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NetWare Services requires the following configuration parameters to be set
in nwconfig to enable Packet Burst at the server:
• burst_mode_protocol=(on or off; on=default)
• burst_mode_clients=(number of clients allowed: 0-1,000)
Other parameters can be used to tune the Packet Burst protocol.
For NETX workstations to send and receive Packet Burst data, you must
enable Packet Burst under the NetWare DOS Requester. On the VLM client,
burst-mode is enabled by default.
When Packet Burst-enabled servers or workstations transfer data to servers
or workstations that don’t have Packet Burst enabled, the data defaults to
normal NCP mode (one-request/one-response).
Parallel port
A printer interface that allows data to be transmitted a byte at a time, all
eight bits moving in parallel.
See also “LPT1.”
Parent directory
The directory immediately above any subdirectory. For example,
SYS:ACCTS would be the parent directory of the subdirectory
SYS:ACCTS/RECEIVE.
See also: “Directory structure, file system”; “Directory tree.”
Parent objects
Container objects that contain other objects.
See also:“Object.”
Parity
A method of checking for errors in transmitted data.
See “Serial port.”