Installing The Driver: Initial Installation Of Netware 5.1 - 3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX Installation And User Manual

Installing the Driver: Initial Installation of NetWare 5.1

This section provides information you need to install the NIC driver while performing a fresh install of the
NetWare 5.1 operating system.
1 Copy the 3c986.LAN and 3c986.LDI files from the CD-ROM to a floppy disk.
2 Start the NetWare 5.1 installation and proceed as usual until you reach the Devices Detected screen.
3 When you are prompted for an unlisted driver, place the floppy disk into the appropriate drive.
Press <Insert> and select the 3c986.LAN driver.
4 When the driver configuration screen is displayed, choose Select/Modify driver parameters and
protocols.
5 Configure driver parameters, referring to the parameter descriptions below and in the following table.
NIC Configuration
Parameter
Slot Number
Node Address
Link
Slot Number:
Node Address:
Link: auto
Duplex: full
Speed: 1000
RxFlowControl: allow
TxFlowControl: off
FDRFiltering: off
RecvBuffers:
Other:
Driver Version:
Description
This field is required for proper configuration. Enter the slot of the specific NIC currently being
configured.
CAUTION: If this parameter is not correctly supplied and there is more than one card installed in the
server, the installation program may crash the system. Use the listslot.nlm program to identify the
slot where an NIC is installed.
To override the default Media Access Control (MAC) address, specify a node address in this field. The
expected range is 0060CF000000 through 0060CFFFFFFF
When you select this field and press <Enter>, you are prompted to choose between "auto" and "off"
settings:
The "auto" setting activates the IEEE 802.3 compliant link negotiation. All 3Com Gigabit Ethernet
I
Server NICs use link negotiation by default.
When "off" is selected, only link signal detection is used. Use this setting when connecting to
I
Ethernet equipment that does not support link negotiation, or if there is a problem establishing a link
between the NIC and the connecting device. Unless you specify otherwise, the default signaling
speed for the Base-SX and 10/100/1000Base-T NICs is 1Gbps.
NOTE: When link negotiation is off, be sure that the connecting device uses the same duplex and speed
settings.
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