3Com 155 PCI manual Software Descriptions, Network Driver Description

1-4 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

For more detailed information on LAN emulation and emulated LANs, access the Networking Solutions Center on the 3Com World Wide Web site at www.3com.com. White papers on ATM are found in the Advanced Technology Solutions section.

Software Descriptions

The following software is contained on the ATMDisk™ diskettes shipped with the 3C975 ATMLink NIC.

■Network driver for Microsoft® Windows NT, versions 3.51 and 4.0

■Network driver and NetWare® Loadable Modules (NLMs) for Novell® NetWare server, versions 4.x and 3.12

■ATMLink diagnostic utility (DOS version)

■ATMLink utility (Windows NT and NetWare versions)

Network drivers and utility programs are periodically updated and made available through 3Com online services. See Appendix B for details on how to use 3Com online services.

Network Driver Description

3Com ATMLink network drivers support the following features:

■Simultaneous operation of up to four physical NICs per system

■ATM Forum LEC, version 1.0 for token ring and Ethernet LANs

■ATM Forum UNI 3.0 and 3.1 signaling

■16 ELANs per NIC

■ILMI 3.0 services

■Resilient server links (RSL)

■Traffic shaping

■SNMP agent for NICs operating under Windows NT