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AUTOEXEC.NCF File for One Group of Three NICs
Adding a Group
1
Install the NICs.
Follow the procedures in
Installing and Connecting the NIC on page 7
.
Connect all NICs in the group to the same network.
2
Make the following changes to the AUTOEXEC.NCF file:
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Add or verify the LOAD commands for the LAN drivers for all slot-frame
instances.
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In each group, load the same protocols and frame types on the primary and
all secondary NICs.
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On the primary NIC only, bind a protocol to each slot-frame instance.
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Remove any BIND commands from each secondary NIC.
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For each group, add an LBRSL GROUP command to group the primary and
secondary NICs together. There can be only one LBRSL GROUP command
per group, and it must list the primary and all secondary NICs. Place this
command after the LAN driver.
To specify a load balancing group with resilient server links, use the LB option.
To specify a resilient server link group without load balancing, use the RSL
option.
For the LBRSL GROUP command syntax, see
load se
load lbrsl
;Define 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 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
;Bind protocols to primary NIC
bind ipx to p1_802.2 net=FF02
bind ip to p1_ii address=192.1.1.1 mask=ff.ff.ff.00
;Create a group with NIC 10001 primary and NICs 10002 and 1003 secondary
lbrsl group lb 10001 10002 10003
;To create a resilient server link group without load balancing (for
;use with NICs from manufacturers other than 3Com) use the rsl option:
;lbrsl group rsl 10001 10002 10003
If INETCFG is used, all adapters will have protocol bindings. You will have to
unbind all secondary adapters in the AUTOEXEC.NCF file.
