1 Server: NetWare 4.11 server v1.09 NetWare* 4.11 Server Driver Installation Notes for the Intel EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter ====================================================== Location of driver: \NWSERVER\E100B.LAN (ODI Assembly Specification version 3.3. An earlier version of this driver ships with NetWare 4.11.) Location of NLM's: Ships with NetWare 4.11, updates also available in LANDRx.EXE (where x is the latest version) on Novell's automated services. NOTE: For NetWare 4.10 installation instructions please see NW312.TXT. Sample Load Commands ==================== LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=n FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 BIND IPX TO E100B NET=xxxxxxxx General Instructions ==================== 1 If you're doing a NEW installation of NetWare 4.11, install it according to the NetWare installation instructions. The installation process will automatically detect the PRO/100+. A message appears indicating that it detected the hardware but found more than one driver supporting it. The hardware ID you'll see displayed for the PRO/100+ is PCI.8086.1229.XXXX.XXXX.XX. Press Enter for a list of drivers. DO NOT select the Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN Adapter from the list. Press F-10 to install the newer driver from the Configuration and Drivers disk. Choose Select additional or Modify Selected Disk/LAN drivers. Follow the installation screens to complete the installation of the driver. The necessary load and bind parameters will automatically be added to the AUTOEXEC.NCF file with Ethernet_802.2 and Ethernet_802.3 bound to the adapter. If you need to change the frame types for your network, edit the AUTOEXEC.NCF after the installation is completed. Note: A good way to determine the slot number is to let the driver load without a slot number. NetWare will prompt with valid slot number(s) for the adapter(s). Select one of them. 2 For servers already installed with NetWare 4.11, start the server. At the server console, issue the load and bind statement(s) in this order: LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=n FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 BIND IPX TO E100B NET=xxxxxxxx Note: If MSM and ETHERTSM Nlms aren't loaded, they'll automatically load before the driver. Where: SLOT=n specifies the NBI (NetWare Bus Interface) slot number. Substitute n with the valid value for the adapter. You will be prompted with the slot numbers of installed PRO/100+ adapters. The NBI slot number is different from the slot number indicated in the adapter SETUP.EXE utility. NET=xxxxxxxx is the unique network address for that LAN segment. The default frame type is 802.2. If your workstations need to use the 802.3 frame type, see the section later in this document about using multiple frame types on one adapter. 3 Add the load and bind statements you need to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file so the PRO/100+ adapter driver loads automatically each time the server starts. Hints and tips -------------- 1 Installing multiple adapters: If you have multiple adapters in a single server, each adapter must have a different NET number and SLOT number. Also, you may want to name each adapter. For example: LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=10001 NAME=LAN_A BIND IPX TO LAN_A NET=1234 LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=10003 NAME=LAN_B BIND IPX TO LAN_B NET=5678 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 PRO/100+ 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. It must be greater than the MINIMUM. 2 Installing one adapter with multiple frame types: When binding multiple frame types to one adapter, enter a LOAD and BIND statement for each frame type. Each LOAD statement uses the same SLOT number, but each BIND statement needs a unique network number. You must also include a name on each load line to avoid being prompted for the adapter to bind IPX to. Example: LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=10003 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.3 NAME=LAN8023 BIND IPX TO LAN8023 NET=77777 LOAD C:\E100B SLOT=10003 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=LAN8022 BIND IPX TO LAN8022 NET=88888 3 Optional LOAD line parameters. See the NetWare Server Parameters readme file (NWPARAM.TXT) for additional information on the following keywords: SLOT, FORCEDUPLEX, SPEED, NODE, FRAME, and TXTHRESHOLD. * Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.