Broadcom NetXtreme II

NetXtreme II User Guide
January 2010
Broadcom Corporation
Page 144 Viewing or Modifying Adapter Properties Document ENGSRVT52-CDUM100-R
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.