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® ™
TokenLink Velocity XL
PCI Network
Interface Card
User Guide
A member of the high-performance
TokenLink Velocity family
http://www.3com.com/
Part No. 09-1116-000
Published November 1997
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Book Page ii Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM 3Com Corporation n 5400 Bayfront Plaza n Santa Clara, California n 95052-8145 Copyright © 1997, 3Com Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without written permission from 3Com Corporation. 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to mak
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Book Page i Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM Lifetime Limited Warranty ® ® 3Com’s EtherLink , Fast EtherLink, TokenLink , ™ ™ TokenLink Velocity , ATMLink PCI, and ™ FDDILink network interface cards have a Lifetime Limited Warranty. For further details, please see 3Com’s Limited Warranty statement in this guide. To ensure the very best 3Com service and support, take the time to complete the product registration card.
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Book Page ii Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM Customers in the countries or regions shown below should send the completed registration card to the appropriate address. Customers in other non-U.S. locations should send the registration card to the U.S. address on the front of the card. n Asia n Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Malta 3Com Asia Ltd., Marketing Department 3Com Mediterraneo Srl, Room 2506-07, 25/F. Marketing Department Citibank Tower Via Michelang
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Book Page iii Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE Finding Specific Information in This Guide 1 Conventions 2 1 INTRODUCTION High-Performance Features of the 3C359 NIC 1-2 Parallel Tasking II Performance 1-2 DynamicAccess Class of Service 1-2 Support for Full-Duplex/Dedicated Token Ring 1-3 Wake-up On LAN Capability 1-3 Other Features of the 3C359 NIC 1-3 Installation Overview 1-4 2 INSTALLING THE 3C35
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Book Page iv Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM Installing DOS Client32 3-6 Installing an OS/2 Client Driver for NetWare 3-7 Selecting the Appropriate NIC Address 3-8 Displaying the Universal Address 3-8 Installing the Novell OS/2 Requester 3-9 Configuring the Novell OS/2 Requester 3-11 Installing a NetWare Server Driver 3-12 Driver Support 3-12 Installation Instructions 3-13 Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare Environment 3-13 Inst
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Book Page v Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM Configuring Class of Service 4-19 Before Starting Class of Service Configuration 4-20 Enabling Class of Service 4-20 Adding Class of Service Ranges and Protocols 4-23 Using Class of Service Advanced Options 4-25 Class of Service Advanced Options Settings 4-26 5 IBM ENVIRONMENTS Installing a Driver for Various IBM Environments 5-1 Installing the IBM LAN Support Program (DXMAID) and the DOS NDIS 2.01 Driver
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Book Page vi Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM A SPECIFICATIONS 3C359 NIC Specifications A-1 Connector Pin Assignments A-3 DB-9 Connector Pin Assignments A-3 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments A-3 Cable Requirements A-4 B CHANGING CONFIGURATION SETTINGS Using the Configuration Program B-1 Adjusting Configuration Settings B-4 Ring Speed B-4 Boot ROM B-5 Memory Limit of 1 Megabyte B-5 Changing Configuration for Multiple NICs
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Book Page vii Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM FCC CLASS B STATEMENT FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 3COM END USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT vii
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Book Page ix Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM FIGURES 1-1 TokenLink Velocity XL PCI 3C359 NIC 1-1 2-1 Removing the Expansion Slot Cover 2-3 2-2 Inserting the 3C359 NIC 2-4 3-1 Diagnostic and Manual Configuration Program Window 3-9 4-1 Network Window 4-9 4-2 PCI Token Ring Adapter Properties Window: Driver Tab 4-10 4-3 Displaying Ring Speed Setting 4-10 4-4 Manually Setting Ring Speed 4-11 4-5 3Com TokenLink
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Book Page x Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM B-1 Configuration and Diagnostic Program Screen B-2 B-2 Install Menu B-2 B-3 NIC Configuration Screen B-3 B-4 Configuration Option Setting Dialog Box B-3 x
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Book Page xi Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM TABLES 1 Notice Icons 2 2 Text Conventions 2 3-1 Location of NetWare Support Modules 3-13 3-2 TLNKPODI.LAN Load Parameters 3-16 B-1 Initial Settings of 3C359 NIC Configuration Options B-4 xi
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Book Page 1 Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM ABOUT THIS GUIDE About This Guide provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and tells you where to look for specific information. This guide describes how to install, configure, and ® ™ troubleshoot the 3C359 TokenLink Velocity XL PCI network interface card (NIC). This NIC is referred to as the 3C359 NIC in this guide. ® The HELP directory on TokenDisk diskette #1 contains the latest technical information. This guide is
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Book Page 2 Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM 2 ABOUT THIS GUIDE If you are looking for Turn to Host connectivity configuration procedures for IBM environments Chapter 5 Troubleshooting tips and procedures Chapter 6 Specifications for cabling and connector pin assignments Appendix A Instructions about changing configuration settings for the 3C359 NIC Appendix B through the DOS Configuration and Diagnostic Program Technical support information Appendix C Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list c
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Book Page 3 Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM Conventions 3 Table 2 Text Conventions (continued) Convention Description The words “enter” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must and “type” type something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press the Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.” Menu commands Menu commands or button names appear in italics. and buttons Example: From the Help menu, select Contents. Words in Italics emphasize a poin
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4 16 Data Book Page 1 Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM INTRODUCTION 1 ® ™ The 3Com TokenLink Velocity XL PCI network interface card (NIC) is a high-performance token ring network adapter for personal computers (PCs) with a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus. The 3C359 NIC provides a high-performance 32-bit PCI local bus interface with bus mastering that runs at a clock speed of 33 MHz. Figure 1-1 TokenLink Velocity XL PCI 3C359 NIC
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Book Page 2 Saturday, November 1, 1997 3:13 PM 1-2 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION High-Performance Features of the 3C359 NIC The 3C359 NIC delivers the token ring industry’s highest performance for the lowest cost, and is designed to provide years of trouble-free operation. This section describes the NIC’s high-performance features. Parallel Tasking II Performance ® The 3C359 NIC’s design incorporates new Parallel Tasking II performance, which takes advantage of the latest developments in PCI b
