Installing and Configuring the NetWare Driver
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Setting Up Another NIC

1Follow the prompts for another NIC:
aSelect the driver
bEnter the slot number
cSave parameters and load the driver
2Repeat the process for all NICs to be set up.
3After all NICs are set up, press Esc several times to return to the Installation Options screen.
Installing Multiple Server NICs
To support more than one NIC in a NetWare server, change the AUTOEXEC.NCF file to the
following format:
load 3C99X.LAN slot=<slot1> NAME=<name1> FRAME=<frametype1>
bind ipx to <name1> net=<net1>
load 3C99X.LAN slot=<slot2> NAME=<name2> FRAME=<frametype2>
bind ipx to <name2> net=<net2>
The values <slot1> and <slot2> are the numbers of the PCI slots in which the NICs are
physically installed. To view the numbers of these PCI slots, use the 3Com Configuration
and Diagnostic program for DOS. See “Verifying the PCI Slot Number” on page 61
for instructions.
The values <name1> and <name2> are unique names assigned to each NIC by your
system administrator. The values <name1> and <name 2> must be different.
The frame parameters <frametype1> and <frametype2> can be one of the following:
■Ethernet_802.2
■Ethernet_802.3
■Ethernet_II
■Ethernet_SNAP
Make sure that the frametype for the server and the workstation is the same. For example,
if the server uses Ethernet_802.2, the workstation must also use Ethernet_802.2.
The values <net1> and <net2> are unique numbers assigned by the system administrator
to each NIC. Make sure that <net1> and <net2> are different numbers.
See the appropriate Novell NetWare manuals for further information.
Verifying the PCI Slot Number
To verify the PCI slot number in which a NIC is installed:
1Boot the NetWare server with the -na option.
This prevents the AUTOEXEC.NCF file from loading. For example, enter:
server -na
2Issue the load command for the NIC LAN driver without a slot parameter.
For example, enter:
load sys:\system\3c99x.lan