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   NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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The \NOVELL\OS2ODI subdirectory on your distribution diskette 
contains the following files:

README.TXT - This file which contains three sections:
    1.  INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER
    2.  HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME TYPE
    3.  SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS
DEFPA.SYS  - Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver for the
	     DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI V1.05 (950928)
NET.CFG    - Sample ODI driver control and configuration file


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Section 1  INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER
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This driver follows standard Novell installation procedures for 
Netware Requester for OS/2 client drivers.  

Perform the following steps to install the NetWare Requester for 
OS/2 Client Driver:

1.  Verify that the FDDI network interface card (NIC) is properly
    configured and installed.  Refer to "DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI
    User Information" for instructions.

2.  Install the Novell NetWare Workstation files to the OS/2 
    workstation as described in the chapter "Installing and 
    Configuring the NetWare Requester for OS/2" from the manual 
    Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 which was supplied with 
    your NetWare software kit.

3.  Enter the following command to copy the Novell NetWare 
    Requester for OS/2 client driver to the OS/2 workstation:

    COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\DEFPA.SYS C:\NETWARE
    
    Where C: is the OS/2 boot drive.

4.  Configure the NET.CFG file for the DEFPA.SYS client driver.
 
    [Read Section 2, HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME
      TYPE, in this README.TXT file before continuing.]

    The DEFPA.SYS client driver and the NetWare workstation files 
    use the NET.CFG file for configuring the driver at load-time.  
    The \OS2ODI subdirectory provides a sample NET.CFG file to 
    help with your driver configuration.

 a. Enter the following command to copy the sample NET.CFG file
    to the same directory as the other driver files:

    COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\NET.CFG C:\NETWARE

 b. Edit the NET.CFG file to customize it for your system setup.  
    Refer to "Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2" Appendix A, 
    "NET.CFG Options", and Section 3, SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS,
    for more information on all of the NET.CFG file parameters.

5.  Connect the DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI to the FDDI network 
    as described in Chapter 2 of 
    "DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI User Information".

6.  To load the Novell NetWare ODI drivers and the 
    DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI ODI client driver, 
    follow the procedure described in "Novell NetWare 
    Requester For OS/2".  Typically a line is added to CONFIG.SYS:

       DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\DEFPA.SYS


Section 2  HINTS ON SELECTING PROPER FDDI FRAME TYPE
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It is important to specify the correct FDDI frame type to 
interoperate with Novell NetWare servers.  If the server uses 
FDDI_SNAP or ETHERNET_II frame types, configure the FDDI client 
to use FDDI_SNAP frame type. If the server uses FDDI_802.2 or 
ETHERNET_802.2 frame types, configure the FDDI client to use 
FDDI_802.2 frame type.  Novell NetWare Requester client drivers 
for FDDI do not support connections to servers using only
ETHERNET_802.3 or ETHERNET_SNAP frame types.



Section 3  SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS
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The following parameters are valid under the LINK DRIVER DEFPA
heading in the NET.CFG file.  Precede each parameter with a TAB 
or white space. Refer to your Novell documentation for more 
information on editing the NET.CFG file.

Parameter:   FRAME FDDI_SNAP
Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the FDDI_SNAP
	     frame format.  The client can then connect to servers 
	     using the ETHERNET_II or FDDI_SNAP frame types.

Parameter:   FRAME FDDI_802.2
Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the FDDI_802.2
	     frame format.  The client can then connect to servers 
	     using the ETHERNET_802.2 or FDDI_802.2 frame types.  
	     This is the default frame type.

Parameter:   PCI CARD  (optional)
Description: Selects instance of DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI adapter 
             per PCI system.  Values = 1 - 16.
	     This parameter is optional and need not be specified for
	     proper operation of the driver.

Parameter:   TREQ (optional)
Description: Sets the MACTReq MIB object.  
             Range = 4-165 milliseconds.
	     Default = 8 milliseconds.
	     This parameter is optional and need not be specified 
	     for proper operation of the driver.

Parameter:   FULL DUPLEX (optional)
Description: Enables/Disables FDDI Full-Duplex (FDX) operation.
	     Values = ON, OFF.	Default = OFF.
	     This parameter is optional and need not be specified 
	     for proper operation of the driver.

Parameter:   MAX FRAME SIZE (optional)
Description: Sets the advertised maximum frame size for this 
             adapter.  Normally, the driver advertises the 
	     maximum FDDI frame size (4491 bytes), but this 
	     parameter can be used to lower the size.  
	     Range = 16-4491 bytes.
	     Default = 4491 bytes.
	     This parameter is optional and need not be specified 
	     for proper operation of the driver.

Parameter:   BURST SIZE (optional)
Description: Sets the DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI Local Bus burst size.
	     Normally, as bus master the DEC FDDIcontroller/PCI will 
	     transfer 16 longwords during each bus transaction.
	     This parameter allows the user to set smaller bulk
	     sequential data transfer sizes.

	       BURST SIZE             HOST BUS
	       PARAMETER              BURST SIZE
	       ----------             -------------
	           0                    4 longwords
	           1                    8 longwords
	           2                   16 longwords
             
	     Default = 2 (16 longword bursts)
	     This parameter is optional and need not be specified for
	     proper operation of the driver.

Following is an example NET.CFG file with the OS/2 ODI client driver 
configured for FDDI_SNAP frame type and a MACTReq value of 10 ms.

LINK DRIVER DEFPA
	FRAME FDDI_SNAP
	TREQ 10
