Maintaining Groups
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2 Make the following changes to the AUTOEXEC.NCF
file:
a
Add or verify the LOAD commands for the LAN drivers
for all slot-frame instances.
b
Load the same protocols and frame types on the new
secondary NIC.
c
Add the slot number of the new secondary NIC to the
LBRSL GROUP command.
3 Reboot the server.
The sample AUTOEXEC.NCF file in
Figure 5
shows a group
of three NICs. The primary NIC in slot 10001 is bound to
two secondary NICs in slot 10002 and slot 10003.
Figure 5
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 17
.
Connect all NICs in the group to the same network.
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
