Slot Numbers For Multiple Nics; Obtaining Slot Numbers - 3Com EtherLink 3C980C-TXM User Manual

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Slot Numbers for Multiple NICs

If you are installing more than one NIC on a server, you
must know which NIC corresponds to a given PCI slot to
connect a cable from the NIC to the appropriate port on
the hub or switch. You can correlate slots with physical
NICs by the NIC MAC addresses. (The MAC address is
written on a bar code label on the top component side
of the NIC.)

Obtaining Slot Numbers

The NetWare driver installation program requires you to
enter a PCI slot number for each NIC. In older versions of
NetWare software, the term slot number referred to the
physical slot in which the NIC was installed in the server.
Now, the slot number is a combination of the bus number,
bus type, and the physical slot number. The value of a slot
number can be 10001 or larger.
Follow this procedure to obtain slot numbers for a
multi-NIC installation:
1 Install only one 3Com EtherLink Server NIC.
2 Follow the installation instructions in this chapter to
load the 3Com EtherLink Server CD, copy the driver,
and load the driver.
You need not specify a slot number when only one NIC
is installed.
3 In the Netware Console, issue a CONFIG command.
4 Write down the slot number that is listed for the
installed 3Com EtherLink Server NIC.
5 Install the second 3Com EtherLink Server NIC.
6 Follow the installation instructions in this chapter to
install the driver on the second NIC.
Each time you load the driver, the CONFIG command
displays the slot numbers for all the 3Com Server NICs in
the system.
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