readme_se.txt Driver File Contents (3com_3cr990b97_Network_Win_x64_x86.exe)

                        3Com (R) Corporation
		     3Com 10/100 Secure Network Interface Cards
     	NetWare Self-Healing Server Driver Installation Notes
    ( with Load Balancing/FailOver support using Server Extension(SE) )


Server Driver Features:
***********************
[1] Self Healing							{On 4.x and 5.x systems}
[2] Load Balancing	(with SE support) 		{On 4.x and 5.x systems only}
[3] Fail Over	    (with SE support) 		{On 4.x and 5.x systems only}
[4] TCP/IP Checksum Offload/Hardware Checksumming  	{On 5.x systems only}
[5] Hot Plugging							{On 4.x and 5.x systems only}


Netware 4.x with Service Pack 7
================================
Service Pack 7 or higher is required for proper operation of the 
failover mechanism for the 3C99X Server NIC with Netware 4.X.  
Before you load the SE.NLM, copy NEB.NLM, ODINEB.NLM, TCPIP.NLM, 
MSM.NLM, and ETHERTSM.NLM, from the \NWSERVER directory on the 
3Com EtherLink Server CD into the server SYSTEM directory. Copy 
these files only if the Server has an older version than the ones 
present in the 3Com EtherLink Server CD.  

Netware 5.x
===========
Service Pack 2 or higher is required if TCP/IP Checksum Offload/
Hardware Checksumming is enabled.

Example of Autoexec.NCF
========================
[1] For SELF HEALING:
	=================
;Define Self Healing check level and verbosity for the Adapter
;SHD_LEVEL = 0  No Self Healing check 
;SHD_LEVEL = 1  BASIC Self Healing checks (Default)
;SHD_LEVEL = 2  ENHANCED  Self Healing checks
;SHD_LEVEL = 3  BASIC + ENHANCED Self Healing checks
;
;VERBOSE   = 1	Turns ON the Driver generated warning and error messages.
;				(Default is OFF)
load 3c99X slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p1_802.2 SHD_LEVEL=3 VERBOSE=1
load 3c99X slot=10001 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p1_ii


[2] TCP/IP Checksum Offload/Hardware Checksumming:
	==============================================
;Define TCP/IP checksum offload for ETHERNET_EII frame type (only)
load 3c99X slot=10001 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p1_ii	 ENABLE_CHKSUM=1


[3] For LOADBALANCING and FAILOVER:
    =============================== 
load se
load lbrsl

;Define Group 1 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p1_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10001 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p1_ii

;Define Group 1 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10002 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p2_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10002 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p2_ii
load 3c99X slot=10003 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p3_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10003 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p3_ii

;Define Group 2 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10004 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p4_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10004 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p4_ii

;Define Group 2 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10005 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p5_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10005 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p5_ii

;Define Group 3 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10006 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p6_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10006 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p6_ii

;Define Group 3 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c99X slot=10007 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p7_802.2
load 3c99X slot=10007 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p7_ii

;Bind protocols to primary NICs
bind ipx to p1_802.2 net=FF02
bind ip  to p1_ii  address=192.1.1.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00
bind ipx to p4_802.2 net=FF04
bind ip  to p4_ii  address=192.1.2.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00
bind ipx to p6_802.2 net=FF06
bind ip  to p6_ii  address=192.1.3.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00

;Create load balancing Group 1 with NIC 10001 primary 
;and NICs 10002 and 10003 secondary
lbrsl group lb 10001 10002 10003

;Create load balancing Group 2 with NIC 10004 primary 
;and NIC 10005 secondary
lbrsl group lb 10004 10005

;Create load balancing Group 3 with NIC 10006 primary 
;and NIC 10007 secondary; Receive IP load balancing is enabled
lbrsl group lb addr 192.1.3.253 10006 10007

;To create resilient server link (FailOver) groups without 
;load balancing use the RSL option:
lbrsl group rsl 10001 10002 10003
lbrsl group rsl 10004 10005

NOTE: 
[1] DO NOT set Novell's Load Balance Local LAN=ON when using
SE and LBRSL (3COMs Load Balancing suite). 

[2] If INETCFG is used to load the driver then make sure that
the SE and LBRSL are loaded before the system loads the driver.
This can be done by moving the "load se" and "load lbrsl" above 
the sys:etc\initsys.ncf line in AUTOEXEC.NCF

                   (%VER \NWSERVER\README_SE.TXT v7.0.5)


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