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OS/2 LAN Server Performance 
Test 107 Objectives


SECTION 1 - PERFORMANCE TUNING APPROACHES

  • Describe the methodical approach to performance tuning.
  • Describe some basic computer performance bottlenecks.
  • Describe the trade-offs of performance decisions.
  • Describe performance benchmarking.

SECTION 2 - PERFORMANCE MONITORING TOOLS

  • List the tools available for performance analysis in the OS/2 LAN Server environment.
  • Describe the tools provided with OS/2 LAN Server that can be used to monitor the system's performance.
  • Use the CACHE386.EXE utility of OS/2 LAN Server Advanced.
  • Describe how network trace tools can provide valuable performance information.
  • Describe the primary differences between the FAT and HPFS file systems.
  • Describe how the FAT and HPFS file systems utilize disk cache.
  • Describe the features of the FAT and HPFS file systems provided by OS/2 Version 2.x and above utilize cache.
  • Describe the features of the 386HPFS file system.
  • Describe how the 386HPFS file system utilizes cache.
  • Describe and set the parameters for all three file systems.
  • Use the CACHE386 statistics to assess caching.

SECTION 3 - CONFIG.SYS PARAMETERS

  • Describe the use of the timing parameters which could adversely affect performance on a server.
  • Configure the parameters which control swapping.
  • Describe how to and why you would configure a server without virtual DOS support.
  • Describe how installing Fault Tolerance can improve performance.
  • Determine the correct order for the PATH, DPATH, and LIBPATH statements in CONFIG.SYS.

SECTION 4 - NETWORK BUFFERS, SMB AND FILE ACCESS

  • Describe the use of the LAN buffers utilized by OS/2 Servers, and OS/2 and DOS Requesters.
  • Determine the appropriate value for NUMREQBUF on a server.
  • List the three types of Server Message Block (SMB) protocols used for file transfer.
  • Describe the different types of file accesses utilized by OS/2 LAN Server and the data flow through the network.

SECTION 5 - IBMLAN.INI PARAMETERS

  • Describe the IBMLAN.INI file and its main functions.
  • Describe the IBMLAN.INI parameters that most significantly affect server performance.
  • Understand the effects of modifying each of the IBMLAN.INI perform- ance tuning parameters.
  • Describe how to tune a Remote IPL Server.

SECTION 6 - PROTOCOL.INI PARAMETERS

  • Describe the structure of the PROTOCOL.INI file.
  • Describe how to effectively set transmit and receive buffers.
  • Describe the PROTOCOL.INI performance parameters.
  • Improve logon performance for DOS and OS/2 LAN Requester by modifying the PROTOCOL.INI file.
  • Describe SIDEBAND and how it impacts performance.
  • Describe the effect of having multiple network adapters in a server.

SECTION 7 - APPLICATIONS

  • Design a LAN Server domain to optimize performance.
  • Create a plan for tuning a domain of LAN Servers.


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