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- Installation Notes for E/MASTER-II Under NetWare 386, V3.10:
-
- October 25, 1990
-
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- This is a BETA TEST version of the E/MASTER-II driver for Netware 386
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-
- The NetWare 386 Server:
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-
- Install the E/MASTER-II boards in the server in the following manner:
- Set them all to the SAME I/O base address (e.g. 300), DIFFERENT IRQ
- values, and DIFFERENT DMA values, then set the LAN A, B, C, D jumpers
- according to how many boards are installed, always starting with LAN
- A, then LAN B, and so on.
-
- Boot the NetWare 386 server as usual. Then, use the INSTALL
- NLM to add the following lines to the STARTUP.NCF file:
-
- SET MAXIMUM PHYSICAL RECEIVE PACKET SIZE = 4202
- SET AUTO REGISTER MEMORY ABOVE 16 MEGABYTES = OFF
- SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 30
-
- The value of 30 is for the maximum of 4 E/MASTER-II boards in the
- server; you should use at least as many per E/MASTER-II board as
- selected with the RXBUFS parameter (default 6). This value is a
- MINIMUM value, your server may need more receive buffers.
-
-
- Installing the E/MASTER-II software:
-
- This subdirectory contains the NetWare 386 E/MASTER-II
- driver EM2AT386.LAN. Copy this file to the DOS partition of
- the NetWare 386 server or to the SYS:SYSTEM directory on the
- server.
-
- After bringing up the server, load the E/MASTER-II driver
- once for each board installed in the server:
-
- :LOAD [C:]EM2AT386 INT=x DMA=y PORT=z [BUSRATE=b] [RXBUFS=r]
-
- Where: x = IRQ jumper setting for the LAN A board
- y = DMA jumper settings for the LAN A board
- z = I/O port setting for the LAN A board
- b = Bus Transfer Rate option. The default is 1 which will
- be adequate for most single-E/MASTER servers. Very fast
- servers (386-33 or 486) can probably use up to BUSRATE=3.
- You should only use BUSRATE=3 in machines which Cogent has
- specifically qualified for this speed. Unpredictable results
- can be expected in other machines. Use BUSRATE=1 (default) if
- in doubt.
- (NOTE: Compaq SystemPro machines should use BUSRATE=2).
-
- r = the number of receive ECB's that the driver will
- pre-allocate. The default is 6, which should be the
- minimum used.
-
- (You will have to specify the path (e.g. "A:" or "C:") if loading
- the driver from the DOS partition of the 386 server drive
- or from a floppy disk)
-
- Then bind the IPX protocol to the E/MASTER-II board:
-
- :BIND IPX TO EM2AT386 [INT=x] NET=1
-
- Where: x = the same IRQ setting used for the LAN A board
- NET=1 is the IPX internal network number for LAN A
- (the actual number used is arbitrary but must be
- different for each E/MASTER-II loaded)
-
- Repeat the above LOAD and BIND process for each E/MASTER-II
- board in the machine. If desired, the above commands can be
- added to the AUTOEXEC.NCF file by using the INSTALL NLM
- program.
-
- The default LAN protocol used is 802.3. You can use Ethernet_II
- protocol by loading EM2AT386 with the "frame=ETHERNET_II"
- parameter.
-
-
- IMPORTANT!
- ----------
-
- The E/MASTER-II board with the LAN A jumper setting must be LOADed
- FIRST, LAN B must be LOADed second, LAN C third, etc.
-
-
- NOTE on the BUSRATE Parameter:
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-
- This parameter is provided for compatibility with the widest range
- of ISA bus machines. It determines the data rate that the E/MASTER-II
- board uses on the system bus, and can be set to 0, 1, 2, or 3. The
- default value is 1, which is a conservative setting and
- will operate correctly in virtually all ISA bus machines.
-
- When using multiple E/MASTER-II boards in one machine, it is possible
- to improve performance in most systems by using a higher data rate
- than the default, and BUSRATE=2 or 3 can be used in qualified servers
- with adequately high performance.
-
- IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS in getting the E/MASTER-II board to
- initialize or function properly and you have verified all other
- hardware jumper settings, try a lower value for the BUSRATE parameter.
-
- Refer to the E/MASTER-II manual for complete information about
- setting the BUSRATE parameter.