Specifications

4. You are the given a choice of parameters to either view or set.
In the following sections, we look at many of these parameters and make
recommendations for setting them.
Note
Many of the set parameters can be adjusted from the server console while
the server is up and running. However, several parameters must be set in
either the AUTOEXEC.NCF or STARTUP.NCF files. The information displayed
using the set command will indicate which parameters must be set in this
way.
5.2.2.3 SERVMAN.NLM
SERVMAN is a server system console utility, which can be used to view and
configure system parameters. Figure 144 shows the SERVMAN utility.
Figure 144. SERVMAN Utility
5.3 Tuning NetWare
As was discussed in 5.1, “Hardware Tuning” on page 167, tuning a server can
be a complicated task because it is not a single device, but is made up of
several subsystems all working in unison. The subsystems include the following:
•
Disk subsystem
•
Network subsystem
•
System memory
•
System processor and I/O bus
Each of the above subsystems affects the performance of the other subsystems.
For example, the lack of available system memory will have an adverse effect on
the performance of the network communications and disk storage subsystems.
In this section, we look at NetWare performance parameters which relate to
these subsystems and we will also give recommendations for setting them.
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