Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual page 47

NetWare Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
The default setting is OFF.
NODE=
A Novell NetWare keyword that allows an input Ethernet node address to replace the adapter factory-programmed Ethernet
node address until a subsequent reboot.
NODE=nnnnnnnnnnnn
FRAME=
A Novell NetWare keyword for specifying the frame type.
ETHERNET_II
ETHERNET_802.3
ETHERNET_802.2
ETHERNET_SNAP
The default value is ETHERNET_802.2.
SLOT=
A Novell NetWare keyword used to set a system-wide unique hardware instance number (HIN) that may be the physical slot
number on a slot-based bus such as PCI.
SLOT=n
Jumbo=
Enables jumbo frame support. When enabled, jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes are supported.
Jumbo=1536–9000
The default setting is no jumbo packets.
NOTES:
Jumbo frames are supported only on NetWare 6.0 and later. Also, the first frame loaded must be ETHERNET_II.
Jumbo frame support must have the following text in the Startup.ncf file: "Set maximum physical receive packet
size = 18000."
P3=
This keyword is used when running Perform3.exe tests and may be used to increase performance on networks running with
many IPX clients.
Set P3=1 when running the Perform3 test back to back to a single client.
Set P3=2 when running the Perform3 test with many clients.
The default setting is P3=0.
Spuriousfix=
When this keyword is set to 1 (Spurious Fix is ON), the spurious interrupts count that is sometimes displayed on the NetWare
console may be reduced. Setting this keyword to 0 (Spurious Fix is OFF) may enhance performance.
Spuriousfix = 0 (Spurious Fix is off)
Spuriousfix = 1 (Spurious Fix is on)
The default value is 1 (Spurious Fix is on).
Poll=
Disables the interrupt driven mode. When set to Poll=1, the driver does not use interrupts, but is polled by the NetWare
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