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QL 1000
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Chapter 4 - Installing QL Drivers
This chapter explains how to install the QL Series software LAN drivers with Novell NetWare.
If using NetWare 286 or ELS II, Version 2.12 and above, turn to Page 4-2.
If using NetWare 386, Version 3.10 and above, turn to Page 4-4.
If using NetWare External Bridge, Version 2.15c and above, turn to page 4-6.
Do not install the Cubix QL Series boards until you are instructed to do so in the installation steps. Installing the boards early may cause problems during the installation. Copy Diskettes
Make working copies of your Novell and Cubix diskettes using the DOS DISKCOPY command. Do not use your original diskettes.
Cubix LAN Driver Diskette
The Cubix "QL 1000 Series Installation Diskette" contains the Novell LAN drivers for the Cubix QL Series products. The diskette has a volume label of LAN_DRV_224. You can use the load and Select option in the Novell NETGEN program to read the drivers directly from the diskette. Or if you have your NetWare files on a hard drive, you can create a LAN_DRV_.224 subdirectory under \NETWARE and copy the files from the diskette's root directory to this subdirectory.
Running the NetWare Generation Program
The Novell NetWare portion of the QL installation involves adding the Cubix QL LAN drivers to the network's operating system. The process of adding the QL LAN driver is the same as adding any LAN driver to the network. You can install the LAN drivers during the initial NetWare installation, or add them to an existing system.
There are numerous versions of NetWare 286. Each version uses different menus and installation methods. There are four important options that we will cover in this section. If you need help in completing your NetWare installation, refer to your NetWare manuals or call Novell's Technical Support for assistance.
Set Operating System Mode - Dedicated or Non-Dedicated
If you are installing only a QL Series LAN in the fileserver (and no other LAN adapters), you must select the nondedicated option for the fileserver. If you select the dedicated option, you will need a workstation with a diskette drive to finish the QL installation. This is also true for ELS II, as it only supports one LAN adapter.
Select LAN Drivers
Select the Load and Select option and follow the screen prompts. There are different sets of LAN drivers for QL Series products.
The QL-xxxx drivers are for QL 1000 and QL 2200 Series boards. The QL-Fast drivers are for QL 3000 Series boards.
If you are installing only QL Series boards, select the QL Series driver. If installing the QL Series LAN and another LAN adapter (such as ARCnet or Ethernet), select drivers for both boards. If you have different QL Series products installed, select the LAN drivers for each type.
See the first page of this chapter for important information regarding the QL LAN Driver diskette and different versions of Novell NetWare 286/386.
NOTE: The QL-xxxx LAN drivers support 32 or 100 QL processors, depending on which hardware option you select. You can add up to that many QL processors to the system by setting the proper address on each board and installing it in the system.
Configure Drivers / Resources
This selects the hardware choices available for the QL Series board and the other LAN adapters you have installed. Choose a setting that will not conflict with other hardware in the file server. The default setting (option 0), for the QL Series will work in most cases. Make sure you set the jumpers and switches on the board to match the settings you select here.
ELS II supports only ONE LAN; you cannot select multiple Cubix drivers. You can only use one series of boards on the network. ELS II only supports up to eight users, selecting a 32 or 100 user option in ELSGEN will not affect its operation.
Network Generation Options
Complete the network generation by LINKING and CONFIGURING the operating system and utilities, if necessary. Follow the screen prompts and the NetWare manuals.
Booting the Network Server
If your file server is non-dedicated, you will need to copy the newly created NET$OS.EXE files to your fileserver boot diskette. Copy all the NET$OS.* files from the OSEXE-1 and OSEXE-2 diskettes or subdirectory to the boot diskette.
If your file server is dedicated, the NET$OS.EXE file must be copied to or installed on the file server. Dedicated file servers boot from this file, which is located in the \SYSTEM subdirectory.
1. Boot your fileserver and ensure that the QL Series drivers are loaded. You can check this in CONSOLE mode (CONFIG) or with FCONSOLE (LAN Driver information). Don't put the boards in yet. The server will boot properly without them installed.
2. Turn to the "QL Series Installation Program" chapter to install the QL Series Utilities and create the necessary image and support files.
Adding QL Series Boards to an Existing Server
If you are adding the Cubix QL Series boards to an existing NetWare 386 server, skip to the next section (Adding the QL Series LAN Drivers).
New NetWare 386 Installation
Install NetWare 386 on your file server following the instructions in Novell's Installation Manuals. The following steps are in reference to the "Novell File Server Installation Quick Path Card".
You will use the Novell Installation instructions to set up and install your file server with all the hardware options except Cubix. The Cubix LAN Drivers will be added later.
1. Set up the Hardware. (Do not install the QL Series boards yet).
2. Run SERVER.
3. Load loadable modules for the Disk Drivers.
4. Load INSTALL.
5. Load LAN drivers and other loadable modules.
NOTE: Install your other LAN drivers at this point. Do not load the QL Series drivers. You need to complete the NetWare 386 installation, and then add the QL Series drivers and other necessary files from a workstation attached to the 386 server.
6. Bind the protocol to the LAN driver.
7. Return to INSTALL to create the file server boot files.
8. Complete your NetWare 386 installation following the instructions in the Novell manual.
9. Add the QL Series LAN Drivers using the information that follows. There are different sections for each QL product line. Be sure to select the correct section or sections.
Adding QL Series LAN Driver
The Cubix QL Series LAN drivers can be installed on the NetWare 386 server by the Novell INSTALL NLM or by modifying the AUTOEXEC.NCF file with an ASCII editor from a workstation on the network.
Add the following lines to the AUTOEXEC.NCF file:
LOAD QLNET386 PORT=290 INT=F DMA=3
| | |
| | ------ DMA setting.
Default on
| | QL boards is DMA
3.
| |
| --------------- IRQ setting in
HEX. Default
| is IRQ 15 (HEX =
F).
|
----------------------- Starting Address
setting.
Default is 290.
BIND IPX TO QLNET386 NET=xxx
| |
| --------------- Network number
assigned to
| Cubix LAN. Must be
a unique
| number. 1 to 8
digits long.
|
---------------------- The QL series LAN
driver.
LOAD QLTSRVR 00000xxx
| |
| --------------------- Cubix Network
address, as set
| in the line above.
Must be 8
| digits long.
|
----------------------------- Loads Cubix Trap
Socket. This
is used by QLVision
and other
QL utilities.
Booting the Network Server
1. Boot your fileserver and ensure that the QL Series drivers are loaded. You can check this with FCONSOLE (LAN Driver information).
2. Turn to the "QL Series Installation Program" chapter to install the QL Series Utilities and create the necessary image and support files.
Bridges and Routers
Novell has two different external bridging programs. They are referred to as Bridges and Routers. Both are similiar in operation, configurations, and installation. We will refer to both in this document as Bridges.
External Bridging with NetWare
An external bridge lets you connect different LAN topologies to your existing network system without adding additional LAN adapters to your file server. Figure 4-1 shows an example of an external bridge that bridges ARCnet workstations to an existing Ethernet network. In this diagram, all the ARCnet workstations have access to the file server through the external bridge.
External Bridges and QL Series Boards
Adding QL Series boards to an external bridge gives you the same configuration as shown in figure 4-1, except the QL workstations are inside the external bridge system, instead of connected to it with cables. The QL workstations will have access to the file server through the external bridge.
You must be using Novell's 2.15c or newer Bridge software. Any version older than 2.15c will not work with QL Series boards. You can download updated OBJ files from Novell's Forum on Compuserve, or from the Cubix Customer Service Support System BBS. The BRIDGE.OBJ or NDBRIDGE.OBJ files must be dated 8/89 or newer.
Running the NetWare Bridge Generation Program
The Novell NetWare portion of the QL installation involves adding the Cubix QL LAN drivers to the external Bridge operating system. The process of adding the QL LAN driver is the same as adding any LAN driver to the network.
There are numerous versions of NetWare 286 Bridge Software. Each version uses different menus and installation methods. We will discuss five important options in this section. If you need help in completing your external Bridge installation, refer to your NetWare manuals or call Novell's Technical Support for assistance.
You will need the "Novell Bridge Manual" for reference during this installation. It contains valuable information pertaining to the options and selections available in the programs.
Select Bridge Type (or Operating Mode)
1. If you want to connect a monitor and keyboard to the external bridge computer and use it as a workstation, select PROTECTED MODE BRIDGE.
2. If you wish to boot the external bridge in dedicated mode, and do not want to use its monitor and keyboard as a workstation, select REAL MODE BRIDGE, or DEDICATED PROTECTED MODE.
3. See your "Novell Bridge Manual" for detailed descriptions and additional information on NetWare bridge types.
= Select LAN Drivers
1. Select the Load and Select option. You will be selecting multiple LAN drivers in this step.
2. The first LAN driver to select is the one for the LAN adapter that connects the external bridge computer to your network (ARCnet, Ethernet, Token Ring, etc).
3. The second LAN driver to select is for the QL Series boards that are being installed in the external bridge. There are two different sets of drivers for these boards. The QL-xxxx drivers are for QL 1000 or QL 2200 Series Boards. The QL-Fast drivers are for QL 3000 Series Boards.
4. You may have multiple QL products installed in the external bridge. If this is the case, select both sets of drivers.
5. See the first page of this chapter for important information on the Cubix LAN driver diskette, and different versions of NetWare.
NOTE: The QL-xxxx LAN drivers support 32 or 100 QL processors, depending on which hardware option you select. You can add up to that many QL processors to the system by setting the proper address on each board and installing it in the system.
Configure Drivers / Resources
This option selects the hardware choices available for the QL Series board and the other LAN adapters you have installed.
1. Choose a setting that will not conflict with other hardware in the external bridge. The default setting (option 0) for the QL Series will work in most cases.
2. Make sure you get the jumpers and switches on the board to match the settings you select here.
Set Network Addresses
This is a critical step, and is the most important step in configuring an external bridge. If you followed the above steps properly, LAN A is the LAN adapter that connects the external bridge to the network (such as ARCnet, Ethernet, Token Ring).
A. Network address for LAN A.
This network address MUST be the same number that is assigned the matching LAN adapter in the file server. If you do not know the network address for the LAN adapter in the server, you can get that information using FCONSOLE.
For example, if your file server has an ethernet adapter with a network address of 00000044, then you would select a network address of 00000044 for the Ethernet adapter in the external bridge.
B. Network address for QL LAN
For the QL drivers, you would select a unique network address that is NOT used anywhere else on your network.
C. Communication Buffers
BRGEN - Set the Communication Buffers to 40 plus one for each QL processor installed in the external bridge.
ROUTEGEN - The default setting of 150 should be sufficient.
Bridge Generation Options
Link and Configure the Bridge operating system.
Booting the External Bridge
BRGEN
The new BRIDGE.EXE file will be created on either the "BRGEN-2 Diskette" or subdirectory (Real Mode) or on the "BRGEN-3 Diskette" or subdirectory (protected mode).
ROUTEGEN
The new ROUTER.EXE file will be created on the "ROUTEGEN Diskette" or subdirectory.
1. Create a "Bridge Boot Diskette" for your external bridge with an AUTOEXEC.BAT file similiar to one of the following:
Dedicated Bridge Nondedicated Bridge ECHO OFF ECHO OFF BRIDGE (OR ROUTER) PROMPT $P$G BRIDGE (OR ROUTER) NETX F: LOGIN SUPERVISOR QLVISION
2. Copy the BRIDGE.EXE or ROUTER.EXE file you created to the "Bridge Boot Diskette "and NETX.COM from the Novell "SHGEN Diskette" or subdirectory. You will use this diskette to boot the bridge system after completing the QL installation.
3. Copy the file QLNW21X.DL2 from the QL Installation Diskette \SYSTEM subdirectory to the same diskette or subdirectory as your Bridge Boot file (BRIDGE.EXE or ROUTER.EXE). The QL board will not boot without this file.
4. You can install the QL boards at this point, but do not boot the bridge system yet. When booting, the QL boards will attempt to find files that do not yet exist on your network.
5. Turn to the "QL Series Installation Program" chapter to install the QL Series Utilities and create the necessary image and support files.
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