SysKonnect SK-98xx Network Card User Manual


 
32 4 Installation of the Driver Software
7. Type the full path to the driver, e.g. /tmp/<filename>.pck, or
to install the driver from CD-ROM, press <F4> and select /
DEV/CD0.
8. Press <Enter>.
9. To view the contents of the install package in the menu “Install Software”, select S
OFTWARE TO
INSTALL with <F4>.
The menu “Software to Install”
is displayed.
10. Select the driver to be installed with <F7>, or
select
DEVICES.PCI with <F7> for all packages.
11. Press <Enter>.
The menu “Install Software”
is displayed.
12. Press <Enter> to install the driver.
The message “
Are you sure?” is displayed.
13. Press <Enter> to start the installation process.
14. Once the installation has been completed, start the configuration manager ”cfgmgr” from the
command line by entering
cfgmgr.
This command executes a search for installed adapters and loads the corresponding drivers.
For more information, refer to the corresponding readme file.
Novell NetWare
The driver is a 32-bit ODI HSM Novell NetWare server driver for the SysKonnect SK-98xx family.
The driver supports NetWare 4.20, NetWare 5.0 and 5.1, and NetWare 6.0.
To perform the installation, you must have access to the server console.
Drivers downloaded from our web site are available in a packed format (.zip files). The downloaded
file has to be unpacked before installation.
Installation on Novell NetWare 4.20
To install the network driver on Novell NetWare 4.20, proceed as follows:
1. After you have installed the adapter in your computer, boot NetWare 4.20 (for details, see chap-
ter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").
2. On the console, execute the following command:
load install.
3. Select D
RIVER OPTIONS (LOAD/UNLOAD DISK AND NETWORK DRIVERS).
The menu “Driver Options”
is displayed.
4. Select C
ONFIGURE NETWORK DRIVERS.
The menu “Additional Driver Actions”
is displayed.
5. Select D
ISCOVER AND LOAD ADDITIONAL DRIVERS.
The system detects the SysKonnect adapter as “PCI Lan Controller 1148.4320....”.
6. To get a list of available drivers, press <Enter>.
The menu “Select a driver” is displayed.
7. To install an unlisted driver, press <Insert> (the SysKonnect driver is not listed).
8. To specify the path to the driver, press <F3>.
The window “Specify a directory path”
is displayed.
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The setting for MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS in the startup.ncf must be increased to at
least 120 per adapter (e.g. for three adapters you should add “
Set Minimum Packet
Receive Buffers = 360
“ to startup.ncf). On SMP systems, you may have to multiply this
number with the number of active processors.