PCI Hot Plug Support for NetWare* 4.11 through 6

Intel® PRO/100 and PRO/1000 network adapters are enabled for use in selected servers equipped with PCI Hot Plug support and running NetWare 4.11 through 6.

NOTE: If you replace an adapter in a PCI Hot Plug slot, do not place the removed adapter back into the same network until the server has rebooted. The two adapters may have the same Virtual MAC address and create a conflict.
NOTE: PCI Hot Plug will only work when you hot-plug an identical Intel network adapter.

For more information on setting up and using PCI hot plug support in your server, see your server's documentation.

Using Hot Plug

Make sure you have the latest NetWare support pack installed before using PCI hot plug (see System Requirements to download the support pack). If your server uses any teaming features (with iANS), the driver will be loaded persistently. If teaming options are not used, the driver will unload when the slot power is off and reload when the slot is powered again. The keyword, PERSIST, can be used to control this behavior as follows:

    0 = Never persist
    1 = Always persist
    2 = Auto persist (default). Base driver remains loaded only if iANS loaded.

NOTE: If you are not using teaming (iANS) or VLANs, use parameter 1 – always persist.


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