Installing Netware Drivers; Installing And Configuring The Netware Driver; Using The Latest Support Packs - 3Com 3C990B-TX-M User Manual

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Installing and Configuring the NetWare Driver

Installing NetWare Drivers

This chapter describes how to install drivers for Novell NetWare versions 3.12, 4.11,
and 5.x.
To obtain the latest shipping version of a driver, go to:
http://www.3com.com/
Search for "3C990B" and "drivers."
This section describes how to install the NetWare driver on a Novell server running
NetWare 3.12, 4.11, or 5.x. The \NWSERVER directory contains the network driver file
(3C99X.LAN) to be used for servers running NetWare 3.12, 4.11, or 5.x. Additional files
(NetWare Loadable Modules [NLMs]) that are required for servers running NetWare are on
the EtherCD in the \NWSERVER directory, or they can be obtained from Novell.

Using the Latest Support Packs

The 3C990B NIC does not support NetWare 3.11 or 4.0x servers. The 3C990B NIC does
not support NetWare 3.12 or 4.11 servers that are not updated to the latest Novell
Support Pack. NetWare 3.12 does not support 3C990B NIC load balancing/failover or TCP/
IP checksum offload/hardware checksumming.
CAUTION: If you plan to form load balancing/failover groups using NetWare 4.11
or 5.x, do not enable TCP/IP checksum offload for the 3C990B NIC driver.
Use the following support packs to achieve best results with the network driver.
NetWare Version
3.12
4.11
5.x
NOTE: The required support pack must be loaded before you install the driver for
the 3C990B NIC.
You can obtain the latest support packs from the Novell Web site:
http://www.support.novell.com
Required Support Pack
Latest patch files.
Support Pack 6 or later for all types of operation.
Support Pack 7 or higher is required for proper operation of
the failover mechanism for the 3C990B server NIC.
Support Pack 2a or later
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