Installing PeerMaster LAN Software
Loading Procedure for PeerMaster Adapter Device Drivers
The manner in which the PeerMaster adapter device drivers are
loaded and configured defines the operational characteristics of the
PeerMaster adapter. You must take special care to properly load
and configure the device drivers.
This section provides three examples of the load process. The first
example illustrates the device driver loading procedure to configure
a PeerMaster adapter to operate in the traditional adapter mode. The
second example illustrates the procedure to configure a PeerMaster
adapter to operate in the VNET switch mode. The third example
illustrates the procedure to configure multiple PeerMaster adapters
to operate in a combined traditional adapter and VNET switch mode.
Loading Procedure for Traditional Adapter Mode
Each PeerMaster port must be registered as a separate network
segment to operate as a traditional network adapter. In this mode,
the protocol treats each PeerMaster port as a separate PeerMaster
adapter.
When loading the device drivers, use pseudo slot numbers in place
of physical slot numbers. In all other respects, load device drivers
for PeerMaster adapters in the same manner as device drivers for
traditional, single-port adapters. If the SLOT keyword is not used
on a load command, the device driver presents a list of available
pseudo slot numbers. Pseudo slot numbers that have already been
used will not be included. The following example is a typical load
command, assuming the device drivers are in the C:\NETWARE
directory.
:LOAD C:\NETWARE\MXPCI4BT.LAN SLOT=21
This command will cause Novell NetWare to load the device driver
for port 1 of the PeerMaster adapter that is configured as slot
number 2.
For each PeerMaster adapter, the base driver MXPCI4BT.LAN can
issue a maximum of four load commands per frame type. Novell
NetWare loads the default frame type for each device driver
instance unless the FRAME keyword is used to request a specific
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