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Network
Administrator Guide

Online Guide
Rev. 5.0
Date: 8/97

Summary of Contents for Vectra VL6 7

Page 1: ...Network Administrator Guide Online Guide Rev 5 0 Date 8 97 ...

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Page 3: ...s protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard Company Intel is a registered trademark and LANDesk is a trademark of Intel Corporation Magic PacketTM is a trademark of AMD Corporation Microsoft MS and MS DOS are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpo...

Page 4: ...4 English Associated Documentation The following HP publications will also be useful to you The User s Guide supplied with your PC ...

Page 5: ...ily Adapter in SETUP 11 Using SETUP 11 Controlling the Network Security Features 11 Controlling the Remote Power Function 11 Network Driver Software 12 Driver Installation LAN Disk 13 The LAN Activity Light 14 Tips for Setting Up the HP Ethernet Family Adapter 15 Troubleshooting and Error Messages 16 Running HPIEDIAG 16 What You Can Do With HPIEDIAG 17 Error Messages 18 Getting Support 18 ...

Page 6: ... ODI DOS Client Driver 34 Parallel Transferring ODI Driver with DOS Requester 35 Parallel Transferring ODI Driver with DOS Shell 37 Starting a Parallel Transferring NetWare Client 38 NET CFG Options for Novell NetWare 39 Conventions 39 Options 40 Sample NET CFG File 41 3 Installing Microsoft Network Drivers Installing Microsoft Network Drivers 44 Network Driver Interface Specifications NDIS 45 LAN...

Page 7: ...edure 55 4 Installing Other Network Drivers Installing Other Network Drivers 58 NDIS 2 01 Driver for Artisoft LANtastic 6 0 59 Installation Procedure 59 NDIS 2 01 Driver for Banyan VINES Client 62 Installation Procedure 62 NDIS 2 01 Driver with DEC PATHWORKS 5 0 Client 64 NDIS 2 01 Driver with FTP PC TCP 2 x for DOS Windows 65 NDIS 2 01 Driver for IBM LAN Services 4 0 68 Installation Procedure 68 ...

Page 8: ...e Boot on Windows NT 90 Installation Procedure 90 Remote Boot under Windows NT Server 4 0 92 Installation Procedure 92 DHCP TFTP Boot under Windows NT 94 6 Driver Options Software Keywords PCNET Driver Specific Keywords 96 Common Keywords 97 Operating System Keywords 99 Novell NetWare DOS OS 2 ODI Client Keywords 99 NDIS 2 01 Driver Keywords 100 NDIS 3 x Driver Keywords 100 Artisoft LANtastic Keyw...

Page 9: ...1 Setting Up the Network Connection ...

Page 10: ...indows based HP Master Diskette Creation utility or MS DOS To setup the network connection connect the LAN cable to the PC as described in the User s Guide supplied with your PC check the configuration of the interface before installing the LAN drivers NOTE HP LAN drivers are supported on Vectra PCs only This does not apply to drivers for Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 and Microsoft Windows 95 ...

Page 11: ...ngs You can Set the Security features Control the Remote Power function Enable or Disable the HP Ethernet Family Adapter Controlling the Network Security Features The Security features allow you to enable starting from the network if you want the PC to start from a LAN server You can also disable other boot options to prevent the PC from booting should the network or server fail Controlling the Re...

Page 12: ...orkgroups 3 1 and 3 11 Windows 95 Microsoft Network Device Interface Specification NDIS 3 x compatible networks including Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Microsoft Windows NT 3 5 Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 Windows 95 Microsoft Network Device Interface Specification NDIS 4 x compatible networks including Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 If your network operating system is not listed above refer to its...

Page 13: ... using the Windows Master Diskette Creation utility This HP Ethernet Family Adapter LAN Disk can then be used to install the network driver for your particular network operating system We recommend that you make a note of the directories present on each disk NOTE This diskette will be referred to as the LAN Disk in the installation procedures If you download the HP Ethernet Family Adapter drivers ...

Page 14: ...onally referred to as a Virtual Hard Disk Activity Light NOTE To program this light signal the line LED2 0x90h was added in all the configuration files on your LAN disk for example NET CFG and PROTOCOL INI If you change or remove this line the LAN Activity Light will stop working A second kind of light is found on the back panel of your PC one beside each of the UTP connectors This light indicates...

Page 15: ...ppears press the Esc key The MAC address is displayed with the summary information only when the Ethernet interface is enabled Use the Vectra PC as a client on the LAN Run SETUP Set an Administrator Password Check the HP Ethernet Family Adapter configuration Make a LAN Disk and install the drivers When you power on the PC you will be able to log onto the LAN server Allow the PC to start from the o...

Page 16: ...n on the LAN drivers and utilities start Windows and click on the README icon in the HPUTILS Window The README file explains how to copy the files to a diskette Use the LAN Disk to run the HPIEDIAG utility For more information refer to Driver Installation LAN Disk on page 13 Running HPIEDIAG CAUTION Make sure your network software and drivers are not running This may require editing configuration ...

Page 17: ...mple HPIEDIAG screen Use the or key to move the highlight to the menu item Interface Test Link Test or Exit Program Use the key to display help about the highlighted item Use to select the highlighted item Use the key to return to the previous menu What You Can Do With HPIEDIAG HPIEDIAG displays the HP Ethernet Family Adapter s I O address IRQ DMA channel and MAC address The main screen allows you...

Page 18: ...s over the network For this test the network cable must be attached to the interface The test sends IEEE 802 2 Test packets out on the network Another node on the network must act as the responder To be a responder the node must be able to respond to the IEEE 802 2 Test packets with IEEE 802 2 Test Response packets Any HP Hub Plus HP SNMP managed bridge or HP router will respond correctly The prog...

Page 19: ...2 Installing Novell NetWare Drivers ...

Page 20: ...ou want to install network software at any other time follow the procedure described below If you want to use the DOS based Vectra PC as a client on the LAN refer to the steps given under ODI DOS Client Driver on page 21 Alternatively refer to the steps given under Parallel Transferring ODI DOS Client Driver on page 34 If you want to use the OS 2 based Vectra PC as a client on the LAN refer to the...

Page 21: ...quester Other Novell products like Personal NetWare and LAN Workplace for DOS also use the DOS ODI driver The DOS ODI driver is contained within the NOVELL DOSCLNT directory of your LAN Disk the contents of this directory are NOVELL DOSCLNT PCNTNW COM NOVELL DOSCLNT PCNTNW INS NOVELL DOSCLNT NET CFG To install the ODI driver with DOS Requester VLM EXE refer to page 22 To install the ODI driver wit...

Page 22: ... to fill in the first three fields of the form c It is recommended to answer Yes when asked if you want to allow the Novell install program to modify the start up files This will make the NetWare client start up automatically and attach to the server every time the computer is rebooted If No is entered the commands to start up the NetWare client will have to be entered manually d If Windows is ins...

Page 23: ...ent software is complete Refer to page 25 for information on how to start a NetWare client NOTE The ODI driver default frame type is ETHERNET_802 2 NetWare 286 and 386 servers use frame type ETHERNET_802 3 as their default but NetWare 4 0 uses both ETHERNET_802 2 and ETHERNET_802 3 types The HP Ethernet Family Adapter supports both Ethernet frame types ODI Driver with DOS Shell To install the ODI ...

Page 24: ... 4 Copy the following files from the Novell installation diskette labeled WSGEN to the C NOVELL directory LSL COM must be version 2 11 or later IPXODI COM must be version 2 20 or later NETX EXE These files are either in the root or the DOSODI directory on the NetWare diskette 5 The installation of the DOS ODI driver and NetWare client software is complete Refer to page 25 for information on how to...

Page 25: ...IPXODI and either NETX or VLM If you use VLM EXE the CONFIG SYS file must include LASTDRIVE Z to work correctly You will be in the LOGIN directory of the server to which the PC is connected 3 Type LOGIN server user server is your server name user is your user name on that server If you are not sure of your server name type SLIST to display a list of the available servers NOTE If you want the PC to...

Page 26: ...r from the NetWare Requester Disk go to the steps given under Installing OS 2 Requester from NetWare Requester Disk on page 26 If you are installing OS 2 Requester from the NetWare WSOS2_1 Disk go to the steps given under Installing OS 2 Requester from NetWare WSOS2_1 Disk on page 27 Installing OS 2 Requester from NetWare Requester Disk To install from the NetWare Requester disk follow the steps b...

Page 27: ...xample if the diskette is in drive A then type the following commands A INSTALL 2 Choose the Requester on Workstation under the Installation menu 3 When the Choose the ODI LAN Driver window appears enter the name PCNTNW OS2 Click on the Continue button 4 When the window titled Copy ODI LAN Driver Files appears it will have the line Default ODI LAN Driver PCNTNW OS2 with the Copy only the default d...

Page 28: ...ER PCNTNW BUSTYPE PCI1 FRAME ETHERNET_802 3 LED2 90 9 Click on the SAVE button when all the link driver parameters are correct 10 The installation and changes made will not take effect until the computer is rebooted Use the OS 2 shutdown procedure to restart the OS 2 system safely The installation of the OS 2 ODI driver is now complete NOTE The OS 2 ODI driver default frame type is ETHERNET_802 2 ...

Page 29: ...ovides software called the Microsoft Windows Network This section contains instructions for installing Windows for Workgroups with the Novell DOS ODI driver The ODI driver PCNTNW COM is contained in the LAN Disk directory NOVELL DOSCLNT NOTE When you start your PC for the first time you will be asked to select which type of network you want to use with your PC According to your selection the appro...

Page 30: ... Select Continue when the Network Setup window reappears f Choose the Make all modifications for you button in the Windows Setup window to make changes to CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT automatically and select Continue g Select Return to MS DOS when the Windows for Workgroups installation is completed 3 The Netware Client for DOS and Windows should now be installed a Insert diskette 1 of the NetWare...

Page 31: ...Novell and Microsoft servers then go to the steps given under refer to the steps given under Connecting to Novell and Microsoft Servers on page 32 Connecting to Novell Servers Only To configure Windows for Workgroups for connection to Novell servers 1 Select Networks at the Network Setup window 2 Choose the Install Windows support for the following network only button in the Networks window 3 High...

Page 32: ...work Adapter line in the listbox and select OK 8 Insert the LAN Disk 9 Type A WFW311 in the Path field of the Install Driver window 10 Highlight the line HP Ethernet Family Adapter with LAN Remote Power and select OK If this line does not appear then Windows for Workgroups OEM Information Files on page 33 11 Select Close at the Network Drivers window 12 Select OK in the Network Setup window 13 Ent...

Page 33: ...n the Windows system directory The OEMSETUP INF file is renamed OEMnn INF where nn is two decimal digits 00 01 02 and so on There is no checking for duplicate information When the Windows for Workgroups network adapter setup program is run from the Control Panel network icon it scans all the OEMnn INF files for any network drivers This scan can become confused if multiple OEMnn INF files contain i...

Page 34: ...driver should be used It can be used by DOS and Microsoft Windows 3 x computers to gain access to Novell servers through one of the following NetWare DOS Requester using Virtual Loadable Modules or VLMs or NetWare DOS Shell using NETX EXE The Parallel Transferring DOS ODI driver is contained within the NOVELL LAPPCLNT directory of your LAN Disk To install the Parallel Transferring ODI driver with ...

Page 35: ... Follow the Novell instructions to fill in the first three fields of the form c It is recommended to answer Yes when asked if you want to allow the Novell install program to modify the start up files This will make the NetWare client start up automatically and attach to the server every time the computer is rebooted If No is entered the commands to start up the NetWare client will have to be enter...

Page 36: ...erride any parameters and proceed with the remainder of the steps in the NetWare DOS Requester INSTALL program 7 The installation of the Parallel Transferring DOS ODI driver and NetWare client software is complete Refer to page 38 for information on how to start a Parallel Transferring NetWare client NOTE The ODI driver default frame type is ETHERNET_802 2 NetWare 286 and 386 servers use frame typ...

Page 37: ...LAPPCLNT PCLAPP COM C NOVELL COPY A NOVELL LAPPCLNT NET CFG C NOVELL The contents of the NET CFG file are given below LINK DRIVER PCLAPP BUSTYPE PCI1 FRAME ETHERNET_802 3 LED2 90 4 Copy the following files from the Novell installation diskette labeled WSGEN to the C NOVELL directory LSL COM must be version 2 11 or later IPXODI COM must be version 2 20 or later NETX EXE These files are either in th...

Page 38: ...mple CD NOVELL 2 Type LSL PCLAPP IPXODI and either NETX or VLM If you use VLM EXE the CONFIG SYS file must include LASTDRIVE Z to work correctly You will be in the LOGIN directory of the server to which the PC is connected 3 Type LOGIN server user server is your server name user is your user name on that server If you are not sure of your server name type SLIST to display a list of the available s...

Page 39: ... and options that deviate from the established defaults of the ODI software You may also need to see the documentation specific to your protocol for additional NET CFG information Use any DOS text editor to create the file Specify only options that will change from the defaults Conventions Main section headings must be left justified and are not case sensitive The heading must precede the options ...

Page 40: ... the DMA INT and PORT are not required for the driver In some cases using these keywords would be a violation of the bus specification Otherwise all other keywords may be used with the PCnet Family Refer to Chapter 6 Driver Options Software Keywords for complete description of these options Link Driver drivername DMA 1 2 channel_number INT 1 2 interrupt_request_number MEM 1 2 hex_starting_address ...

Page 41: ...et Family Adapter LINK DRIVER PCNTNW Specify bus type for the HP Ethernet Family Adapter BUSTYPE PCI1 LED2 90 To change FRAME type to Ethernet_II FRAME Ethernet_II PROTOCOL IPX 8137 ETHERNET_II NetWare DOS Requester FIRST NETWORK DRIVE F Note that there is a remark line preceded by a semicolon before each option line in the sample to indicate the option change ...

Page 42: ...2 Installing Novell NetWare Drivers NET CFG Options for Novell NetWare 42 English ...

Page 43: ...3 Installing Microsoft Network Drivers ...

Page 44: ... OS 2 Client Driver on page 46 If you want to use the PC under Windows for Workgroups NDIS 2 01 Driver for Windows for Workgroups 3 1 on page 49 or NDIS 2 01 and 3 0 Drivers for Windows for Workgroups 3 11 on page 50 If you want to use the PC under Windows NT NDIS 3 0 Driver for Windows NT 3 5 on page 52 or Miniport Driver for Windows NT on page 53 If you want to use the PC under Windows 95 NDIS 2...

Page 45: ...systems have incorporated the NDIS interface to make configuration and installation of network adapters easy and independent of the network adapter used Included in this guide are instructions to install the HP Ethernet Family Adapter driver for the following environments Microsoft LAN Manager 2 x NDIS 2 01 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 1 NDIS 2 01 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 NDIS 2...

Page 46: ... SETUP program that may be used to import and configure drivers The SETUP utility for LAN Manager will install the PCnet NDIS driver that is provided on the LAN Disk SETUP requires that two information files be present in order to install the drivers NIF and PROTOCOL INI These files are located in the MSLANMAN OS2 and MSLANMAN DOS directories of the LAN Disk The NIF file provides the information t...

Page 47: ... from the LAN Disk 5 Then enter the disk drive letter for the LAN Disk 6 Select the HP Ethernet Family Adapter and choose OK 7 Select the desired protocol from the Network Protocol dialog box and choose OK 8 In the Workstation Configuration dialog box select the HP Ethernet Family Adapter and choose OK 9 Follow the remaining instructions from LAN Manager to complete the installation File Examples ...

Page 48: ...Ethernet Family Adapter DRIVERNAME PCNTND BUSTYPE PCI1 LED2 0x90 Keyword Examples Changing Transmit and Receive Buffers Insert the following statements in PROTOCOL INI under the PCnet PCNTND driver section RXBUFFERS 4 TXBUFFERS 8 DesignatingBUSTYPE keyword Remove the I O Address and insert the BUSTYPE keyword in PROTOCOL INI under the PCnet PCNTND driver section Refer to Chapter 6 Driver Options S...

Page 49: ...1 driver follow the instructions given below 1 Insert the LAN Disk in the system s flexible disk drive 2 From the Main group in Windows choose the Control Panel icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Adapters button and the Network Adapters dialog box should appear 4 Choose the Add button to install the PCnet driver from the LAN Disk 5 In the list of network adapters select the Unlis...

Page 50: ...f Windows for Workgroups 3 1 The directory structure provided on the LAN Disk has been setup for automatic installation This section provides a brief explanation regarding driver installation Follow the guidelines in the Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 User s Guide for more details about installing the PCnet Family driver from the LAN Disk Installation Procedure To install the PCnet NDIS 2 0...

Page 51: ... Ethernet Family Adapter will appear under the Network Adapters list Simply select OK to continue 9 Then you will be asked for information on the Twisted Pair keyword option refer to Driver Options Software Keywords for more details For the HP Ethernet Family Adapter no values need to be specified for the I O address interrupt channel and DMA channel since these are configured automatically by the...

Page 52: ...Control Panel in the Windows NT Main window double click on the Network icon to install the HP Ethernet Family Adapter 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose Add Adapter 4 In the Add Network Adapter dialog box select the adapter card list menu and Select Other Requires disk from manufacturer from the list 5 In the next window specify the drive letter and path for the files For example A WINNT...

Page 53: ... through the menu driven functions in Windows NT 1 Insert the LAN Disk into the system s flexible disk drive 2 From the Control Panel in the Windows NT Main window double click on the Network icon to install the HP Ethernet Family Adapter 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose Add Adapter 4 In the Add Network Adapter dialog box select the adapter card list menu and Select Other Requires disk ...

Page 54: ... disk drive 2 Select Start Settings Control Panel Network 3 In the Network dialog box choose the Adapter tab and then select Add 4 In the Select Network Adapter dialog box select Have disk 5 In the next window specify the drive letter and path where the files may be found A WINNT40 6 Select the HP Ethernet Family Adapter from the dialog box 7 Follow any subsequent instructions from Windows NT to r...

Page 55: ...onfiguration utility double click on the Network icon 3 Click on the Add button 4 In the Select Network Component Type window choose Adapter then click on the Add button 5 To install the driver provided on the LAN Disk click on the Have Disk button 6 In the Install from disk window specify the drive letter and path for the files on the LAN Disk For example A W95 Then select OK A new Select Network...

Page 56: ...3 Installing Microsoft Network Drivers NDIS 2 01 and 3 1 for Windows 95 56 English ...

Page 57: ...4 Installing Other Network Drivers ...

Page 58: ...on This document provides a brief explanation regarding driver installation Follow the guidelines in the OEM documentation for more details on how to install a driver from the LAN Disk If the PC is supplied with a LAN Disk use this to install the LAN drivers If the PC has preinstalled software on the hard disk the LAN drivers are supplied on the PC s hard disk in subdirectories of the C LANDRV dir...

Page 59: ...a driver for LANtastic 6 0 start from the DOS system prompt Follow the steps listed below 1 Insert Disk 1 of LANtastic 6 0 into your flexible disk drive for example A At the DOS prompt type A install This starts the LANtastic installation process 2 Artisoft s installation program will then search for Microsoft Windows on your system If Windows is not found press at the message to run the install p...

Page 60: ...amily Adapter disk into the flexible disk drive and then press to continue 6 Insert the appropriate Artisoft LANtastic 6 0 disks when prompted Press to continue 7 Select OK to perform the installation and press 8 Information will appear on the screen Press to continue 9 Insert the appropriate Artisoft LANtastic 6 0 disk when prompted Press to continue 10 You will see the Installation Complete and ...

Page 61: ...y Adapter disk into the flexible disk drive and then click OK to continue 6 Insert the appropriate Artisoft LANtastic 6 0 disks when prompted Click OK to continue 7 Select OK to perform the installation and click OK to continue 8 Information will appear on the screen Click OK to continue Insert the appropriate Artisoft LANtastic 6 0 disk when prompted Click OK to continue 9 You will see the Instal...

Page 62: ...ONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT refer to the example below a Modify the PROTOCOL INI to reflect the changes necessary for the appropriate LAN card section b Modify the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to reflect changes in the DIRECTORY of where the files are to be placed 3 Run the VINES PCCONFIG to configure the NDIS Ethernet Driver a Select Network Card Settings Then in the list provided select NDIS Ether...

Page 63: ...EC BAT and PROTOCOL INI are shown below as an example for HP Ethernet Family Adapter CONFIG SYS FILES 20 BUFFERS 20 DEVICE C NDIS PROTMAN DOS I C NDIS DEVICE C NDIS PCNTND DOS AUTOEXEC BAT PATH C DOS PROMPT P G C CD NDIS BAN PROTOCOL INI PROTOCOL INI section for the HP Ethernet Family Adapter PCNTND DRIVERNAME PCNTND BUSTYPE PCI1 LED2 0x90 ...

Page 64: ...te drive or select Network if you want to install it from the DEC PATHWORKS server 6 Select the protocol you want to use netbeui for example 7 In the adapter list select Other and fill in the blanks with the following information Adapter Name HP Ethernet Family Adapter with LAN Remote Power NDIS driver path A NDIS DOS NDIS driver File PCNTND DOS NDIS driver Name PCNTND 8 Then follow the SETUP prog...

Page 65: ...CP kernel Ensure that you note the directory into which FTP PC TCP is installed It is assumed that FTP PC TCP will be installed in the C FTP directory However this may not be the case and it may be necessary to substitute any further references to C FTP with the correct directory for your installation 2 Insert the LAN Disk into the flexible disk drive drive A for example then enter the following c...

Page 66: ... BINDINGS statement 5 The CONFIG SYS file must be modified to contain the DEVICE statements that load the required drivers the Protocol Manager HP NDIS 2 01 and packet driver converter Add the following statements near the end of the CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C FTP PROTMAN DOS I C FTP DEVICE C FTP PCNTND DOS DEVICE C FTP DIS_PKT DOS Please refer to the FTP PC TCP for DOS Windows Installation Guide fo...

Page 67: ... must be started Add the following lines near the beginning of the AUTOEXEC BAT file SET PCTCP C FTP PCTCP INI C FTP NETBIND C FTP ETHDRV 7 The changes made to the PROTOCOL INI CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT will not take effect until your computer is rebooted Reboot your computer in order to activate the FTP PC TCP software The installation of FTP PC TCP is now complete ...

Page 68: ...AN Adapter and Protocol Support Configuration Guide for more details about installing the PCnet Family driver from the LAN Disk Installation Procedure To install the driver for IBM LAN Services 4 0 LAN Requester follow these steps 1 Insert the LAN Disk into the flexible disk drive 2 Open the LAN Services folder or run MPTS 3 Run OS 2 LAN Services Installation Configuration 4 When the Basic or Adva...

Page 69: ...dd the HP Ethernet Family Adapter to Current Configuration list box 12 Highlight the appropriate protocols in the Protocols list box Then choose Add to add them to the Current Configuration list box You have finished installing the driver for IBM LAN Services 4 0 Editing PROTOCOL INI to Change the Configuration To change the configuration you can edit keyword entries in the PCNTND_NIF section of P...

Page 70: ... the product on this workstation local install 5 Select Easy Installation 6 Followthe instructions You will be offered variousnetwork configuration options consult the Warp Connect User s Guide for information and continue installation 7 In the Select Network Adapter window click on the Other Adapter window 8 When asked for the file location enter A IBM and insert the LAN Disk into the flexible dr...

Page 71: ...Install button in the Ready to Install window 14 Click OK to confirm shutdown 15 Leave the Warp Connect CD ROM in the CD ROM drive After rebooting files from the CD ROM will be needed to install the networking components of the operating system 16 Reboot the computer The installation is now complete ...

Page 72: ...e PC NFS diskette which contains the QUICKNDIS utility 2 Copy the files located in the NDIS DOS directory on the LAN Disk to the PCNTND directory on the PC NFS diskette 3 Run the PC NFS QUICKNDIS utility and choose the HP Ethernet Family Adapter with LAN Remote Power installation from the menu 4 A message will appear asking for the current boot drive Enter the current boot drive and press 5 In the...

Page 73: ...he NDIS 2 01 driver for DOS and Windows PCNTND DOS is located on the LAN Disk in directory NDIS DOS The NDIS 2 01 driver for OS 2 PCNTND OS2 is located on the LAN Disk in directory NDIS OS2 NOTE The HP NDIS 2 01 drivers are self configuring which means the driver will automatically locate and read the HP Ethernet Family Adapter s configuration Only the DRIVERNAME and BUSTYPE parameters need to be ...

Page 74: ... For DOS computers with the LAN Disk in the flexible drive for example A use the command COPY A NDIS DOS PCNTND DOS C NDIS2 For OS 2 computers with the LAN Disk in the flexible drive for example A use the command COPY A NDIS OS2 PCNTND OS2 C NDIS2 4 Locate the PROTOCOL INI file within the networking product s directory created in step 1 and edit this file with a text editor The PROTOCOL INI file m...

Page 75: ...YS file to include DEVICE statements for the PROTMAN DOS or PROTMAN OS2 for the PCNTND driver and any of the drivers for the networking product being used An example portion of a DOS CONFIG SYS file that supports the HP Ethernet Family Adapter and 3Com 3 Open is shown below DEVICE C 3OPEN DOSWKSTA LANMAN DRIVERS PROTMAN DOS DEVICE C 3OPEN DOSWKSTA LANMAN DRIVERS PCNTND DOS DEVICE C 3OPEN DOSWKSTA ...

Page 76: ...4 Installing Other Network Drivers NDIS 2 01 Driver with Other Networking Products 76 English ...

Page 77: ...5 Configuring for Remote Boot ...

Page 78: ...describes how to configure a server to remote boot a client Vectra equipped with an HP Ethernet Family Adapter The following protocols are supported Remote Start on Novell servers Remote Boot on Windows NT and Windows NT 4 0 DHCP TFTP Boot on Windows NT NOTE Some protocols may not be available on your computer ...

Page 79: ...ra that is any Vectra PC connected to the network that does not act as the server The creation of a remote boot image disk is described in detail in the Preparing the Network for Use chapter of the Novell NetWare Getting Started Supervisors Guide This section summarizes this procedure How to Create a Boot Image You will need at least one PC with a flexible disk drive to generate a Boot Image for t...

Page 80: ...irectory on the Novell WSGEN diskette VLM EXE and the VLM files are supplied on the Novell diskette b Create an AUTOEXEC BAT file on the bootable diskette that will enable the PC to log onto the network The AUTOEXEC BAT file could for example include the following lines PROMPT P G LSL PCNTNW IPXODI VLM F the first network drive use F for a Vectra with disk drives use A for a diskless Vectra LOGIN ...

Page 81: ...e to the SYS LOGIN directory by typing G f Insert the bootable diskette into drive A g Run DOSGEN by typing F DOSGEN DOSGEN will create a Boot Image file called NET DOS SYS containing a copy of the files on the bootable diskette in the SYS LOGIN directory 5 Make the NET DOS SYS file in SYS LOGIN shareable by typing FLAG NET DOS SYS S 6 If required give the Modify capability to the remote boot user...

Page 82: ...ND RPL NLM will respond with a FOUND frame SEND FILE REQUEST RPL NLM will respond with a FILE DATA RESPONSE frame RBOOT RPL This is the bootstrap program for LAN adapters using the Novell ROM kit which is used by the remote start program in HP Vectra PCs equipped with the HP Ethernet Family Adapter BOOTCONF SYS An ASCII text file that can be used to specify the Boot Image file used by a workstatio...

Page 83: ...the default value DEFAULT SYS 0x080009311265 MYBOOTIM SYS 0x080009 HP SYS 0x0060B0 HP SYS 0x DEFAULT SYS where MYBOOTIM SYS is a boot image particular to the workstation which has the MAC address 080009311265 HP SYS is a boot image file specific to the HP Ethernet Family Adapter HP has two MAC address identifiers the original 080009 and the newer 0060B0 Users may require one or the other or both d...

Page 84: ... types are FRAME 802 2 Default FRAME EII ETHERNET_II protocol Only use on ETHERNET networks FRAME SNAP SNAP protocol If FRAME EII or FRAME SNAP is selected RPL NLM forces the bootstrap program to do a Get Nearest Server GNS GNS This parameter specifies that you wish the workstation to do a Get Nearest Server request when the appropriate bootstrap program is downloaded Normally RPL NLM will supply ...

Page 85: ... a NetWare file server that contains the Image file for the workstation REP string1 string2 This parameter allows you to replace all occurrences of string1 with string2 in the Disk Image File The ASCII 07C hex delimiter is required to separate the string values Use the REP parameter to dynamically reconfigure a Disk Image File during the RPL process It is useful for tailoring files such as AUTOEXE...

Page 86: ... the PC and press when Setup F2 appears For other Vectra PCs run a diagnostic program on the client Vectra to identify the MAC address 2 Start the Administrator Workstation 3 Log onto the LAN as SUPERVISOR 4 Make the Boot Images you want to use as described in the section entitled How to Create a Boot Image previously in this document Rename the Boot Image file for each bootable diskette 5 Create ...

Page 87: ...EFAULT PROTECT PS SERVER where BIND This is the command used to link the LAN drivers to the communications protocol Refer to the Novell NetWare manual for details RPL The name of a NetWare loadable module protocol used for remote boot board The name of any NetWare LAN server driver that is configured for the IEEE 802 2 frame type The IEEE 802 2 frame types are as follows ETHERNET_802 2 Ethernet 80...

Page 88: ...ocol If FRAME EII or FRAME SNAP is selected RPL NLM forces the bootstrap program to do a Get Nearest Server GNS GNS This parameter specifies that you wish the workstation to do a Get Nearest Server request when the appropriate bootstrap program is downloaded Normally RPL NLM will supply the bootstrap program with the file server information so that it does not need to do a Get Nearest Server reque...

Page 89: ... the BIOS data area 40 13 to reflect the amount of memory that it uses Using this parameter will reduce the amount of memory that the workstation has available for DOS by about 12 KB It is recommended that the PROTECT parameter is not used unless absolutely necessary PS SERVER This parameter tells the bootstrap program to attach to a NetWare file server other than the one where RPL NLM is loaded S...

Page 90: ... service a In Control Panel choose the Network icon b If the DLC protocol isn t already installed in the Network settings dialog box choose Add Software button and install the DLC protocol c In the Network settings dialog box choose Add Software button Select the Remoteboot Service Assuming that your NT default directory is WINNT35 install it in WINNT35 RPL directory 2 To install MS DOS files for ...

Page 91: ...Insert the LAN Disk in the flexible disk drive Make this drive the current drive c Change to the RPL NT35AS directory of your flexible disk drive by typing cd RPL NT35AS d Type HPIASRPL C WINNT35 RPL assuming C WINNT35 RPL is the drive and directory where the Remoteboot service is installed e You have now prepared your server by copying all the files you need to run the Remoteboot services from th...

Page 92: ... If the DLC protocol isn t already installed choose the Protocol tab in the Network dialog box and Add to install the DLC protocol c Choose the Services tab in the Network dialog box and Add to install the remote boot service Assuming that your NT default directory is WINNT40 install it in the WINNT40 RPL directory 2 Install MS DOS files for remote boot workstations a Check that the RPL RPLFILES d...

Page 93: ...T Server b Insert the LAN Disk in the flexible disk drive Make this drive the current drive c Change to the RPL NT40 directory of your flexible disk drive by typing cd RPL NT40 d Type HPIASRPL C WINNT40 RPL assuming C WINNT40 RPL is the drive and directory where the remote boot service is installed e You have now prepared your server by copying all the files you need to run the remote boot service...

Page 94: ...glish DHCP TFTP Boot under Windows NT This protocol will be available on your server only if you installed Intel LanDesk Configuration Manager For more information on installing and configuring Intel LanDesk Configuration Manager refer to the Intel online documentation ...

Page 95: ...6 Driver Options Software Keywords ...

Page 96: ...y is only available when connected to a Hub which has Full duplex capability TP When present this keyword will force the PCnet device into using the 10BASE T port The PCnet controller will use the 10BASE T port even if no link beat pulse is generated from the 10BASE T hub PCNET Driver Specific Keyword Matrix Keyword Name Syntax Range Default Bus Type to Scan BUSTYPE BUS_TO_SCAN PCI PCI1 PCI2 Not P...

Page 97: ...o the Operating System Keywords for correct format and usage For all of the PCnet Family adapters the I O address does not need to be specified The driver software will be able to scan for this information on the bus Interrupt Channel IRQ Each network operating system environment has different formats and syntax for interrupt settings Refer to the Operating System Keywords for correct format and u...

Page 98: ...98 English Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet Family Adapter Keyword Name Range Default I O Address 0000 FFFF h Found by scan Determined by the PCI BIOS Interrupt Channel IRQ 0 15 INTA Found by scan Determined by the PCI BIOS DMA Channel N A N A ...

Page 99: ...dition the correct syntax is provided for the Common Keywords described previously Novell NetWare DOS OS 2 ODI Client Keywords Keyword Name Syntax Description Range Default I O Address IOP Described previously in Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet Family Adapter on page 98 Interrupt IRQ DMA DRQ Ethernet FRAME type FRAME Referto Ethernet Frame type from the IEEE Specification Ethernet_802 2 ...

Page 100: ...ase performance but will also decrease the amount of DOS memory available for programs Power of 2 4 Receive Buffers RXBUFFERS Power of 2 4 Maximum Multicasts MAXMULTICASTS To designate the maximum number of multicast addresses for the device N A 10 Keyword Name Syntax Description Range Default I O Address IO Address Described previously in Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet Family Adapter o...

Page 101: ...d command line switches For example PCNTLC Help N A Not Enabled VERBOSE VERBOSE Causes the PCNTLC EXE driver to be installed and detailed information about the configuration of the PCNTLC EXE driver to be displayed Refer to the messages section of the LANtastic manual for a detailed description of the VERBOSE output N A Not Enabled REMOVE REMOVE This command removes the PCNTLC EXE driver from memo...

Page 102: ...6 Driver Options Software Keywords Operating System Keywords 102 English ...

Page 103: ... CSMA and Token Passing adapter An accessory board that connects to the system board via an accessory board slot address A unique location in memory administrator A network user who is responsible for setting up configuring maintaining and managing the network ANSI American National Standards Institute This organization has among other achievements given its name to the character set encoding sche...

Page 104: ...lay BIOS supplements the BIOS functions with routines that support Plug and Play operations bit Binary digit A bit is the smallest unit of information represented on a computer A bit can contain either a zero 0 or a one 1 boot image A boot image is a file on a server that appearsto a client PC as a bootable disk Boot PROM or Boot ROM Boot Programmable Read Only Memory A memory chip that allows the...

Page 105: ...n and then a woven copper or foil shield It is commonly used in cable television and Ethernet networks CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check A CRC is calculated by the Media Access Control MAC transmit process and checked by the MAC receive process of a workstation to ensure integrity of the frame contents CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access CSMA is a medium sharing scheme in which network workstations liste...

Page 106: ...al Equipment Corporation and Intel Ethernet uses a bus topology and supports data transmission rates of 10 Mbs It has also been standardized by the IEEE 802 3 group Ethernet Address Also known as the IEEE address this is a unique numeric identifier of a node on an Ethernet LAN Extended ASCII The Extended ASCII character set encoding scheme was defined by IBM in1981 to be used by the IBM PC It cont...

Page 107: ...ics Engineers IEEE 802 committee IEEE 802 12 was organized to establish standards for demand priority LANs interrupt A signal that suspends a program temporarily while transferring control to the operating system when input or output is required Interrupts are given priority levels such that higher priority interrupts are processed first I O Input Output I O Mapped The NIC registers are located in...

Page 108: ... LAN activity light A light on the front panel of some Vectra PCs which indicates when the PC is accessing the network legacy A term used to refer to older hardware and software still in use In the Plug and Play context legacy means the installed base of adapter cards that do not conform to the Plug and Play standard LocalTalk The cabling scheme supported by the AppleTalk network protocol for Appl...

Page 109: ...re located in the memory address space MIF Management Information Format MIF files describe collections of standardized instrumentation attributes defined by the DMTF working groups Miniport Miniport drivers implement the hardware specific operations necessary to manage a Network Interface Card NIC Operations common to all lowest level NIC drivers are generally provided by the NDIS library so that...

Page 110: ...on the fly node In a network a node can be a computer or some other device such as a printer ODI Open Data Link Interface ODI supports multiple protocols and adapters and is Novell s network device driver interface standard OSI Model Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model OSI is a network model developed by the International Standards Organization ISO which divides network functions into sev...

Page 111: ...ters RAM comes in two basic types SRAM Static RAM andDRAM Dynamic RAM SRAM and DRAM differ in the technologies used to store their data SRAM is faster and hence more expensive than DRAM RAM is volatile in nature and will not retain its contents when power is turned off In common usage RAM is often referred to as main memory which is used to store programs and data Redirector A software module that...

Page 112: ...network system operation TCP IP is the default wide area network protocol used by both Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT topology The geometric map of a LAN Common LAN topologies include the bus ring and star transceiver A hardware device that links a node to a baseband network cable and functions as both transmitter and receiver twisted pair wiring Cable comprised of two wires twisted together ...

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