|
3.492 bytes |
Service Hints & Tips |
Document ID: DDSE-3YUJJU |
Netfinity 5500 - IBM Netfinity Fault Tolerant Adapter and NetWare
Applicable to: World-Wide
The NetWare driver supports both failover and hot plug operation.
To enable Failover operation:
1. Install the NetFinity Fault Tolerant adapter in the Netfinity 5500. For the failover feature to operate correctly, the primary and secondary ethernet controllers must share the same interrupt. Interrupt assignments can be configured manually using the BIOS utilities by pressing the <F1> key during system bootup.
2. Copy PCNTNW.LAN, PCNTNW.LDI, MSM.NLM and ETHERTSM.NLM from the adapter driver diskette to the SYS:SYSTEM directory.
3. Edit the AUTOEXEC.NCF as follows:
LOAD PCNTNW PRIMARY=A SECONDARY=B LINESPEED=C
where A=slot number of primary adapter
B=slot number of secondary adapter (onboard ethernet controller)
C=10H, 10F, 100H , 100F or AUTO
To enable Hot Plug operation with NetWare 4.11:
1. Apply IWSP5B.EXE
2. Load INSTALL, select Product Options, select Install Product not listed, insert the Hot-Plug PCI diskette
The following lines will be added to the Autoexec.ncf:
load ODINEB.NLM
load IOCONFIG.NLM
load NCM.NLM
load IBMSBD.NLM
load NCMCON.NLM
and the following lines will be added to the Startup.ncf:
load MPS14.PSM
load SMP.NLM
3. Down and restart the server for these changes to take effect.
4. When a failure of the primary adapter occurs, the primary adapter will automatically failover to the secondary adapter. At this point, use NCMCON to power off the slot of the primary adapter. Replace the faulty adapter. Use NCMCON to power on the slot. The status will change to READY.
From the console, reload the driver as follows:
LOAD PCNTNW SCAN
The hot added Netfinity Fault Tolerant adapter will adopt the same interrupt as the onboard ethernet controller.
Notes:
NetWare 5.0 has built-in support if 'Hot Plug Support' is selected during the NetWare 5.0 installation.
If an IBM PCI Token-Ring adapter is also installed in the 5500, use the MSM.NLM, TOKENTSM.NLM and ETHERTSM.NLM from the hot plug PCI diskette.
For additional information regarding hot plug operation, please reference the README.TXT on the hot plug PCI diskette.
|
Search Keywords |
| |
|
Hint Category |
Adapter Cards, NetWare | |
|
Date Created |
01-10-98 | |
|
Last Updated |
05-10-98 | |
|
Revision Date |
02-10-99 | |
|
Brand |
IBM PC Server | |
|
Product Family |
Netfinity 5500 | |
|
Machine Type |
8660 | |
|
Model |
ALL | |
|
TypeModel |
| |
|
Retain Tip (if applicable) |
| |
|
Reverse Doclinks |