Obtaining Slot Numbers
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Obtaining Slot Numbers
If you are installing more than one NIC on a server, you
must know which NIC corresponds to a given PCI slot to
connect a cable from the NIC to the appropriate port on
the hub or switch. The NetWare driver installation program
requires you to enter a PCI
slot number
for each NIC. In
older versions of NetWare software, the term slot number
referred to the physical slot in which the NIC was installed
in the server. Now, the slot number is a combination of the
bus number, bus type, and the physical slot number.
The slot numbers can range from 1 to 10001 or larger.
Follow this procedure to obtain slot numbers for a
two-NIC installation:
1 Install only one 3C985B-SX server NIC.
2 Follow the installation instructions in this chapter to
load the 3Com EtherLink Server CD, copy the driver,
and load the driver.
You need not specify a slot number when only one NIC
is installed.
3 In the Netware Console, issue a CONFIG command.
4 Write down the slot number that is listed for the
installed 3C985B-SX server NIC.
5 Install the second 3C985B-SX server NIC.
6 Follow the installation instructions in this chapter
to install the driver on the second NIC.
When you load the driver again, the installation program
displays the slot numbers for all the 3C985B-SX server NICs
in the system. The slot number that did not appear when
you installed the driver for the first NIC is the slot number
for the second NIC.
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