3Com 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990SVR95 manual Installing Multiple Server NICs

98CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING NETWARE CLIENT AND SERVER DRIVERS

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 99

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.