----------------------------------------------------------------- NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------- The \NOVELL\OS2ODI subdirectory on your distribution diskette contains the following files: README.TXT - This file which contains three sections: 1. INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER 2. HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME TYPE 3. SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS 3C79X.SYS - Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver for the 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI V1.05 (950928) NET.CFG - Sample ODI driver control and configuration file ***TRADEMARKS*** Novell, NetWare, and LAN WorkPlace are registered trademarks and NetWare Loadable Module and NLM are trademarks of Novell, Incorporated. OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Section 1 INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER ------------------------------------------------------------------ This driver follows standard Novell installation procedures for Netware Requester for OS/2 client drivers. Perform the following steps to install the NetWare Requester for OS/2 Client Driver: 1. Verify that the FDDI network interface card (NIC) is properly configured and installed. Refer to "3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI User Information" for instructions. 2. Install the Novell NetWare Workstation files to the OS/2 workstation as described in the chapter "Installing and Configuring the NetWare Requester for OS/2" from the manual Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 which was supplied with your NetWare software kit. 3. Enter the following command to copy the Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver to the OS/2 workstation: COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\3C79X.SYS C:\NETWARE Where C: is the OS/2 boot drive. 4. Configure the NET.CFG file for the 3C79X.SYS client driver. [Read Section 2, HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME TYPE, in this README.TXT file before continuing.] The 3C79X.SYS client driver and the NetWare workstation files use the NET.CFG file for configuring the driver at load-time. The \OS2ODI subdirectory provides a sample NET.CFG file to help with your driver configuration. a. Enter the following command to copy the sample NET.CFG file to the same directory as the other driver files: COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\NET.CFG C:\NETWARE b. Edit the NET.CFG file to customize it for your system setup. Refer to "Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2" Appendix A, "NET.CFG Options", and Section 3, SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS, for more information on all of the NET.CFG file parameters. 5. Connect the 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI to the FDDI network as described in Chapter 2 of "3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI User Information". 6. To load the Novell NetWare ODI drivers and the 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI ODI client driver, follow the procedure described in "Novell NetWare Requester For OS/2". Typically a line is added to CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\3C79X.SYS Section 2 HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME TYPE ---------------------------------------------------- It is important to specify the correct FDDI frame type to interoperate with Novell NetWare servers. If the server uses FDDI_SNAP or ETHERNET_II frame types, configure the FDDI client to use FDDI_SNAP frame type. If the server uses FDDI_802.2 or ETHERNET_802.2 frame types, configure the FDDI client to use FDDI_802.2 frame type. Novell NetWare Requester client drivers for FDDI do not support connections to servers using only ETHERNET_802.3 or ETHERNET_SNAP frame types. Section 3 SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS --------------------------------------- The following parameters are valid under the LINK DRIVER 3C79X heading in the NET.CFG file. Precede each parameter with a TAB or white space. Refer to your Novell documentation for more information on editing the NET.CFG file. Parameter: FRAME FDDI_SNAP Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the FDDI_SNAP frame format. The client can then connect to servers using the ETHERNET_II or FDDI_SNAP frame types. Parameter: FRAME FDDI_802.2 Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the FDDI_802.2 frame format. The client can then connect to servers using the ETHERNET_802.2 or FDDI_802.2 frame types. This is the default frame type. Parameter: PCI CARD (optional) Description: Selects instance of 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI adapter per PCI system. Values = 1 - 16. This parameter is optional and need not be specified for proper operation of the driver. Parameter: TREQ (optional) Description: Sets the MACTReq MIB object. Range = 4-165 milliseconds. Default = 8 milliseconds. This parameter is optional and need not be specified for proper operation of the driver. Parameter: FULL DUPLEX (optional) Description: Enables/Disables FDDI Full-Duplex (FDX) operation. Values = ON, OFF. Default = OFF. This parameter is optional and need not be specified for proper operation of the driver. Parameter: MAX FRAME SIZE (optional) Description: Sets the advertised maximum frame size for this adapter. Normally, the driver advertises the maximum FDDI frame size (4491 bytes), but this parameter can be used to lower the size. Range = 16-4491 bytes. Default = 4491 bytes. This parameter is optional and need not be specified for proper operation of the driver. Parameter: BURST SIZE (optional) Description: Sets the 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI Local Bus burst size. Normally, as bus master the 3Com 3C79x FDDILink PCI will transfer 16 longwords during each bus transaction. This parameter allows the user to set smaller bulk sequential data transfer sizes. BURST SIZE HOST BUS PARAMETER BURST SIZE ---------- ------------- 0 4 longwords 1 8 longwords 2 16 longwords Default = 2 (16 longword bursts) This parameter is optional and need not be specified for proper operation of the driver. Following is an example NET.CFG file with the OS/2 ODI client driver configured for FDDI_SNAP frame type and a MACTReq value of 10 ms. LINK DRIVER 3C79X FRAME FDDI_SNAP TREQ 10