3Com 155 PCI manual Net Ware Server Driver, Driver Installation Overview

4	NETWARE SERVER DRIVER
	INSTALLATION

The 3C975 ATMLink NIC driver for file servers running Novell NetWare 3.12 and 4.x provides standards-based ATM LAN emulation connectivity to an ATM network. This permits legacy LAN networking technologies and protocols (such as Ethernet and token ring) to run over an ATM network.

This chapter includes procedures to install and remove the 3C975 ATMLink Novell NetWare network driver, as well as information about LEC configuration and resilient server links. A knowledge of Novell NetWare and ATM is required.

If the information in the release notes shipped with your product or the README.TXT files on the ATMDisk diskette differs from the information in this guide, follow the release notes or README.TXT files.

Driver Installation Overview

Installation of the 3Com ATMLink NIC NetWare driver is divided into three parts:

■Confirming that the driver installation requirements have been met

■Copying the driver to the hard drive of the server manually or by using the NetWare install utility

■Configuring the LEC parameters by editing the AUTOEXEC.NCF file or using the NetWare install utility

The installation requirements specify the hardware and software required for installation of the network driver. Required software includes NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) that permit NetWare versions 3.12 and 4.x to function with the 3Com ATMLink NIC network drivers.