User manual COMET LABS GIGABIT ADAPTER

[. . . ] COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE GIGABIT ADAPTER Q U I C K I N S TA L L AT I O N G U I D E OCT. 99 COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE HAPTER NSTALLING THE NETWORK 1 CARD Introduction . 99 NSTALLING THE COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE NETWORK CARD Introduction Comet Labs Gigabit adapter is a card for PCI local bus compliant computers. Operating under the 1000BASE-SX short-wavelength laser specification, this adapter provides up to ten times the bandwidth of Fast Ethernet over multimode fiber links. [. . . ] On the "Driver Options" dialog box, select "Return to previous menu" and press Enter to continue. On the "Installation Options" dialog box, select "Exit" to return to the NetWare console prompt. NetWare Server 3 . 12 and 3. 2 Installing the LAN driver is part of the NetWare installation process. Use the following instructions with those in the NetWare installation manual to install the driver. You will need the driver diskette during this procedure. Caution: Prior to installing the SMC9462. LAN ODI driver, you should upgrade to patch kit D (312ptd. exe, see Novell Document No:2936137) or later, or install the NetWare 3. 2 Enhancement Pack. Next you need the patch ODI33f. exe or a later program (see Novell document No:2943476) to support Novell's latest automated services. Finally, you should install the loader patch. The following commands can be used to install the loader patch (a ssuming NetWare server is in "c:\nwserver " and "312ptd" has been extracted into directory "c:\312ptd"). copy c:\312ptd\native\loader\*. * c:\nwserver cd c:\nwserver lswap loader. exe server. exe To install the driver: 1. Insert the driver diskette in your PC's floppy drive (A:). Change to the NetWare Server directory (for example: CD\NWSERVER). Copy the following files from Driver Diskette to the NetWare Server directory. 2-9 OCT. 99 COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE \NETWARE\ODI\SERVER\SMC9462. LAN 4. Sample AUTOEXEC. NCF for NetWare Server 3. 12 AUTOEXEC. NCF LOAD C:SMC9462 slot=3 FRAME=ETHERNET_802. 2 NAME=E_8022 BIND IPX to E_8022 NET=10 LOAD C:SMC9462 slot=3 FRAME=ETHERNET_II NAME=E_II NET=30 BIND IPX to E_II LOAD C:SMC9462 slot=3 FRAME=ETHERNET_802. 3 NAME=E_8023 BIND IPX to E_8023 NET=20 LOAD C:SMC9462 slot=3 FRAME=ETHERNET_SNAP NAME=E_SNAP BIND IPX to E_SNAP NET=40 5. Reboot the NetWare Server, and the Gigabit Adapter driver will launch automatically for NetWare Server 3. 12. Linux 2. 0. 35 or Later Installation This section describes the procedure for manual and automatic loading and configuration of the Comet Labs Gigabit Unix stream driver for Linux 2. 0. 35 or later. The Linux driver can be found in the "\linux" directory on the driver diskette. Manual Loading and Configuration 2-10 OCT. 99 COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE Note: In the following sections that describe the driver configuration it is suggested that these instructionsbe carried out in a singleuser environment. Log into the Unix system as supervisor (root) and enter Maintenance mode. Make sure that the current directory is "/" using U nix command "pwd. " 2. Use the following steps to uncompress the package file: # # # cd /tmp (and insert the floppy in the proper drive, i. e. a:) mcopy a:/linux/smc9462. o . /smc9462 cd smc9462 Now the installation directory is ready for use. Load the device driver module by simply running the command: # insmod smc9462. o You can also specify command line parameters for the driver, such as: insmod smc9462. o mtu=9014 tx_threshold=700 The following command line parameters are supported: mtu: packet size tx_mode: transmission method, 1 pio, 2 busmaster (default) tx_threshold: PDL/PDC threshold, default 700 rx_mode: 1 pio, 2 PDL (default), 4 PDC speed: connection speed, 0 auto-negotiate (default), 10 ten megabits. . . duplex: duplex mode, 0 auto-negotiate (default), "half" half duplex, " full" full duplex 3. [. . . ] x If there are other network cards in the computer, they may be causing conflict. Remove all other cards from the computer and test the Gigabit network interface card A-4 OCT. 99 COMET LABS GIGABIT ADPATER GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING separately. x Check for a defective computer or PCI bus by trying the network card in another computer that is know to operate crety orcl. [. . . ]