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Configuring LECs and Resilient Server Links

After the driver files are copied to the server, the

ELAN Configuration screen appears, as shown in Figure 4-7.

Figure 4-7 ELAN Configuration Screen

Table 4-1 lists the configuration parameters of the 3Com ATMLink NIC, the range of values, and parameter descriptions. Default values are shown in bold.

Table 4-1 3C975 ATMLink NIC NetWare Install Utility Configuration Parameters

 

Range of Values

 

Parameter

(Defaults in Bold)

Description

 

 

 

Card Number

1, 2, 3, 4

This number denotes which physical NIC

 

 

is being configured.

Channel

1–64

Use a unique channel number for each

 

 

ELAN and standby NIC in the system

 

 

(16 ELANs per NIC, 4 NICs per system).

ELAN Name

1- to 32-character ASCII

ELAN names should match ELAN names

 

string

configured on the ATM switch.

Link Type

Ethernet

All ELANs with the same card number

 

Token ring

must have the same link type. A standby

 

 

NIC must have the same link type as its

 

 

active NICs.

Home Card

<blank>, 1, 2, 3, 4

If Card Number=3 and Home=2,1 then

 

 

Card 3 is a standby NIC for Card 2 and

 

 

Card 1.

 

 

 

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