Installing Netware Server 6.5 Driver Software - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

NetWare Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
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NetWare Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network
Adapter User Guide
Overview
Preinstallation Requirements

Installing NetWare Server 6.5 Driver Software

Viewing or Modifying Adapter Properties
Removing Drivers from Autoexec.ncf
Overview
This section discusses three NetWare drivers:
BX2.LAN: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 32-bit driver
BX2.COM: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 16-bit driver
BNX2EV.COM: Broadcom NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet 16-bit driver
Preinstallation Requirements
A network device driver must be installed before the Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet adapter can be used with your
Novell NetWare system.
Before you can successfully install the adapter driver for Novell NetWare, the adapter card must be physically installed in the
system and, typically, NetWare operating system software must already be running on the system. Make sure that your
system meets the hardware and operating system software requirements described in
To enable the Broadcom NetXtreme II adapter to function correctly, you must install the latest Novell NetWare support pack
files. The NetWare support pack or patch file(s) needed for the operating system running on your server are indicated below:
Table 1: NetWare Support Files
NetWare
Support Pack
Version
Latest support
NetWare 6.5
pack
Installing NetWare Server 6.5 Driver Software
You may want to create an archive disk by copying all the files from the CDROM\NetWare\Driver directory onto a floppy disk.
If you elect to use the CD directly, ensure that the CDROM.NLM file is loaded and that you know the NetWare volume name
for the CD.
1. From the NetWare Server console, type HDETECT, and then press ENTER.
2. From Options, press ENTER to accept Platform Support Module and Hot-Plug Support Module and continue detecting
devices.
3. From Options, scroll down to select Modify, and then press ENTER to change focus to detected devices.
4. Scroll down to Network boards and press ENTER.
5. From Additional Driver Options, scroll down to Modify, and then press ENTER.
6. Insert the CD or archive floppy disk you created, and then select the Add option by pressing INSERT.
7. Select the Install an unlisted driver option, by pressing INSERT.
8. If you inserted the archive floppy disk, press ENTER. If you have the CD mounted as a NetWare volume, press F3 and
type Volume Name: NetWare\Driver as the source path, where Volume Name is the name of the NetWare volume for
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Files to be Installed
The latest support pack can be found at:
http://support.novell.com/tools/csp/index.html
Installing the Hardware.