NetWare
The NetWare device driver and associated files reside in the
A:\NOVELL subdirectory.
The NetWare driver complies with the ODI 3.31 specification and
requires the following minimal level of NetWare load modules for
proper operation:
MSM.NLM version 3.80
ETHERTSM.NLM version 3.67
These versions are available on this diskette.
The ethernet controller supports auto-negotiation on the ethernet
link. To override auto-negotiation and manually specify the mode,
load the driver with the appropriate parameter as follows:
LOAD PCNTNW LINESPEED=x
where x is either 10H, 10F, 100H, 100F, or AUTO.
10H = 10 Mbits/sec, half duplex
10F = 10 Mbits/sec, full duplex
100H = 100 Mbits/sec, half duplex
100F = 100 Mbits/sec, full duplex
AUTO = auto negotiation
The NetWare driver supports both hot plug and failover operation.
See the note below for important configuration requirements.
To enable failover operation from the console prompt, enter the
following command:
LOAD PCNTNW PRIMARY=d SECONDARY=e
where d is the slot number of the primary adapter and e is the slot
number of the secondary adapter. The slot number of the onboard
adapter can vary depending on the configuration of the machine.
To determine the onboard slot number, load the driver with no
parameters.
You will be prompted with a list of slot numbers to choose from.
The onboard adapter will have a slot number greater than
or equal to 10,000. Once the slot number is known, unload the
driver and reload it using the failover parameters described above.
A failover from the primary to the secondary will occur if a link
failure condition is detected on the primary adapter. The failover
status can be viewed in the custom counts fields of Monitor.
If the link for the primary adapter is restored, the sessions on the
secondary adapter will automatically switch back to the primary
adapter. If a hot replace of the primary adapter occurred while
traffic was being handled by the secondary adapter, an automatic
failover back to the primary adapter will not occur once the primary
link is restored. In this case use the following command to return
the traffic to the primary controller:
LOAD PCNTNW SCAN
NOTE: For the failover feature to operate correctly the primary
and secondary ethernet controllers must share the same
interrupt. This can be configured using the BIOS utilities which
are available by pressing the F1 key during system booting.
Some .DSK drivers are not compatible with drivers written to
the ODI 3.31 specification. In some cases, the failover
feature will not operate correctly if the adapter associated
with the .DSK driver shares the same interrupt as one of the
ethernet controllers of the failover pair. It is recommended
that the primary and secondary ethernet controllers do not
share their interrupt with any other adapter or device,
though this is not necessary in all cases.
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