3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX Installation And User Manual

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Installing the Software in NetWare21Installing the NIC Driver for NetWareUse one of two procedures for installing the NIC software, depending onwhether NetWare is already running on the server or if you are performing aninitial installation of the NetWare 5.1 operating system: If NetWare is already running on the server, you can edit theAUTOEXEC.NCF and STARTUP.NCF files to load files and configure the NICdriver. For the procedure, see "Installing the Driver: NetWare AlreadyInstalled" on page 21. If you are installing the NIC software as part of an initial installation ofNetWare 5.1, edit the STARTUP.NCF file and configure the NIC driver duringthe normal NetWare 5.1 installation process. This version of theoperating system does not allow you to allocate the actual numberof receive buffers required by the NIC until installation is complete.Install the driver software using the procedure described in"Installing the Driver: Initial Installation of NetWare 5.1" on page 24.Installing the Driver: NetWare Already InstalledThis section provides basic guidelines for installing the NIC driver on a serveralready running the NetWare operating system. This procedure works forNetWare 4.2 and 5.1.1 Insert the 3Com Gigabit EtherLink Server CD into the appropriateCD-ROM drive and mount the CD on the server.2 Copy the 3c986.LAN and the 3c986.LDI files into the \system directory.The NetWare NIC drivers are located in the NetWare directory on the CD.3 Edit the STARTUP.NCF file. Set the packet receive buffersparameters for the number of NICs installed in the system.To ensure optimum performance, add at least 1024 additional packetreceive buffers for each NIC installed in your system.NOTE: If you are installing NetWare 5.1 for the first time on a server, youinstall the NIC driver during the OS installation procedure. You then installthe NetWare 5.1 support pack after you have successfully installedNetWare 5.1 on the server.To get the latest support pack files, go to the Novell support website athttp://support.novell.com.Using the table above as a guide, select and download the latest supportpack or patch file(s) for the operating system running on your server.