Deleting A Team; Setting Adapter Load Balancing In Netware - IBM Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapters Installation Manual

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2. On the Adapters tab, select a Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter that will be in
3. In the IBMSet window, select the Adapter Teaming tab.
4. Select Add Adapter to a Team.
5. The Teaming Wizard starts. Follow the wizard steps for assigning adapters to a
6. Select OK, and then select Close to finish. When prompted, restart your

Deleting a Team

Note: The frame type for each adapter in the team reverts to Auto when a team is
1. Double-Click the Network icon on the Control Panel.
2. On the Adapters tab, select the ALB team to be deleted.
3. Select Remove. A confirmation box is displayed. Select Yes to confirm deletion.
4. Select Close. Restart Windows NT when prompted.

Setting Adapter Load Balancing in NetWare

1. Copy the following lines from the EXAMPLES.TXT (on the IBM Configuration
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the team and select Properties.
team. Note that you can specify a Preferred Primary adapter, which in most
cases should be your adapter with the greatest bandwidth. Refer to the IBMSet
Help for more information.
computer.
deleted.
and Drivers diskette) and paste them into the appropriate files. These
commands assume the IBMAFT.NLM and CIBMFE.LAN files are in the system
directory (SYS:SYSTEM) of your server. (Files must be copied from the IBM
Configuration and Drivers diskette to your server's hard drive.)
Note: The Adapter Load Balancing driver (IBMAFT.NLM) must be loaded before
the Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter, CIBMFE.LAN, or any other LAN
driver.
Copy the following lines into the STARTUP.NCF file.
;- Load Adapter Load Balancing
load ibmaft
Copy the following lines into the AUTOEXEC.NCF file.
;- Load LAN Driver on 1st Adapter
load cibmfe slot=a frame=ethernet_802.2 name=pri_802.2
;- Load LAN Driver on 2nd Adapter
load cibmfe slot=b frame=ethernet_802.2 name=sec_802.2
;- Bind ipx to 1st Adapter.
bind ipx pri_802.2 net=2
;- Set the 2nd Adapter to be a Load Balancing Partner to
;- the 1st adapter
aft balance a b
Where:
slot
Specifies the slot where your Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter is
installed. If you do not know the slot number, load the driver without it.
NetWare will prompt you with available PCI device numbers.

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