Chapter 6 - Configuring Communication Cards
This chapter explains how you select and configure software drivers for the LAN and other communication cards installed in your server. By entering configuration information for these devices, you inform the Banyan server software of the device resource settings that you established for your system in Chapter 2. This chapter covers the following topics:
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Entering configuration information ![]()
Resolving configuration conflicts ![]()
Saving the configuration ![]()
Installing and removing third-party communications drivers
Entering Configuration Information
After you choose whether to load system options (Chapter 5), the Add/Change Card screen appears. Use this screen to enter the configuration information for the communication cards installed in your server. Figure 6-1 shows an example of the Add/Change Card screen with two communication cards added.
This screen also displays the resource settings for each card. If two cards have the same value for one or more resources, the cards are marked with a plus sign (+) to the left of the card name. Conflicts are often caused by the overlap of RAM, ROM, and I/O addresses. Use the Display Memory Map function to see how memory is allocated to cards in the server. You must resolve any conflicts and ensure that each card has unique resource settings before saving the card configuration.
Note: You also use this screen to add and configure the drivers for the Compaq 135 MB Tape Drive, the Emulex IB02B SCSI Adapter, and the Wangtek Internal Tape Drive.
For the following procedures, you should refer to the Server Configuration Worksheet that you filled out in Chapter 2. After you add the communication cards to the on-screen list, you must set the card resources to the settings that you listed on the worksheet.
No cards are listed when the Add/Change Card screen first appears. You must add all of your server's communication cards to the list.
Banyan server software is shipped with a variety of communication drivers included in the base software. If you are using a communication device that uses one of these drivers, simply add the card from the Add/Change Card screen. If you are using a communication device that uses a driver produced by the device manufacturer, you must install the driver before you can add the card. Refer to "Installing and Removing Third-Party Communication Drivers" later in this chapter for instructions.
Note: You cannot install third-party communication drivers during the server software installation. If you have devices that use third-party drivers, complete the server installation, and then install third-party drivers and add the cards from the Add/Change Card screen.
To Add a Card
1. From the Add/Change Card screen, select ADD a card. A list of available cards appears.
2. Scroll through the list, select the name of a card installed in your server, and press ENTER. The selected card appears on the Add/Change Card screen.
The card you select is added with default resource settings. If the default settings do not match the settings listed on the Server Configuration Worksheet, you must change the card settings. Refer to "To Change Card Settings" later in this chapter for instructions. If the card is marked with a plus sign (+), its default resource settings conflict with those of another card (also marked with a plus sign). Resource conflicts should be resolved when you change the resource settings to match the settings on the Server Configuration Worksheet. If no conflicts appear and the settings are correct, go to "Saving the Configuration."
The settings listed on the Add/Change Card screen must match the card configurations that you set in Chapter 2. If the default settings do not match the settings listed on the Server Configuration Worksheet, use the following procedure to change the card settings.
Note: Some cards have special settings that do not appear on the Add/Change Card screen; these settings appear only when you select CHANGE card settings.
To Change Card Settings
1. From the Add/Change Card screen, select CHANGE card settings. The cursor moves to the bottom half of the screen.
2. Select the card to change and press ENTER. The Change Card Settings screen appears. The current settings for the selected card display on this screen.
3. Use the arrow keys to move to the setting you want to change.
4. Enter the new setting. Valid settings for each resource appear in parentheses after the resource name.
5. When you are finished changing the settings, press F10 to return to the Add/Change Card screen. If the resource settings are correct and no conflicts appear, go to "Saving the Configuration" later in this chapter.
If you add the wrong card, or if you physically remove a card from your server, you should remove the card from the Add/Change Card screen so that it does not conflict with other cards.
To Remove a Card
1. From the Add/Change Card screen, select REMOVE a card. The cursor moves to the bottom half of the screen.
2. Select the card to remove and press ENTER. The card is removed from the Add/Change Card screen. You must save the configuration to save the change. Refer to "Saving the Configuration" later in this chapter.
Resolving Configuration Conflicts
Cards with conflicting resources are marked by a plus sign (+). If you followed the procedures in "Installing and Configuring the Internal Hardware" in Chapter 2, you should not have any conflicts. However, if the Add/Change Card screen reports a conflict, you must correct it for the server to operate properly.
To Correct a Communication Card Conflict
1. Compare the on-screen values of the flagged card against the values recorded on the Server Configuration Worksheet:
- If you entered values different from those on the worksheet, change the values to match the ones on the worksheet. Changing these values should resolve the conflict. To continue the installation, go to "To Save the Configuration" later in this chapter.
- If you entered values identical to those on the worksheet, the values on the worksheet are in conflict. Check your configuration to determine whether you wrote the incorrect values on the worksheet or your hardware configuration actually is in conflict. Go to step 2.
2. Mark the conflicting cards on the worksheet and remove one of the conflicting cards from the Add/Change Card screen.
3. Save the configuration and continue with the installation. Resolve the conflict after the installation is complete by following steps 4 through 6.
4. Follow the procedures in "Installing and Configuring the Internal Hardware" in Chapter 2 to check your system's configuration.
5. Depending on the results of the configuration check, take the appropriate steps:
- If the card's configuration is correct and you wrote the incorrect values on the Server Configuration Worksheet, note the correct values.
- If the card's configuration is in conflict, determine a nonconflicting configuration, reconfigure the card, and record the settings on the Server Configuration Worksheet.
6. Using the Add/Change Card screen, add the card and change the settings to match the values listed on the Server Configuration Worksheet. Save the new configuration and reboot the server.
You must save the server's configuration before you proceed with the server installation. If you do not save the configuration, communication drivers are not built and loaded into the system.
1. From the Add/Change Card screen, select SAVE configuration and exit. The system builds the specified device drivers.
2. To continue the installation, go to Chapter 7.
Installing and Removing Third-Party Communication Drivers
Banyan server software is shipped with a set of communications drivers included in the base software. In addition, third-party, vendors produce drivers that work with Banyan server software. If you use a communications device with a driver produced by an third-party vendor, you must load and install the third-party driver before you can add the card via the Add/Change Card screen.
You install third-party drivers from the Install/Remove Communications Driver screen of the Banyan Server Configuration menu. The following functions appear on this screen:
INSTALL a driver - Installs a third-party driver so that you can add the driver to your system from the Add/Change Card screen.
REMOVE a driver - Removes a third-party driver from the system. The driver remains loaded on the server but does not appear on the Add a Card driver list. You must reinstall the driver before you can add it from the Add a Card selection. This option also removes a configured third-party driver from the Add/Change Card screen.
RESTORE default configuration - Removes all third-party drivers from the system. The drivers remain loaded on the server but do not appear on the Add a Card selection driver list. You must reinstall the drivers before you can add them from the Add a Card selection. This function also removes all configured third-party drivers from the Add/Change Card screen.
Note: Third-party drivers that you configure from the Add/Change Card screen and later remove, continue to transfer data until you reboot the server. When you reboot the server, these removed drivers are no longer available to the system. Later, if you want to use these removed drivers, you must reinstall them and then reconfigure them from the Add/Change Card screen.
You cannot access the Install/Remove Driver screen during the software installation. If your server uses a LAN card that uses a third-party driver, you must add the card after the installation is complete. After you install the server software, use the following procedure to install the driver, and then add your LAN card from the Add/Change Card screen.
To Install a Third-Party Communication Driver
1. From the Operator Menu on the server console, select System Maintenance. The System Maintenance menu appears.
2. Select Configure/Diagnose Server. The Banyan Server Configuration menu appears.
3. Select Install/Remove Communication Drivers. The system prompts you to insert the diskette with the additional drivers.
4. Insert the diskette into drive A and press ENTER. The additional drivers are loaded onto the system.
5. Remove the diskette from drive A and press ENTER to continue.
6. At the prompt:
- Enter Y and press ENTER to load another diskette. Return to step 4.
- Press ENTER to continue with the driver installation. The Install/Remove Driver screen appears.
7. Select INSTALL a driver. A list of the available drivers appears.
8. Select the driver to install and press ENTER. The selected driver appears on the Install/Remove Driver screen.
9. When you are finished selecting drivers, select SAVE Configuration and exit. The selected drivers are installed and you can now add them from the Add/Change Card screen.