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34 CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING IN NETWARE

10 To conﬁgure the SHD:

From the SHD Conﬁguration ﬁeld, select Conﬁgure SHD.

The following SHD parameter ﬁelds appear:

Check Level

Transmit/Receive Error Threshold

Sampling Window Size

The default values of the SHD parameters are optimal for most networks. See

Table 3 for explanations of the parameters.

11 When you have set all the conﬁguration values, select Save parameters and load

driver.

The installation program loads the conﬁgured driver and then writes the

appropriate LOAD and BIND commands to the AUTOEXEC.NCF ﬁle. The system

assigns a network number.

12 Enter a network number, or press Enter to select the system-assigned number.

If no errors are encountered, the installation program asks whether you want to

select an additional network driver.

13 Continue with the installation:

If you are installing only one NIC, select No to ﬁnish loading and exit.

If you are installing more than one NIC, select Yes to set up another NIC.

Conﬁguring Groups DynamicAccess technology server features allow you to conﬁgure load balancing

groups. The load balancing features are described in Advanced Server Features on

page 2.

The following DynamicAccess technology server features are available for

NIC groups in NetWare:

■ Bidirectional load balancing

■ RSL failover

The examples in this section illustrate typical actions you might take in the course

of maintaining a DynamicAccess server conﬁguration under NetWare. They show

how to add NICs and groups to a server where DynamicAccess technology server

features are already installed and conﬁgured.

Two drivers are associated with DynamicAccess technology server features in

NetWare: SE and LBRSL.

Planning the

Conﬁguration

■ Plan the cable changes required to connect each primary NIC and all secondary

NICs to the same network segment.

■ For optimal failover performance, turn the spanning tree feature off at switches

that are connected directly to the server. If the spanning tree feature must be

turned on, a failover may be delayed up to 30 seconds while the switch

processes the spanning tree algorithm.

■ Decide which NICs are to be part of each group. Each group must

include at least two NICs.