Netware Card Numbers And Multiple Physical Nics - 3Com ATMLINK 155 PCI User Manual

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NetWare Card Numbers and Multiple Physical NICs

To connect a cable from the ATMLink NIC to the appropriate
port on the ATM switch, you must know which physical NIC
corresponds to a given NetWare card number.
All ATMLink LEC configurations include a card number that
NetWare must correlate to a physical ATMLink NIC. LECs with
the same card number are bound to the same physical NIC.
Using the ATMLink utility with the diagnostic utility is the
quickest way to correlate physical NICs and NetWare card
numbers. The diagnostic utility identifies each ATMLink NIC by
MAC address and PCI slot number. The ATMLink utility
identifies each NIC by the NetWare card number (NIC number)
and the PCI slot number. Run the diagnostic utility to find out
which ATMLink NICs are in which PCI slots. Then run the
ATMLink utility to identify which card numbers are assigned to
the NICs in the same PCI slots.
A more elaborate method to correlate physical NICs to PCI
slot numbers is to observe the LEDs of the ATMLink NICs
when the NetWare server is initialized.
When the first LEC is loaded, the driver correlates the card
number with the first ATMLink NIC found on the PCI bus.
When an LEC with a different card number is loaded, the driver
correlates the new card number to the next ATMLink NIC
found, and so on for all different card numbers detected. This
process is repeated every time the server is booted.
As each LEC loads, the LED on the corresponding ATMLink NIC
flashes slowly. In the sample AUTOEXEC.NCF file below, the LEC
with card number 1 (cardnum=1) loads first, card number 3
loads second, and card number 2 loads third and fourth. Card
number 4 is the fifth to load and is a standby NIC for card
numbers 1, 2, and 3. The first ATMLink NIC found on the PCI
bus is correlated to all LECs with card number 1, the second
ATMLink NIC found is correlated to all LECs with card
number 3, the third ATMLink NIC found is correlated to all LECs