3Com 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97 manual Save the AUTOEXEC.NCF file and return to the server prompt

Installing and Configuring the NetWare Server Driver 101

eRemove any protocol BIND commands from each secondary NIC.

fFor each group, add an LBRSL GROUP command to group the primary and secondary NICs together. There can be only one LBRSL GROUP command per group, and it must list the primary and all secondary NICs. Place this command after the LAN driver LOAD commands or the SYS:ETC\INITSYS.NCF command. To specify a load balancing group with resilient server links, use the LB option. To specify a resilient server link group without load balancing, use the RSL option.

CAUTION: If you are connecting the 3CR990 NIC to a spanning tree-enabled hub or switch, it is possible that the link may drop during load/reset. To avoid this potential problem, avoid creating the load balancing group in the AUTOEXEC.NCF file and comment out the LBRSL GROUP/BIND LB <slot 1><slot 2> line. Wait a couple of minutes until one of the clients connected to the server is able to “see” the server. Then use the command prompt on the server console screen to enter the command shown above to form the load balancing group.

For the LBRSL GROUP command syntax, see Server Feature Commands on page 108.

For more information on maintaining the group configuration, see Maintaining Groups on page 104.

5Save the AUTOEXEC.NCF file and return to the server prompt.

The sample AUTOEXEC.NCF file in Figure 6 shows a group of two NICs. The primary NIC in slot 10001 is bound to a secondary NIC in slot 10002.