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FRAME, Jumbo, Spuriousfix
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NetWare Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide The default setting is OFF. NODE= A Novell NetWare keyword that allows an input Ethernet node address to replace the adapter factory-programmed Ethernet node address until a subsequent reboot. NODE= nnnnnnnnnnnn FRAME= A Novell NetWare keyword for specifying the frame type. ETHERNET_II ETHERNET_802.3 ETHERNET_802.2 ETHERNET_SNAP The default value is ETHERNET_802.2. SLOT= A Novell NetWare keyword used to set a system-wide unique hardware instance number (HIN) that may be the physical slot number on a slot-based bus such as PCI. SLOT=n Jumbo= Enables jumbo frame support. When enabled, jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes are supported. Jumbo=1536-9000 The default setting is no jumbo packets. NOTES: Jumbo frames are supported only on NetWare 6.0 and later. Also, the first frame loaded must be ETHERNET_II. Jumbo frame support must have the following text in the Startup.ncf file: "Set maximum physical receive packet size = 18000." P3= This keyword is used when running Perform3.exe tests and may be used to increase performance on networks running with many IPX clients. Set P3=1 when running the Perform3 test back to back to a single client. Set P3=2 when running the Perform3 test with many clients. The default setting is P3=0. Spuriousfix= When this keyword is set to 1 (Spurious Fix is ON), the spurious interrupts count that is sometimes displayed on the NetWare console may be reduced. Setting this keyword to 0 (Spurious Fix is OFF) may enhance performance. Spuriousfix = 0 (Spurious Fix is off) Spuriousfix = 1 (Spurious Fix is on) The default value is 1 (Spurious Fix is on). Poll= Disables the interrupt driven mode. When set to Poll=1, the driver does not use interrupts, but is polled by the NetWare file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/BroadCom/71921/NetXtremeII/en/netware.htm[9/26/2012 3:28:49 PM]