3Com 155 PCI manual Required Keywords, Optional Keywords

4-24 CHAPTER 4: NETWARE SERVER DRIVER INSTALLATION

Do not use the bind command for a standby NIC, or else NetWare will make it an active NIC. Always load an active NIC before its standby NIC.

Table 4-2 describes the NetWare keywords to use when editing the AUTOEXEC.NCF file. Defaults are shown in bold.

Table 4-2 NetWare Keywords

	Range of Values
Keyword	(Default in Bold)	Usage Rules
Required Keywords
cardnum	1, 2, 3, 4	Assign each physical NIC a unique
(card number)		card number.
channel	1–64	Assign each LEC and standby NIC in
		the system a unique channel number.
		There are 64 possible LECs (16 per
		NIC, 4 NICs per system).
ELAN	1- to 32-character	ELAN names should match ELAN
(ELAN name)	ASCII string	names configured on the ATM switch.
linktype	1 or 2	1=Ethernet, 2=token ring. All LECs
		with the same card number must
		have the same link type. A standby
		NIC must have the same link type as
		its active NICs.
Optional Keywords
home	1, 2, 3, 4	If cardnum=3 and home=1,2 then
		NIC 3 is a standby NIC for NIC 1 and
		NIC 2.

max_frame _size 60–9232

(maximum frame size for Ethernet and token ring)

The default is 1514 for Ethernet frame size. Use 4542 for 4 Mbps token ring, and 9232 for 16 Mbps token ring.

All LECs with the same card number must have the same maximum frame size. End stations with different maximum frame sizes cannot communicate.

frame	ethernet_802.2	The driver defaults to the 802.2
	ethernet_802.3	frame type.
	ethernet_II
	ethernet_SNAP
	token_ring
	token_ring_SNAP
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