Installing PeerMaster LAN Software
Precautions, Limitations, and Guidelines
Review this section before you begin the installation and
configuration of the Novell NetWare device drivers.
All ports within a VNET must be configured to the same frame
type.
To support multiple frame types, you can load VNET.LAN
multiple times. When this is done, each instance of VNET.LAN
must be bound to a different network number and include the
identical grouping of the PeerMaster adapters.
You must configure a single PeerMaster adapter to operate
exclusively either as a VNET switch or as a traditional adapter.
Both modes cannot be supported simultaneously by a single
PeerMaster adapter.
Frame types loaded for VNET.LAN must be loaded for
MXPCI4BT.LAN. Examples of frame types include the IEEE
802.2 and 802.3 format as well as the Ethernet II and Ethernet
SNAP.
A newly loaded instance of VNET.LAN assumes control of all
currently active ports on each PeerMaster adapter included in
the VNET. A port is considered active after MXPCI4BT.LAN is
successfully loaded with the slot parameter value equal to the
number for that port.
To include previously inactive ports in an existing VNET, it is
necessary to unload VNET.LAN, activate additional ports, and
then reload VNET.LAN. Thus, it is best to activate all ports of a
PeerMaster adapter before loading VNET.LAN.
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