Manual installation on aix 5.1 and aix 5.2, Novell netware – SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 User Manual
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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
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The menu “Install and Update from Latest Available Software” is displayed.
12. Press <Enter>.
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.
Manual installation on AIX 5.1 and AIX 5.2
To install the driver manually on AIX 5.1 or AIX 5.2, proceed as follows:
1.
After you have installed the adapter in the computer, boot AIX 5.1 or AIX 5.2 (for details,
see chapter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").
2.
Login as “root”.
3.
Start ”smitty” by executing
smitty
.
4.
Select S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
AND
M
AINTENANCE
.
5.
Select I
NSTALL
AND
U
PDATE
S
OFTWARE
.
6.
Select I
NSTALL
S
OFTWARE
.
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
/
CD
0.
8.
Press <Enter>.
9.
To view the contents of the install package in the menu “Install Software”, select SOFT-
WARE
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 down-
loaded file has to be unpacked before installation.
i
The setting for M
INIMUM
P
ACKET
R
ECEIVE
B
UFFERS
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.