3Com 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95 manual Verifying the Installation and Configuration

102CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING NETWARE CLIENT AND SERVER DRIVERS

Figure 6 AUTOEXEC.NCF File for One Group of Two NICs

load se load lbrsl

;Define primary NIC slot-frame instances

load 3c990 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p1_802.2 load 3c990 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_ii name=p1_ii

;Define secondary NIC slot-frame instances

load 3c990 slot=10002 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p2_802.2 load 3c990 slot=10002 frame=ethernet_ii name=p2_ii

;Bind protocols to primary NIC bind ipx to p1_802.2 net=FF02

bind ip to p1_ii address=192.1.1.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00

;Create a group with NIC 10001 primary and NIC 10002 secondary lbrsl group lb 10001 10002

;To create a resilient server link group without load balancing (for ;use with NICs from manufacturers other than 3Com) use the rsl option: ;lbrsl group rsl 10001 10002

Verifying the Installation and Configuration

To verify that the driver has been properly loaded on the NetWare server, perform the following procedure:

1At the system prompt, enter: load monitor

The NetWare Monitor screen appears.

2From the Available Options menu, select LAN/WAN Drivers.

The Available LAN Driver menu appears. If the driver has been properly loaded, the driver and frame types associated with the driver appear on this menu.

3Select a driver to view its associated statistics.

A functioning driver displays packets being sent and received.

To verify that the server is communicating over the network, complete the following procedure:

1Set up a NetWare client on a LAN supported by the server to be tested.