CRC, Tx underruns, Rx overruns, late
collisions, jabbers). Enhanced Level Checking
maintains valid data structures and uses more
CPU cycles.
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.
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.