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Novell NetWare 5Novell NetWare 5.x Server

Contents
I. Special Considerations
II. Files Needed for Installation
III. New Server Installation
IV. Manual Installation
V. Removing an Existing Driver
VI. How to See MAC Address
VII. Multiple Adapters 

I. Special Considerations
Configuration of the AT-2400 PCI Ethernet adapter resources are under PCI 
control. For most applications, no setup other than normal installation of the 
network software is necessary. To change port settings, to manually view the 
card's configuration or to run Diagnostics, use the CardAssistant setup program, 
set2400.exe. 

The SET2400 utility only runs on DOS. If you do not have a DOS boot partition on 
your Windows NT drive, boot DOS from floppy. II. Files Needed for Installation
The following files are required for installation:
\nwserver\at2400.LAN--Server driver 
\nwserver\at2400.LDI--Novell NetWare V4.11 Server Driver 
 
III. New Server Installation
The Netware 5 utility "NWCONFIG" provides users with the ability to add 
additional Network Interface Cards (NIC). At the system console type 
"NWCONFIG" and select load/unload disk and network drivers, Configure network 
drivers, then Select a driver. When the Install program prompts for the LAN driver, 
press <Insert> to specify a driver not listed.Insert the Allied Telesyn CardAssistant 
into a drive and press <F3> to change the default path to <drive>:\nwserver. 
Press <Enter> as prompted. The at2400.LAN and other required files will be 
copied to the SYS: volume. 

On the next menu, at2400 Protocols and Parameters, specify any parameters 
where needed. A slot value is required when loading the at2400, if slot is 
unknown, driver will correctly detect slot value when loading. 
Select Save parameters and load driver. 
Proceed with the installation as outlined by Novell.

IV. Manual Installation
At the file server console prompt, issue the load statement(s) in this order:
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\NBI
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\MSM
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\ETHERTSM
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\at2400

Where <DRIVE> and <PATH> are the drive and directory where you copied the NLMs 
and the at2400.LAN file.

Note: If MSM and ETHERTSM NLMs aren't loaded, they'll automatically load 
before the driver. You will be prompted if you don't specify a SLOT number. 

Next you must bind the LAN driver to IPX in order to attach to the server. 
Type:
BIND IPX TO at2400 NET=n
where n is the node address Novell uses for routing IPX packets. This number 
is arbitrary if there is the only one server on the network, but if there are 
multiple servers on the same network, it must match the other servers' 
external network number.

Note: The default frame type for Novell file servers is now Ethernet_802.2. If 
you require Ethernet_802.3, specify FRAME=ETHERNET_802.3 on the command line 
when loading the driver.

To load multiple frame types for a single card, enter a LOAD and BIND 
statement for each frame type. You need to supply a name on each load line in 
order to avoid being prompted for which board to bind IPX to. If you do not 
have the name option in the AUTOEXEC.NCF, it will not execute completely 
without user intervention.

Example:
LOAD at2400 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.3 NAME=IEE8023
BIND IPX TO IEE8023 NET=11111
LOAD at2400 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=IEE8022
BIND IPX TO LAN8022 NET=22222

Also: If you have a PCI-1 bus in your system, add BUSTYPE=PCI1 to the command 
line, e.g., LOAD C:\SERVER\at2400 BUSTYPE=PCI1.

Otherwise the driver may not find the card. If you don't know which bus you 
have, try loading without the option. If it loads, you don't need it.

Add the load and bind statements you require to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file 
so that the LAN driver will load automatically each time the server starts up. 
Here's an example of how the commands would look in your AUTOEXEC.NCF file.

("NCF Files Options - Create / Edit Server Startup Files")
LOAD at2400 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 (overrides default frame type)
BIND IPX to at2400 net=1 (all servers on the LAN segment need the same #) 
Proceed with the installation as outlined by Novell.

V. Removing an Existing Driver 
You can use the NWCONFIG program supplied with NetWare 5.x, or edit the 
AUTOEXEC.NCF in the SYS:SYSTEM directory to remove old LAN drivers.
To de-install a network adapter using NWCONFIG: 
Type NWCONFIG at the server console to bring up the installation module. 
Highlight Driver Options and press Enter. 
Highlight Deselect a selected driver from the next menu and press Enter. 
This will move the highlight to the installed adapter(s). 
Press Enter again to remove the selected driver. 

VI. How to See MAC Address
To determine a MAC address for a card:
Boot the computer into DOS with no drivers loaded. 
Insert the CardAssistant diskette in the floppy drive and launch SET2400 type 
a:\set2400. 

The main screen shows a table listing the AT-2400 Ethernet cards installed in 
the computer. Write down the address(es) listed in the "MAC" column of the 
table. 

VII. Multiple Adapters 
If you have multiple AT-2400 Ethernet adapters installed in the system, the 
keyword "SLOT" identifies each card to the driver. If you have multiple adapters 
in a single server, each adapter must have a different network number and SLOT 
number. Also, you might want to name each adapter. So add the options in LOAD 
commands to distinguish particular cards. For example:
LOAD at2400 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME=LAN_A SLOT=1
BIND IPX TO LAN_A NET=11
LOAD at2400 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME=LAN_B SLOT=2
BIND IPX TO LAN_B NET=22

Add the load and bind statements you need to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file so 
that the AT-2400 adapter drivers load automatically each time the server starts.
In an IPX internal router configuration (a server with two adapters, each 
connected to a different network), the data transfer rate across the router can 
be low. This happens if client workstations have CPU speeds equal to or higher 
than the server. You might be able to increase the data transfer rate by adding 
the following line to STARTUP.NCF:
SET MAXIMUM INTERRUPT EVENTS = 100000
The default setting is 10.

If you have problems loading the driver on multiple adapters and the 
initialization fails due to "Insufficient RCBs," increase the number of buffers 
allocated to the server. Add the following to STARTUP.NCF:
SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 100 (or larger)
SET MAXIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 500 (or larger)
The MINIMUM value you specify must be at least 30 times the number of AT-2400 
PCI adapters in the computer.

Recommended settings:
1-3 adapters: 100
4 adapters: 150

The MAXIMUM you can specify depends on the amount of memory in the server, but 
it must be greater than the MINIMUM.