Supervising the Network

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Maintaining the NetWare Server
Managing the Server
See “Error Log File Size” in “Tuning Your Server” in this chapter to change
the size of your error log file.
Configuring Packet Burst
Packet Burst is a protocol built on top of IPX that speeds multiple-packet
NCP reads and writes of files.
This protocol speeds the transfer of NCP data between a workstation and a
NetWare server by eliminating the need to sequence and acknowledge each
packet.
Packet Burst protocol is more efficient than the one-request/one-response
protocol in earlier NetWare versions. With this protocol, the server or
workstation can send a whole set (burst) of packets before it requires an
acknowledgement.
By allowing multiple packets to be acknowledged, Packet Burst reduces
network traffic.
It also monitors dropped packets and retransmits only the missing packets.
A client must negotiate the use of Packet Burst with a server before using it.
See “Enable Packet Burst?” and “Packet Burst Buffer Size” in “Tuning Your
Server at the Desktop” in this chapter to configure Packet Burst.
Packet burst can only be configured via the nwcm utility. The parameters
are:
burst_mode_buffer_size: size of packt burst packets, default = 24576
burst_mode_clients: maximum number of burst_mode clients that can be
supported at the same time.
burst_mode_protocol: Enable/disables packet burst
Managing Engines at the Command Line
You can use the nwengine utility at the server console command line to start
and stop engines while NetWare Services is running. To change the number
of engines, type
nwengine number <Enter>