Device Driver For GE2500III SE Card for UnixWare 7 Systems ========================================================== Version : 0.86 Supercedes : 0.85 Date : March 03, 1999 __________________________________________________________________________ Release Note ------------ 1. Introduction ------------ This is 0.86 version of device driver for GE2500III SE card on UnixWare 7. The GE2500III SE is a PCI card. This driver is based on the DDI 7 (Device Driver Interface 7) and MDI 2 (MAC Device Interface 2) standards specified by UnixWare 7. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Contents -------- README : This file : /package : This version of GE2500III SE device driver package ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Installation of the Driver -------------------------- This driver is installed using the "pkgadd" (UnixWare 7 packaging tool) on the command line in character mode of operation. Installation using X or CDE or Panorama GUI frontend is possible with the same package however it is not fully tested at this stage. The network is configured by using "netcfg" (UnixWare 7 network configuration utility). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Hardware and Software Requirements ---------------------------------- . Intel 486 or Pentium based system with 32 MB RAM and around 150K (for the driver) . Genius LAN GE2500III SE card . Ethernet backbone with BNC connector or CAT 5 UTP cable . UnixWare 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Installation Procedure ---------------------- 1. Plug in the GE2500III SE card in any PCI slot of your UnixWare 7 System. 2. Boot the UnixWare 7 system and Login as a superuser (root). 3. Create the directory where you would like untar the tar file. 4. Copy the tar file into the directory example: # cd /tmp # mkdir ge2p5k_86 # cd ge2p5k_86 # cp /floppy/UNIXWARE/ge2p5k.tar /tmp/ge2p5k_86/ge2p5k.tar # tar xvf ge2p5k.tar 5. Add the package to the system using "pkagadd" command as follows: pkgadd -d ge2p5k or cd /tmp/ge2p5k_86/package sh install_ge2p5k where directory is the full path of the directory where the ge2p5k.tar has been untarred. example: pkgadd -d /tmp/ge2p5k_86 ge2p5k ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Configuring the network ----------------------- This section describes the configuration of the driver. It is suggested that you should perform these steps in single-user environment. a. Run "netcfg" command and select the "Add new Lan Adapter ..." option under "Hardware" item. It will show you the entry for ge2p5k card in it's GUI as follows: "Genius LAN GE2500III SE Ethernet Card" b. Select the 'Genius LAN GE2500III SE Ethernet Card ' and press "Continue". If this entry does not appear at this stage, exit from netcfg and check . if card is properly inserted into the slot. . if card has been recognised and listed in the resource database . if card is configured properly (use 'dcu', 'resmgr' and 'ndcfg' utilities for this purpose) c. Select the TCP/IP protocol and "add" it to the system. d. Enter the "domain", "Host Name", "IP address" and "Netmask" e. The network configuration utility now configures the driver and binds it to upper layers of dlpi. f. Shutdown and reboot the system. Note ---- While the "netcfg" is going on the screen may become blank for sometime and show stars [**** blinking on the left-upper corner of the screen. After step 'c' some time you may get an message on Console as follow: unable to open /dev/mdi/ge2p5k0. Ignore the message and go ahead with the installation. In step 'd' fill the same domain name and same initial three octet as the other m/cs on the network. If the domain name or the first three octets of the IP address are not the same for all the systems on the physical network, network will not be operational. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Improvments over version 0.85 ----------------------------- 1. All the prefixes of the function names has been changed from 'ge2k' to 'ge2p5k' 2. The name displayed during the configuration has been changed as per the customer request. 3. Three features namely the broadcast, multicast and promiscous modes of operations have been implemented. 4. The speed of data transfer has been improved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Open Defects List: ------------------ 1. The system needs to be rebooted after installing the driver some times. This behavior has been noticed for many of the other inbuilt drivers also ('nat', 'Intel Express card driver'...). This issue is being taken up with UnixWare technical support. The following features are currently being tested: 1. Two GE2500III SE n/w adapter cards in a single machine, and the machine being configured as gateway. 2. GE2500III SE n/w adapter in special modes of operation such as broadcast mode, multicast mode and promiscous mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- E. To Remove the Driver: --------------------- 1. login as a root and run "netcfg" 2. Select the "Remove network Device...." from the "Hardware" menu and select and press enter. 3. A message will be displayed as follows: Do you wish to remove the networking products highlighted above? Select "Yes" option and press enter. 4. A message for the network product removed successfully will be displayed on the "netcfg" GUI. 5. Select "Exit" from the "Hardware" menu and select and press enter. 6. reboot the system. Written by Morris