3Com 155 PCI manual Windows NT Driver Installation

3-6 CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS NT DRIVER INSTALLATION

■Obtain the names of the ELANs you wish to join from your ATM system administrator.

■Obtain an IP address for each ELAN you intend to install, if the ELANs are to be used on an IP network without a DHCP server.

Part One: NIC Detection, Resilient Server Links, and ELAN Allocation

1From the Network Settings window in the Control Panel, click Add Adapter and copy the 3C975 NIC driver from the 3Com ATMDisk diskette.

The NIC Installation dialog box appears, identifying the first 3Com ATMLink NIC found on the PCI bus.

2Click Yes to install the ATMLink NIC network driver on the identified NIC, or click No to bypass the NIC.

You may wish to bypass a previously installed NIC in the system. The NIC Mode dialog box appears.

3Make the identified NIC an active or a standby NIC.

■If you select Stand-by, the NIC Installation dialog box reappears when there are multiple NICs installed.

■If you select Active, the Total Number of ELANs dialog box appears.

4Enter the number of ELANs to be supported by the identified NIC.

If more than one 3Com ATMLink NIC is installed, the installation program returns to step 2 and the NIC Installation dialog box.