WESTERN DIGITAL ETHERCARD PLUS - FAMILY LAN ADAPTER DRIVERS FOR USE WITH NOVELL ADVANCED NETWARE 286 VERSION 2.1X AND 2.2. AND FOR USE IN WORKSTATIONS WITH NETWARE 386 VERSION 3.0 AND LATER Installation Guide ------------------ OVERVIEW -------- To successfully complete the installation of the adapter driver you must perform the following steps: 1.0 Hardware: 1.1 Determine the LAN adapter hardware type. 1.2 Determine the LAN adapter configuration. 1.3 Install LAN adapter hardware. 2.0 Software: 2.1 Generate Software. 2.2 Select Software Configuration. * NetWare Generation Utility. * Jumpers Configuration Utility. 2.3 Install LAN software. Specific details are provided in the following sections. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ---------------------- 1.0 HARDWARE 1.1 DETERMINING THE LAN ADAPTER HARDWARE TYPE 1.1.1 Jumper Configured Adapters WD8003E 8K RAM WD8003EBT 32K RAM WD8003S 8K RAM WD8003SH 8K RAM WD8003WT 8K RAM WD8013EBT 16K RAM Note: Refer to JUMPERS.DOC in the root directory for more information on jumpers. 1.1.2 Micro Channel Adapters WD8003ET/A 16K RAM WD8003E/A 16K RAM WD8003ST/A 16K RAM WD8003W/A 16K RAM 1.1.3 Software Configured Adapters WD8003EB 8K RAM WD8003W 8K RAM WD8003EP 8K RAM WD8013EP 16K RAM WD8013W 16K RAM WD8013EW 16K RAM 1.2 DETERMINING THE LAN ADAPTER CONFIGURATION For information on RAM, Base I/O and IRQ, see the SYSMAP.DOC file furnished. Also refer to User Installation guide available with the retail packaged adapter. 1.3 INSTALLING LAN ADAPTER HARDWARE Refer to User Installation guide available with the retail packaged adapter. 2.0 SOFTWARE 2.1 Generate Software 2.1.1 From Floppy When generating NetWare 286 Software from a floppy drive, the generation software will prompt the user to insert the driver diskette at the appropriate time. Note: NetWare installation procedures require the driver files to be located in the root directory of a floppy disk whose volume label is LAN_DRV_200. If you copy these files to another floppy disk, be sure that you set the volume label of the new disk to LAN_DRV_200. 2.1.2 From Hard Disk After copying the Netware 286 floppies to the hard disk as described in the Netware 286 manual, a directory with the name 'LAN_DRV_.200' must be created at the same level as the 'LAN_DRV_.001' directory. Copy all the .OBJ files to this directory. - For Netware 2.1x - Copy the WDPLUSSH.LAN file to the directory 'SHGEN-1'. Copy the WDPLUS.LAN file to the directories 'AUXGEN' and 'BRGEN'. Then run either 'SHGEN' for a workstation, 'NETGEN' for a server or 'BRGEN' for a bridge. - For Netware 2.2 - Copy the WDPLUSSH.LAN file to the directory 'WSGEN'. Copy the WDPLUS.LAN file to the directories 'SYSTEM-1' and 'ROUTEGEN'. Then run either 'WSGEN' for a workstation, 'INSTALL' for a server or 'ROUTEGEN' for a router. For more information on using this software, refer to NetWare 286 Installation Manual. 2.1.3 Running Appletalk On Your Server First determine whether the network is using AppleTalk Phase I or Phase II. If you are not sure, read the APPLE.DOC file located in this directory. AppleTalk Phase I software is incorporated in the regular 286 server driver. AppleTalk Phase II requires a special server driver called WDPLS2 which is located in the Network21 directory. These driver files must be copied into the root of the SuperDisk or the LAN_DRV_200 directory. Either the standard driver or AppleTalk Phase II driver, but not both, may be in the root directory of LAN_DRV_200 when the INSTALL or NETGEN programs are run. If you are using the SuperDisk, the APPLE2.BAT file can be used to perform the file copying. APPLE2.BAT copies the following AppleTalk phase 2 files into the root directory on the SuperDisk: WDPLS2AD.OBJ WDPLS2BD.OBJ WDPLS2CD.OBJ WDPLS2DD.OBJ WDPLS2.LAN The following AppleTalk phase 1 files are copied to NETWARE21 directory for safe keeping. WDPLUSAD.OBJ WDPLUSBD.OBJ WDPLUSCD.OBJ WDPLUSDD.OBJ WDPLUS.LAN 2.2 Select Software Configuration Once the proper LAN driver has been selected, the desired configuration parameters must be chosen from a menu. This Western Digital EtherCard Plus family workstation driver has been designed to limit the need to reconfigure or regenerate the IPX.COM file, even though a variety of Western Digital EtherCard Plus family adapters and adapter configurations may be present in your workstations. In most cases configuring the workstation's IPX.COM file to the default values will function with all adapter types. See the specific adapter type for details. 2.2.1 Jumper Configured Adapters When configuring a server or workstation employing a jumper configured adapter, one of the first four configuration entries must be used, the default being the first configuration entry. If none of these choices match the hardware configuration desired, then select the first/default configuration entry and run Novell's JUMPERS.EXE version v2.00 configuration program. This utility allows the user to configure the LAN software to use any supported configuration parameters. For more information on JUMPERS.EXE, refer to the documentation furnished with the software. The JUMPERS utility is available from Novell or CompuServ. The RAM location for jumper configured adapters is set by the driver to the location specified in the configuration selected. - Selecting RAM Size - There are configuration selections designating RAM sizes of 8, 16 and 32 Kbytes of RAM. Adapters with 8 Kbytes of RAM can be used with configuration selections which specify 8, 16 or 32 Kbytes of RAM. Adapters with 32 Kbytes of RAM must be used with configura- tion selections which specify 32 Kbytes of RAM. The WD8003/WD8013 family AT bus 16-bit adapters can function in two modes, 16-bit mode and 8-bit mode. In 16-bit mode, the adapter performs 16-bit data transfers and uses the full 16 Kbytes of RAM. In 8-bit mode, the adapter performs 8-bit data transfers and uses only 8 Kbytes of RAM. To operate the 16-bit adapter in 16-bit mode, place the adapter in a 16-bit bus slot and configure the driver to a configuration selection which specifies 16 or 32 Kbytes of RAM. To operate the 16-bit adapter in 8-bit mode, configure the driver to a configuration selection which specifies 8 Kbytes of RAM, or place the adapter in an 8-bit bus slot and specify any driver configuration. NOTE: The Default StarLAN packet type is IEEE 802.3 as of release V3.07 of the 286 Server and Workstation driver. If the Novell StarLAN (AT&T StarLAN compatible) packet type is required, it can be changed via the JUMPERS Configuration Utility. 2.2.2 Software Configured Adapters - Workstation Software - If one LAN adapter card is used, any of the first five configurations can be selected when linking a workstation. The shell driver automatically detects software configured adapters and reads the configuration information directly from the adapter, even if the configuration entry selected specified a different I/O base, IRQ and RAM base. If there is more than one LAN adapter, you need one of the 'Software Configured Adapter' selections for each adapter. (See - Server Software - description.) - Server Software - Do NOT select the default configuration. Select 'First Software Configured Adapter' for the first LAN adapter. Select 'Second Software Configured Adapter' for the second LAN adapter, etc. First, Second, etc., are determined by the lowest Base I/O address of the adapter, i.e., if there are two adapters one with Base I/O address 240 and the other has an address of 280, then 240 will be the 'First Software Configured Adapter'. 2.2.3 Micro Channel Adapters - Workstation Software - If one LAN adapter card is used, any of the first five configurations can be selected when linking a workstation. The shell driver automatically detects Micro Channel adapters and reads the configuration information directly from the adapter, even if the configuration entry selected specifies a different I/O base, IRQ and RAM base. If there is more than one LAN adapter card, one of the 'Soft Configured Adapter' selections is needed for each adapter. (See - Server Software - description.) - Server Software - Select 'First Micro Channel Adapter' for the first LAN adapter. Select 'Second Micro Channel Adapter' for the second LAN adapter, etc. First, Second, etc., are determined by the lowest slot number of the adapter, i.e., if two adapters are in the machine in lots 2 and 4, then the adapter in slot 2 is the 'First Micro Channel Adapter'. NOTE: When there is more than one adapter in a machine, each adapter needs to be configured so that interrupts are not shared. Do NOT use the automatic configuration option when initializing the adapter from the Reference Diskette. Automatic configuration assumes that interrupts are shared. Instead, initialize the adapter by selecting the Set Configuration option from the main menu. Set the interrupt vector to an interrupt not already in use by another adapter. 2.3 Install LAN software If installing an AppleTalk driver in a NetWare 286 server, see NetWare for Macintosh Installation Supplement. NOTE: When installing a NetWare External Bridge to be used with AppleTalk phase 2, the minimum requirements for system memory are 5 Mbytes. Licensed by Western Digital for use by its customers only. Western Digital is a registered trademark of Western Digital Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective companies. Copyright (c) 1991 Western Digital Corporation. All Rights Reserved.