3Com 3C996B-T manual NetWare, Linux, Solaris, Installing and Connecting the NIC

2Installing and Connecting the NIC

NetWare

■Pentium-based computer that meets Novell NetWare 4.2/5.x/6.x software requirements

■One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot

■PCI v2.2 33/66 MHz or PCI-x v1.0 64 bit 133 MHz

■128 MB RAM (minimum)

■One of the following versions of Novell NetWare:

■Novell NetWare 5.0 or higher, with Support Pack 3 or the most recent NetWare 5 Support Pack

■Novell NetWare 4.2 with Support Pack 7 or the most recent Support Pack, including the optional ODI v3.31 LAN drivers (MISC/ODI331).

You can get the appropriate updates from the Novell support Web site

■Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver software for Novell NetWare. (Note that the server ODI driver can be found at the \netware\driver directory).

Linux

■Pentium-based computer that meets Linux software requirements

■One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot

■PCI v2.2 33/66 MHz or PCI-x v1.0 64 bit 133 MHz

■128 MB RAM (minimum)

NOTE: Although the driver should work with many Linux kernel versions and distributions, it has only been tested on RedHat 6.2 and 7 Linux distributions for i386 (kernel version 2.2.14 and 2.2.16), and the 2.4.0 test kernel. Furthermore, the driver has only been tested as a loadable module.

UNIX

■Pentium-based computer that meets corresponding UNIX software requirements

■One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot

■PCI v2.2 33/66 MHz or PCI-x v1.0 64 bit 133 MHz

■128MB RAM (minimum)

Solaris

■Pentium-based computer that meets Solaris 8 software requirements

■One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot

■PCI v2.2 33/66 MHz or PCI-x v1.0 64 bit 133 MHz

■128MB RAM (minimum)

■Solaris 8 operating system

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