3Com 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990SVR97 Installing and Configuring the NetWare Server Driver

5	INSTALLING NETWARE CLIENT
	AND SERVER DRIVERS

Overview

This chapter describes how to install server drivers for

Novell NetWare versions 3.12, 4.11, and 5.0.

To obtain the latest shipping version of a driver, go to:

http://www.3com.com/

Installing and Configuring the NetWare Server Driver

This section describes how to install the NetWare driver on a Novell server running NetWare 3.12, 4.11, or 5.0. The \NWSERVER directory contains the network driver file (3C99X.LAN) to be used for servers running NetWare 3.12, 4.11, or 5.0. Additional files (NetWare Loadable Modules [NLMs]) that are required for servers running NetWare are on the EtherCD in the \NWSERVER directory, or they can be obtained from Novell.

Using the Latest Support Packs

The 3CR990 NIC does not support NetWare 3.11 or 4.0x servers. The 3CR990 NIC does not support NetWare 3.12 or 4.11 servers that are not updated to the latest Novell Support Pack. NetWare 3.12 does not support 3CR990 NIC load balancing/failover or TCP/IP checksum offload/hardware checksumming.

CAUTION: If you plan to form load balancing/failover groups using NetWare 4.11 or 5.0, do not enable TCP/IP checksum offload for the 3CR990 NIC driver.

Use the following support packs to achieve best results with the network driver.

NetWare Version	Required Support Pack
3.12	Latest patch files.