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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
DEFEA.SYS  - Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver for the DEC 
	     FDDIcontroller/EISA V1.00
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/EISA
    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\DEFEA.SYS C:\NETWARE
    
    Where C: is the OS/2 boot drive.

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

    The DEFEA.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/EISA to the FDDI network as described
    in Chapter 2 of "DEC FDDIcontroller/EISA User Information".

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

       DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\DEFEA.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 DEFEA 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:   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 EISA Bus burst size.
	     Normally, as bus master the DEC FDDIcontroller will 
	     transfer 16 longwords during each bus transaction.
	     This parameter allows the user to set smaller bulk
	     sequential data transfer sizes.

	       BURST SIZE             EISA 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 DEFEA		; This line must be included in net.cfg
	FRAME FDDI_SNAP
	TREQ 10

