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28 PCL-843 User's Manual
1. In the NET.CFG file, a command “FRAME ETHERNET_xxx” is
used. This has to be consistent with the frame type the network
uses, even though this is the users choice to do so. For example:
Frame type The command line
802.2 FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
ETHERNET_II FRAME ETHERNET_II
ETHERNET_SNP FRAME ETHERNET_SNP
2. At the workstations with different frame types i.e. Ethernet_802.2,
Ethernet_II or Ethernet_SNP, the image file extension should be
written as xxxx.2, xxxx.II or xxxx.SNP respectively.
You should now be able to boot the workstation from either single or
multiple image files in the server from the above descriptions.
3. Supporting different frame types at the server site.
Frame type 802.3
The server site must be configured with 802.3. The procedure is:
Load ETHER16 port=300 int=3 frame=ETHERNET_802.3
name=802.3
Bind IPX to 802.3 net=NNNNNNNN
Frame type 802.2
The server site must be configured with 802.2. The procedural is:
Load ETHER16 port=300 int=3 frame=ETHERNET_802.2
name=802.2
Bind IPX to 802.2 net=NNNNNNNN
Frame type EHTERNET_II
The server site must be configured with ETHERNET_II. The
procedure is:
Load ETHER16 port=300 int=3 frame=ETHERNET_II
name=EHTER_II
Bind IPX to ETHER_II net=NNNNNNNN
Frame type ETHERNET_SNP
The server site must configured with ETHER_SNAP.
The proceedure is: