3Com (R) Corporation
		   3Com EtherLink Server CD for the
		  3C980 EtherLink Server NIC Family
               NetWare Server Driver Installation Notes


Netware 4.11 with Service Pack 6 or higher
==========================================

Service Pack 6 or higher is required for proper operation of the 
failover mechanism for the 3C980 Server NIC with Netware 4.11.  
Before you load the SE.NLM, you should copy NEB.NLM,
ODINEB.NLM, TCPIP.NLM, MSM.NLM, and ETHERTSM.NLM from the
\NWSERVER directory on the 3Com EtherLink Server CD into the
server SYSTEM directory.  Otherwise, failover performance may be
adversely affected.

Netware 4.2
===========

Before you load the 3C980.LAN or SE.NLM, you should copy TCPIP.NLM,
MSM.NLM, and ETHERTSM.NLM from the \NWSERVER directory on the 3Com
EtherLink Server CD into the server SYSTEM directory.  You may want
to check if NEB.NLM and ODINEB.NLM located in SYSTEM directory.  If
not, you should copy NEB.NLM and ODINEB.NLM to the SYSTEM directory.
Otherwise, failover performance may be adversely affected.

Netware 5.0
===========

Service Pack 2 or higher is required if hardware checksumming is 
enabled.

Known Issues
============

Server Abend during driver unload
---------------------------------

1. If you are running 3C98x driver on Netware 4.x and 5.0, you should
load ODINEB.NLM before loading 3C98x driver otherwise server may 
abend. This problem is fixed in Netware 5.1 release.

2. If you are using the DynamicAccess Advanced Features i.e.SE.NLM, 
you should not use NWIP or the server will abend.

Failback to Primary NIC
------------------------

After a primary NIC failure, primary status does not return
automatically to the original primary NIC.  If you want
primary status to return to the original primary NIC, unplug all NICs
except the original primary NIC, wait until traffic resumes on the
original primary NIC, and then reconnect them.

Example of Autoexec.NCF
========================

load se
load lbrsl

;Define Group 1 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p1_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10001 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p1_ii

;Define Group 1 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10002 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p2_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10002 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p2_ii
load 3c980 slot=10003 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p3_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10003 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p3_ii

;Define Group 2 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10004 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p4_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10004 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p4_ii

;Define Group 2 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10005 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p5_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10005 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p5_ii

;Define Group 3 primary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10006 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p6_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10006 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p6_ii

;Define Group 3 secondary NIC slot-frame instances
load 3c980 slot=10007 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=p7_802.2
load 3c980 slot=10007 frame=ethernet_ii  name=p7_ii

;Bind protocols to primary NICs
bind ipx to p1_802.2 net=FF02
bind ip  to p1_ii  address=192.1.1.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00
bind ipx to p4_802.2 net=FF04
bind ip  to p4_ii  address=192.1.2.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00
bind ipx to p6_802.2 net=FF06
bind ip  to p6_ii  address=192.1.3.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00

;Create Group 1 with NIC 10001 primary 
;and NICs 10002 and 10003 secondary
lbrsl group lb 10001 10002 10003

;Create Group 2 with NIC 10004 primary 
;and NIC 10005 secondary
lbrsl group lb 10004 10005

;Create Group 3 with NIC 10006 primary 
;and NIC 10007 secondary; Receive IP load balancing is enabled
lbrsl group lb addr 192.1.3.253 10006 10007


;To create resilient server link groups without load balancing 
; use the rsl option:
;lbrsl group rsl 10001 10002 10003
;lbrsl group rsl 10004 10005


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