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Duralink64 Drivers for NetWare
Installing the NetWare Port Aggregation and
Failover Drivers
If you are installing NetWare 6.0 or 5.x on a new server, please see
Installing the Duralink64 Driver during NetWare 6.0/5.x OS
Installation on page 5-5
.
Note:
This driver uses 64 receive buffers for each port.
Therefore, if you are using multiple ports, the number of
receive buffers must be increased. Type
load edit c:\nwserver\startup.ncf
then type the following commands at the end of the file:
set minimum packet receive buffers = 2000
set maximum packet receive buffers = 10000
To install the Failover or Port Aggregation driver for NetWare,
follow these steps:
1
Insert the Duralink64 NetWare CD into the CD-ROM.
2
Mount the CD-ROM, refer to NetWare documentation (as per
your specific OS). To display the CD volume name, type the
volume at the console prompt.
3
To run the
config
program, type the name of the CD volume
followed by
\nwserver\configsf
. For example, type
load duralink64v52:\nwserver\configsf
and press Enter.
4
When the Duralink64 screen appears, select the Install
Software
option, and press Enter.
Note:
If a dialog box appears requesting to overwrite any
files, press F5 to overwrite all previous files.
Configuring the Ports
To configure the ports, follow these steps:
1
From the Main Menu, select Link Aggregation Type, select
Configure Ports
, and press Enter.
