Wireless Access

Folks, I am trying to image one of my servers using PowerQuest's ImageCenter (enterprise version of DriveImage); however, when I boot the server w/ the boot disks created by IC, the NIC is initializing at only half duplex and the image process is crawling. I suspect that I am supposed to modify the protocol.ini file, but want to verify that and make sure I get it right.
Thanks in advance

Hi

Yes, you should set up the speed/duplex because, depending on your switch, it can work well with auto setting in some case, and not in others

Here's example of the protocol.ini


HTH

Fred

; Protocol.ini section for the Compaq NC67xx/NC77xx Gigabit Ethernet

[Q57]
DriverName = "Q57$"

; BusNum from 0 to 255
; BusNum =

; DevNum from 0 to 31
; DevNum =

; PortNum or FuncNum from 0 to 7
; PortNum =
; FuncNum =

; LinSpeed can be set to 10, 100, or 1000
; LineSpeed =

; Duplex can be set to half or full. LineSpeed is required when this keyword is used.
; Duplex =

;
; To add more adapter(up to 4) repeat the below entry, where n can be from 1 to 3.
;

;[Q57_n]
; DriverName = "Q57$"
; BusNum =
; DevNum =
; PortNum =
; FuncNum =
; LineSpeed =
; Duplex =

Yes,
you have to set up
speed: (10/100) depending on your nic
then
forceduplex = 2

hth

J

Thanks, folks. Adding the following lines to the protocol.ini did the trick:

linespeed=100
duplex=full

You're welcome

By the way : what's the difference between ImageCenter and DriveImage ?

Fred

Glad it worked !

For your info,
forceduplex = 2 is duplex=full with force option, because som cards go to full only if the other part is on auto-negociate, and get to half when the other is on another value, even if this value is duplex !
Glad it's not the case for yours.
forceduplex = auto or =1 (half duplex) are also possible.
J