User`s guide

8 – Windows NT Driver Installation
QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
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8.6.2
Updating the QL2x00IP NDIS Network Driver
Perform the following steps if a QL2x00IP NDIS network driver is already installed
and you want to install an updated version of the driver:
1. Open a DOS command prompt window.
2. Change the current directory to the Windows NT driver directory. For example:
cd \Winnt\System32\Drivers
3. Make a backup copy of the old driver. You can copy the file into the same
directory with a .SAV extension indicating that it is the saved file. For example:
copy Ql2x00ip.sys Ql2x00ip.sav
4. Insert the disk that contains the updated QLogic driver in an appropriate drive.
5. Copy the new driver over the old driver. For example:
copy A:\Nt\Ip\Ql2x00ip.sys
6. Remove the disk that contains the QLogic driver.
7. Restart your system to load the updated driver.
8.6.3
QL2x00IP NDIS Driver and IP Address Configuration
You must configure the IP address and modify the driver parameters during the
initial configuration as specified in section 8.6.1. You can also modify these later as
appropriate using the following procedures.
8.6.3.1
Driver Configuration
The QL2x00IP NDIS driver provides configuration parameters. The driver
configuration parameters are listed in table 8-1 and described in the following
paragraphs.
Table 8-1. Ql2x00ip.sys Configuration Parameters
Parameter Minimum Maximum Recommended Default
MTU Size 92 65280 8192
Buffer Count 8 128 32
Buffer Size 512 65536 4096
Header Split Size 24 Buffer size –1 0
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Adapter Node Name — — —
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A value of 0 indicates that the headers and data are not split.