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Microsoft Updates for TOE

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TOE is disabled through BACS (recommended), the netsh command, or by registry change. For information on using BACS, see the Broadcom NetXtreme II User's Guide on the Dell Documentation CD, the Broadcom Driver CD, or available at support.dell.com. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912222 for more information on using the netsh command and registry changes to disable TOE. If you need to turn off default SNP features in Windows Server 2003 or Windows Small Business Server 2003, an update to enable this function is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948496. Microsoft Updates for TOE The following issues pertaining to TOE are documented on Microsoft's online knowlege-base web site: • If you cannot host TCP connections when Receive Side Scaling is enabled, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927695. • If TCP traffic stops after you enable both receive-side scaling and Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927168. • If operation stops when synchronizing databases between two instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services when TCP Chimney Offload technology is enabled, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947065. • If you receive a general network error, communication link failure, or transport-level error when an application connects to SQL Server on a Windows Server 2003 system, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861. • If a system running Windows Server 2003 stops responding during shutdown after installing SNP, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940202. • If a stop error message is issued when a system with a TOE-enabled adapter is running under low resources in Windows Server 2003, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945466. • If an application stops responding or a read error is issued on a system running Windows Server 2003 that also has a TCP Chimney Offload network adapter, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947775. Installing Broadcom NetXtreme II Drivers and TOE 5

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Installing Broadcom NetXtreme II Drivers and TOE
5
TOE is disabled through BACS (recommended), the
netsh
command,
or by registry change. For information on using BACS, see the
Broadcom
NetXtreme II
User’s Guide
on the
Dell Documentation
CD, the
Broadcom
Driver
CD, or available at
support.dell.com
.
See
for more information on using
the
netsh
command and registry changes to disable TOE.
If you need to turn off default SNP features in Windows Server 2003 or
Windows Small Business Server 2003, an update to enable this function is
available at
.
Microsoft Updates for TOE
The following issues pertaining to TOE are documented on Microsoft’s
online knowlege-base web site:
If you cannot host TCP connections when Receive Side Scaling is enabled,
see
.
If TCP traffic stops after you enable both receive-side scaling and Internet
Connection Sharing in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1,
see
.
If operation stops when synchronizing databases between two instances of
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services when TCP Chimney Offload
technology is enabled, see
.
If you receive a general network error, communication link failure, or
transport-level error when an application connects to SQL Server on a
Windows Server 2003 system, see
.
If a system running Windows Server 2003 stops responding during
shutdown after installing SNP, see
.
If a stop error message is issued when a system with a TOE-enabled
adapter is running under low resources in Windows Server 2003,
see
.
If an application stops responding or a read error is issued on a system
running Windows Server 2003 that also has a TCP Chimney Offload
network adapter, see
.