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- WESTERN DIGITAL ETHERCARD PLUS - FAMILY LAN ADAPTER DRIVERS
- FOR USE WITH NOVELL ADVANCED NETWARE 286 VERSION 2.1X AND
- 2.2. AND FOR USE IN WORKSTATIONS WITH NETWARE 386 VERSION
- 3.0 AND LATER
-
- Installation Guide
- ------------------
-
- OVERVIEW
- --------
-
- To successfully complete the installation of the adapter driver
- you must perform the following steps:
-
- 1.0 Hardware:
- 1.1 Determine the LAN adapter hardware type.
- 1.2 Determine the LAN adapter configuration.
- 1.3 Install LAN adapter hardware.
-
- 2.0 Software:
- 2.1 Generate Software.
- 2.2 Select Software Configuration.
- * NetWare Generation Utility.
- * Jumpers Configuration Utility.
- 2.3 Install LAN software.
-
- Specific details are provided in the following sections.
-
-
- INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
- ----------------------
-
- 1.0 HARDWARE
-
- 1.1 DETERMINING THE LAN ADAPTER HARDWARE TYPE
-
- 1.1.1 Jumper Configured Adapters
- WD8003E 8K RAM
- WD8003EBT 32K RAM
- WD8003S 8K RAM
- WD8003SH 8K RAM
- WD8003WT 8K RAM
- WD8013EBT 16K RAM
-
- Note: Refer to JUMPERS.DOC in the root directory
- for more information on jumpers.
-
- 1.1.2 Micro Channel Adapters
- WD8003ET/A 16K RAM
- WD8003E/A 16K RAM
- WD8003ST/A 16K RAM
- WD8003W/A 16K RAM
-
- 1.1.3 Software Configured Adapters
- WD8003EB 8K RAM
- WD8003W 8K RAM
- WD8003EP 8K RAM
- WD8013EP 16K RAM
- WD8013W 16K RAM
- WD8013EW 16K RAM
-
- 1.2 DETERMINING THE LAN ADAPTER CONFIGURATION
-
- For information on RAM, Base I/O and IRQ, see the
- SYSMAP.DOC file furnished.
-
- Also refer to User Installation guide available with the
- retail packaged adapter.
-
- 1.3 INSTALLING LAN ADAPTER HARDWARE
-
- Refer to User Installation guide available with the retail
- packaged adapter.
-
- 2.0 SOFTWARE
-
- 2.1 Generate Software
-
- 2.1.1 From Floppy
-
- When generating NetWare 286 Software from a floppy drive,
- the generation software will prompt the user to insert
- the driver diskette at the appropriate time.
-
- Note: NetWare installation procedures require the driver
- files to be located in the root directory of a
- floppy disk whose volume label is LAN_DRV_200.
- If you copy these files to another floppy disk,
- be sure that you set the volume label of the new
- disk to LAN_DRV_200.
-
- 2.1.2 From Hard Disk
-
- After copying the Netware 286 floppies to the hard disk as
- described in the Netware 286 manual, a directory with the
- name 'LAN_DRV_.200' must be created at the same level as
- the 'LAN_DRV_.001' directory. Copy all the .OBJ files to
- this directory.
-
- - For Netware 2.1x -
-
- Copy the WDPLUSSH.LAN file to the directory 'SHGEN-1'.
- Copy the WDPLUS.LAN file to the directories 'AUXGEN'
- and 'BRGEN'. Then run either 'SHGEN' for a workstation,
- 'NETGEN' for a server or 'BRGEN' for a bridge.
-
- - For Netware 2.2 -
-
- Copy the WDPLUSSH.LAN file to the directory 'WSGEN'.
- Copy the WDPLUS.LAN file to the directories 'SYSTEM-1'
- and 'ROUTEGEN'. Then run either 'WSGEN' for a workstation,
- 'INSTALL' for a server or 'ROUTEGEN' for a router.
-
- For more information on using this software, refer
- to NetWare 286 Installation Manual.
-
- 2.1.3 Running Appletalk On Your Server
-
- First determine whether the network is using AppleTalk
- Phase I or Phase II. If you are not sure, read the
- APPLE.DOC file located in this directory.
-
- AppleTalk Phase I software is incorporated in the regular
- 286 server driver.
-
- AppleTalk Phase II requires a special server driver called
- WDPLS2 which is located in the Network21 directory. These
- driver files must be copied into the root of the SuperDisk
- or the LAN_DRV_200 directory. Either the standard driver
- or AppleTalk Phase II driver, but not both, may be in the
- root directory of LAN_DRV_200 when the INSTALL or NETGEN
- programs are run. If you are using the SuperDisk, the
- APPLE2.BAT file can be used to perform the file copying.
-
- APPLE2.BAT copies the following AppleTalk phase 2 files into
- the root directory on the SuperDisk:
- WDPLS2AD.OBJ
- WDPLS2BD.OBJ
- WDPLS2CD.OBJ
- WDPLS2DD.OBJ
- WDPLS2.LAN
-
- The following AppleTalk phase 1 files are copied to
- NETWARE21 directory for safe keeping.
- WDPLUSAD.OBJ
- WDPLUSBD.OBJ
- WDPLUSCD.OBJ
- WDPLUSDD.OBJ
- WDPLUS.LAN
-
- 2.2 Select Software Configuration
-
- Once the proper LAN driver has been selected, the desired
- configuration parameters must be chosen from a menu. This
- Western Digital EtherCard Plus family workstation driver has
- been designed to limit the need to reconfigure or regenerate
- the IPX.COM file, even though a variety of Western Digital
- EtherCard Plus family adapters and adapter configurations
- may be present in your workstations. In most cases
- configuring the workstation's IPX.COM file to the default
- values will function with all adapter types. See the
- specific adapter type for details.
-
- 2.2.1 Jumper Configured Adapters
-
- When configuring a server or workstation employing a jumper
- configured adapter, one of the first four configuration
- entries must be used, the default being the first
- configuration entry. If none of these choices match the
- hardware configuration desired, then select the first/default
- configuration entry and run Novell's JUMPERS.EXE version v2.00
- configuration program. This utility allows the user to
- configure the LAN software to use any supported configuration
- parameters. For more information on JUMPERS.EXE, refer to
- the documentation furnished with the software. The JUMPERS
- utility is available from Novell or CompuServ.
-
- The RAM location for jumper configured adapters is set by
- the driver to the location specified in the configuration
- selected.
-
- - Selecting RAM Size -
-
- There are configuration selections designating RAM sizes of
- 8, 16 and 32 Kbytes of RAM.
-
- Adapters with 8 Kbytes of RAM can be used with configuration
- selections which specify 8, 16 or 32 Kbytes of RAM.
-
- Adapters with 32 Kbytes of RAM must be used with configura-
- tion selections which specify 32 Kbytes of RAM.
-
- The WD8003/WD8013 family AT bus 16-bit adapters can function
- in two modes, 16-bit mode and 8-bit mode.
-
- In 16-bit mode, the adapter performs 16-bit data transfers
- and uses the full 16 Kbytes of RAM. In 8-bit mode, the adapter
- performs 8-bit data transfers and uses only 8 Kbytes of RAM.
-
- To operate the 16-bit adapter in 16-bit mode, place the
- adapter in a 16-bit bus slot and configure the driver to a
- configuration selection which specifies 16 or 32 Kbytes of
- RAM.
-
- To operate the 16-bit adapter in 8-bit mode, configure the
- driver to a configuration selection which specifies 8 Kbytes
- of RAM, or place the adapter in an 8-bit bus slot and specify
- any driver configuration.
-
- NOTE: The Default StarLAN packet type is IEEE 802.3 as of
- release V3.07 of the 286 Server and Workstation
- driver. If the Novell StarLAN (AT&T StarLAN
- compatible) packet type is required, it can be
- changed via the JUMPERS Configuration Utility.
-
- 2.2.2 Software Configured Adapters
-
- - Workstation Software -
-
- If one LAN adapter card is used, any of the first five
- configurations can be selected when linking a workstation.
- The shell driver automatically detects software configured
- adapters and reads the configuration information directly
- from the adapter, even if the configuration entry selected
- specified a different I/O base, IRQ and RAM base.
-
- If there is more than one LAN adapter, you need one of the
- 'Software Configured Adapter' selections for each adapter.
- (See - Server Software - description.)
-
- - Server Software -
-
- Do NOT select the default configuration. Select 'First
- Software Configured Adapter' for the first LAN adapter.
- Select 'Second Software Configured Adapter' for the second
- LAN adapter, etc.
-
- First, Second, etc., are determined by the lowest Base I/O
- address of the adapter, i.e., if there are two adapters one
- with Base I/O address 240 and the other has an address of
- 280, then 240 will be the 'First Software Configured Adapter'.
-
- 2.2.3 Micro Channel Adapters
-
- - Workstation Software -
-
- If one LAN adapter card is used, any of the first five
- configurations can be selected when linking a workstation.
- The shell driver automatically detects Micro Channel adapters
- and reads the configuration information directly from the
- adapter, even if the configuration entry selected specifies
- a different I/O base, IRQ and RAM base.
-
- If there is more than one LAN adapter card, one of the 'Soft
- Configured Adapter' selections is needed for each adapter.
- (See - Server Software - description.)
-
- - Server Software -
-
- Select 'First Micro Channel Adapter' for the first LAN
- adapter.
-
- Select 'Second Micro Channel Adapter' for the second LAN
- adapter, etc.
-
- First, Second, etc., are determined by the lowest slot number
- of the adapter, i.e., if two adapters are in the machine in
- lots 2 and 4, then the adapter in slot 2 is the 'First Micro
- Channel Adapter'.
-
- NOTE: When there is more than one adapter in a machine,
- each adapter needs to be configured so that
- interrupts are not shared. Do NOT use the automatic
- configuration option when initializing the adapter
- from the Reference Diskette. Automatic
- configuration assumes that interrupts are shared.
- Instead, initialize the adapter by selecting the Set
- Configuration option from the main menu. Set the
- interrupt vector to an interrupt not already in use
- by another adapter.
-
- 2.3 Install LAN software
-
- If installing an AppleTalk driver in a NetWare 286 server,
- see NetWare for Macintosh Installation Supplement.
-
- NOTE: When installing a NetWare External Bridge to be used
- with AppleTalk phase 2, the minimum requirements for
- system memory are 5 Mbytes.
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- Western Digital is a registered trademark of Western Digital
- Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned herein belong to
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- Copyright (c) 1991 Western Digital Corporation.
- All Rights Reserved.
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