User's Manual

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Chapter 6: Driver installationChapter 6: Driver installation
Chapter 6: Driver installationChapter 6: Driver installation
Chapter 6: Driver installation
7. When the name of the driver appears, press <Enter> to select.
8. Select <Yes>, then press <Enter> when a
Copy the driver Copy the driver
Copy the driver Copy the driver
Copy the driver prompt
appears.
9. After copying the driver, select <Yes>, then press <Enter> to copy
the .LDI file. This is the driver’s installation script.
10. When finished, select
Save parameters Save parameters
Save parameters Save parameters
Save parameters and
load driver load driver
load driver load driver
load driver to
continue.
11. Choose
Exit Exit
Exit Exit
Exit to return to the server console prompt.
Setting the minimum packet receive buffersSetting the minimum packet receive buffers
Setting the minimum packet receive buffersSetting the minimum packet receive buffers
Setting the minimum packet receive buffers
When you do an initial installation of NetWare 4.2/5.x/6.0 and have more
than two network adapters installed, the installation program allows you to
allocate the actual number of packet receive buffers needed by the
adapter.
During installation, the RxBuffers value should be set to 32—the minimum
number of buffers the driver requires for each adapter. Although this
setting affects the network adapter performance, it allows installation of
the operating system and up to eight network adapters.
After installation is completed, you need to increase the number of buffers
allocated to the driver as described in
Verifying or ModifyingVerifying or Modifying
Verifying or ModifyingVerifying or Modifying
Verifying or Modifying
Adapter PropertiesAdapter Properties
Adapter PropertiesAdapter Properties
Adapter Properties.
To increase the number of buffers
1. After installing the NetWare 5.x/6.0, set the minimum packet receive
buffers parameter in the
startup.ncf startup.ncf
startup.ncf startup.ncf
startup.ncf file to
1500 1500
1500 1500
1500 per network
adapter. Set the maximum packet receive buffers to three times the
minimum packet receive buffers. Typically, 4 MB of RAM is required
per 1000 receive buffers. Refer to the
Verifying or ModifyingVerifying or Modifying
Verifying or ModifyingVerifying or Modifying
Verifying or Modifying
Adapter PropertiesAdapter Properties
Adapter PropertiesAdapter Properties
Adapter Properties for more information.
2. In the
autoexec.ncf autoexec.ncf
autoexec.ncf autoexec.ncf
autoexec.ncf file, delete the packet receive buffers
parameter (RxBuffers=32) in the adapter load statement. Deleting the
receive buffers parameter from the load statement reverts the receive
buffers parameter to the default value (200).
You must restart the server for the changes to take effect.