Appendix B: Netware 6 Configuration Files - HP ML570 - ProLiant - G2 Tuning Manual

Novell NetWare 6 performance tuning guidelines for ProLiant servers
appendix b:
NetWare 6
configuration
files
Table 15 includes the changes made to the autoexec.ncf and startup.ncf files while running
the NetBench and WebBench tests.
table 15. NetWare 6 configuration file changes
filename NetBench test changes
Autoexec.ncf Enable checksum off-loading.
Add "xsumrx=1 xsumtx=1
txintdelay=40 to the end of
LOAD Q57.LAN line.
Add "set immediate purge of
deleted files = on".
Add "NSS /CacheBalance =
85" (for NSS file system test).
Add "NSS /Nosalvage = sys1
Add "NSS /Nosalvage = sys2
Add "NSS /Nosalvage = sys3
Add "NSS /Nosalvage = sys4
(for NSS file system test).
Add "NSS /CacheBalance =
1" (for TFS test).
Comment out all lines in this
file that load additional
programs into memory that
are not needed for this test.
Startup.ncf Comment out all IDE related
entries in this file.
Magnus.conf N/A
Obj.conf N/A
WebBench test changes
Enable checksum off-loading.
Add "xsumrx=1 xsumtx=1
txintdelay=40 to the end of
LOAD Q57.LAN line.
Comment out all lines in this
file that load additional
programs into memory that are
not needed for this test.
Comment out all IDE related
entries in this file.
Add these lines:
ErrLogSize 0
LoggingErrors off
RqThrottle 512
RqThrottleMinPerSocket 48
Add these lines:
Init fn="cache-init"
MaxTotalCachedFileSize="13
0000"
MaxNumberOfOpenCachedFil
es="13000"
MaxNumberOfCachedFiles="
13000"
PollInterval="80000"
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