3Com 155 PCI manual Driver Installation Requirements, Hardware Requirements, Memory Requirements

Driver Installation Requirements 4-3

Driver Installation Requirements

Please confirm that the following installation requirements are met before installing and configuring the network driver.

Hardware Requirements

■File server with a PCI bus running Novell NetWare version 3.12 or 4.x

■3.5-inch floppy disk drive

■At least one 3Com ATMLink NIC installed in the system

Memory Requirements

■64 MB of system memory recommended for each installed ATMLink NIC

Software Requirements

■3Com ATMDisk diskette for Novell NetWare

Before installing the driver, review the README.TXT document included on the ATMDisk diskette.

3Com strongly recommends that your Novell network operating system be updated with the most recent patches and updates available from Novell technical support (www.novell.com).

NIC Information Requirements

■The names of the ELANs to be configured on each ATMLink NIC

■IP address and subnet mask of each LEC using TCP/IP

The MAC address and PCI slot numbers of installed 3Com ATMLink NICs are not used in the NetWare driver installation, but they can be obtained by using the diagnostic utility (see Chapter 6 for details).