Introduction
Comment: If you are using only native MS-DOS for IPC-1600
operation, you can skip this chapter. Chapter 2,
“MS-DOS Device Driver Installation,” provides
MS-DOS driver installation and setup instructions. If
you intend to run MS-DOS under Simul-Task 386, use
the installation instruction in this chapter.
This chapter provides instructions for installing the IPC-1600 UNIX
system device driver, which is on the diskette labeled “Intelligent Ports Card
(IPC-1600) UNIX System V/386 Device Drivers, Version 1.0.” This chapter
also provides software-related information about removing a board and
installing additional boards.
Note: The same software is provided on both a 5.25-inch diskette
and a 3.5-inch diskette.
It is strongly recommended that you install the device driver before you
install the hardware.
Requirement 1: Certain system tunable parameters should be
adjusted to obtain proper system performance.
Also, sufficient system memory must be
available to support the number of boards being
installed. Refer to the “Tunable Parameters and
Memory Requirements” section of this chapter
for more information. It is recommended that
the tunable parameters be adjusted before
installing the IPC-1600 UNIX system software to
avoid having to do a separate idbuild process.
Requirement 2: Be sure to take notes throughout this phase of
installation. Write down the Interrupt ReQuest
(IRQ) assignment(s), I/O address(es), and the
controller memory address(es) so that once the
device driver has been installed you will have a
permanent record to which you may refer when
you install the hardware. Likewise, if you are
going to remove or add a board, write down any
changes that you make in the process. A sample
configuration record is shown in Appendix A.
UNIX SYSTEM DEVICE DRIVER INSTALLATION 3-1