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3Com (R) Corporation
3C90x EtherLink PCI NIC Family
NetWare 5.0, 4.x, and 3.x Server Driver Installation Notes
This file contains information for installing the ODI server driver into
a NetWare server. You can install this driver by using the copy
program to copy the driver to the server's hard disk, and then manually
load the driver. Alternatively, you can import this driver when
installing the NetWare 5.0 or 4.x server software.
Installing the Server Driver into a NetWare 5.0 or 4.x Server
--------------------------------------------------------------
To import the server driver into a NetWare 5.0 or 4.x server:
1. Install the server software. When the NIC selection menu appears,
insert the EtherCD (or EtherDisk diskette 1) in the PC.
2. Press [Insert].
This key tells the server installation program that you want
to add a driver externally.
3. Press [F3].
This key tells the server installation program that you want
to change the path.
4. When you see the prompt, enter:
<drive>:\NWSERVER
The installation program gathers the files and prompts you for a
NIC selection.
5. Press [Enter] to continue the server installation.
NOTE: You should have the latest NetWare Support Pack installed.
NetWare 4.1x and 3.1x users must have the support pack installed that changes
the LOADER.EXE file and provides the NBI.NLM as well as the matching MSM.NLM
and ETHERTSM.NLM files. 3Com has provided the latest (at time of testing)
*.NLM files on the EtherCD. You can copy the *.NLM files from the
\NWSERVER subdirectory of the EtherCD/diskette to the same location as the
server driver. Under some circumstances, where NBI.NLM (NBI31x.NLM for 3.1x)
will be loaded at server startup time, you should also copy the NBI.NLM file
to the server startup directory.
Manually Updating an Existing Server Driver
-------------------------------------------
1. Copy all of the files from the \NWSERVER subdirectory on the EtherCD
(or EtherDisk diskette 1) to the server hard disk. Use the NLM files from
\NWSERVER\NW3.x for Netware server 3.x installations.
2. Boot the server and launch the Install program.
3. Edit the AUTOEXEC.NCF file to add the following line (assuming the
server start directory is C:\NWSERVER, where the LAN drivers and NLM
files were copied):
LOAD C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=<slotnumber>
The <slotnumber> variable is the hexadecimal slot number of the PCI
NIC. This address can be obtained by issuing a load command, where the
driver will identify the slot numbers. Pressing [Esc] prevents
loading the driver. Because of Novell's scheme for identifying PCI
slots, it is not possible for 3COM to pre-identify the slot number.
Installing Multiple NICs
------------------------
To support more than one NIC in a server, change the AUTOEXEC.NCF file
to the following format:
load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=<slot1> NAME=<name1> FRAME=<frametype>
load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=<slot2> NAME=<name2> FRAME=<frametype>
The values <slot1> and <slot2> are the NICs' PCI port addresses.
The values <name1> and <name2> are user-specified names that you
assign to distinguish the multiple NICs.
The FRAME parameter is optional. The default frame type is
Ethernet_802.2. If you want the ODI server driver to support more
than one frame type, then both the unique NAME= and FRAME= parameters
must be paired on each load driver line. The valid frame types are
Ethernet_802.2, Ethernet_802.3, Ethernet_II, and Ethernet_SNAP.
The protocol(s) must be bound to the specific driver configuration using
the user-assigned unique names. The following example shows how this can be
done:
load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=1 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 NAME=ADPONE
load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_II NAME=ADPTWO
bind IPX to ADPONE
bind IPX to ADPTWO
The examples used may require other parameters to work properly.
Consult the appropriate Novell NetWare manuals for more details.
Driver Support NLM Files
------------------------
For Netware 5.0, NLM files consist of MSM.NLM and ETHERTSM.NLM.
For Netware 4.x, add the NBI.NLM.
For Netware 3.x, change to NBI31X.NLM and MSM31X.NLM.
(%VER NETWARE.TXT - NetWare 5.0 Server v5.1.0)