Installation Summary

Interface driver ID*67 is a software I/O driver provided by Hewlett"Packard to interface the RTE"A Operating System with a LANIC card. The ID*67 driver manages communications across the host I/O backplane to and from the LANIC card. It formats system I/O requests, and accesses the LANIC to complete each request. For proper node operation, the driver must be installed in the host computer system.

The driver and associated Node Management software can support up to eight (8) LANIC cards per host computer, each card with a unique station address.

The size of the driver allows it to fit into a two"page partition.

To install the driver into the host, a new operating system must be generated and installed. For details on generating and installing a new system, along with general information for incorporating drivers, refer to your RTE"A generation manuals: RTEA System Design Manual, part number 92077"90013, and RTEA System Generation and Installation Manual, part number 92077"90034.

Information relating to the installation of the LANIC driver ID*67 and associated Node Management software is summarized below and discussed further in the remainder of this chapter.

1.Identify the driver and Node Management software modules provided. Transfer them, along with other operating system modules, to a disk"based system used for system generation.

2.To generate a target system, a new •answer" file must be created. This can be done by editing an existing one. Entries for incorporating driver ID*67 into a driver partition, and generating an Interface Table (IFT) and a Device Table (DVT) for each card installed in the host must be made.

The program RTAGN is run with the new answer file specified in the runstring. This results in the creation of new system and snapshot files for the target system.

3.Link the Node Manager programs using the LAN8023.CMD command file.4.Initalize the driver and Node Manager software in the Welcome file.5.Boot the system.6.Verify successful driver and Node Manager installation.

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