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- 3Com (R) Corporation
- EtherDisk (R) Diskette for the
- 3C90X Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus Master NIC Family
- NetWare 4.1x Server Driver Installation Notes
-
-
- This file contains information for installing the ODI server driver into
- a NetWare version 4.1x server. You can install this driver by using the
- program to copy the driver to the server's hard disk, and then manually
- loading the driver. Alternatively, you can import this driver when
- installing the NetWare 4.1x server software.
-
-
- Installing the Server Driver into a NetWare 4.x Server
- ------------------------------------------------------
- To import the server driver into a NetWare 4.1x server, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Install the server software in the usual way. When the NIC
- selection menu appears, place the EtherDisk 1 diskette in the floppy
- drive.
-
- 2. Press [Insert].
-
- This key tells the server installation program you want to add a
- driver externally.
-
- 3. Press [F3].
-
- This key tells the server installation program you want to change
- the path.
-
- 4. When you see the prompt A:\, type:
-
- NWSERVER
-
- The installation program will gather the files and prompt you for a
- NIC selection.
-
- 5. Press [Enter] to continue the server installation.
-
- NOTE: You should have the latest NetWare Support Pack installed.
- NetWare 4.10 users must have the support pack installed that changes
- the LOADER.EXE file and provide NBI.NLM as well as the matching MSM.NLM,
- and EHTERTSM.NLM files. We have provided the latest (at time of testing)
- *.NLM files and you can copy *.NLM files from the \NWSERVER subdirectory of
- the EtherDisk diskette # 1 to the same location as the server driver. Under
- some circumstances, where NBI.NLM will be loaded at server startup time,
- you should also copy the NBI.NLM file to to the server startup directory.
-
- Manually Updating an Existing Server Driver
- -------------------------------------------
- 1. To update an existing server driver manually, copy all of the files
- from the \NWSERVER subdirectory on the EtherDisk 1 diskette to the
- server hard disk.
-
- 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 escape will prevent
- loading the driver. Due to Novell's scheme for identifying PCI
- slots, it is not possible for 3COM to pre-identify the slot number.
-
- Multiple NICs
- -----------------
- To support more than one NIC in a server, change the AUTOEXEC.NCF file
- to the format shown below:
-
- load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=<slot1> NAME=<name1> FRAME=<frametype>
- load C:\NWSERVER\3C90X.LAN SLOT=<slot2> NAME=<name2> FRAME=<frametype>
-
- where <slot1> and <slot2> are the NICs' PCI port addresses and <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 details.
-
- (%VER NETWARE.41x - NetWare 4.1x Server v1.0c)
-
-