NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual - Edition 9 (36922-90040)

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LAN Network Interface Configuration Screens
LAN Network Interface Configuration
Fields Network segment size (bytes)
(HP modifiable.) This field specifies the largest packet
(including all data, protocol headers, and link level
headers) that will be sent by the LAN device. The only
reason for entering a value smaller than 1514 is to
make better use of memory for those systems where it
is known that upper layer services will always send
shorter messages. Note that whenever packets larger
than the network segment size are sent, they will be
fragmented to the network segment size, thus incurring
fragmentation overhead at the source and assembly
overhead at the destination node.
Default value: 1514 bytes
Range: 300–1514
HP UPC number
(HP modifiable.) The HP universal product code,
which is used to establish an HP-unique address used
by the probe protocol.
Default value: 08-00-09
Change the default only in rare circumstances. If all
nodes on the LAN are not configured with identical
HP UPC numbers, probe multicasts will not be
universally recognized by nodes on the LAN.
Number of outbound buffers
This field specifies the number of buffers to be allocated
for outbound data. Outbound buffers are used for
outbound data packets and are held by the transport
until they are acknowledged by the destination node.
Underallocation may adversely affect TCP throughput.
Overallocation may waste core memory.
Related screen:
• NETXPORT.GPROT.TCP
The maximum number of connections is configured
here. If it is increased, consider increasing the
number of outbound buffers also.
Default value: 128
Range: 128–4096
Load network directory mapping? (Y/N)
If you have non-HP nodes on the LAN (nodes that do
not support either ARP or probe protocols,) you must