HP Vectra VL6 7 Service manual

Network
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Rev. 5.0
Date: 8/97

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The following HP publications will also be useful to you.
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Contents
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How to use this online guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Associated Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Setting Up the Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the HP Ethernet Family Adapter in SETUP . . . . . . 11
Using SETUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controlling the Network Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controlling the Remote Power Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Network Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Driver Installation - LAN Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The LAN Activity Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tips for Setting Up the HP Ethernet Family Adapter . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Running HPIEDIAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What You Can Do With HPIEDIAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Getting Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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2 Installing Novell NetWare Drivers
Installing Novell NetWare Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ODI DOS Client Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ODI Driver with DOS Requester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ODI Driver with DOS Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Starting a NetWare Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ODI OS/2 Client Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ODI Driver for Windows for Workgroups Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Windows for Workgroups OEM Information Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parallel Transferring ODI DOS Client Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Parallel Transferring ODI Driver with DOS Requester . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parallel Transferring ODI Driver with DOS Shell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starting a Parallel Transferring NetWare Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
NET.CFG Options for Novell NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sample NET.CFG File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3 Installing Microsoft Network Drivers
Installing Microsoft Network Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Network Driver Interface Specifications (NDIS). . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LAN Manager 2.x DOS and OS/2 Client Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
NDIS 2.01 Driver for Windows for Workgroups 3.1. . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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NDIS 2.01 and 3.0 Drivers for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 . . 50
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
NDIS 3.0 Driver for Windows NT 3.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Miniport Driver for Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing Miniport Driver for Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing Miniport Driver for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
NDIS 2.01 and 3.1 for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4 Installing Other Network Drivers
Installing Other Network Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
NDIS 2.01 Driver for Artisoft LANtastic 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
NDIS 2.01 Driver for Banyan VINES Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
NDIS 2.01 Driver with DEC PATHWORKS 5.0 Client. . . . . . . . . . 64
NDIS 2.01 Driver with FTP PC/TCP 2.x for DOS/Windows. . . . . 65
NDIS 2.01 Driver for IBM LAN Services 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
NDIS 2.01 Driver with IBM Warp Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
NDIS 2.01 Driver for PC-NFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
NDIS 2.01 Driver with Other Networking Products. . . . . . . . . . . 73

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5 Configuring for Remote Boot
Configuring for Remote Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting Up a Novell NetWare 3.x and 4.x Server for Remote Start 79
How to Create a Boot Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remote Program Load on NetWare 3.x and 4.x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Remote Boot on Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Remote Boot under Windows NT Server 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
DHCP/TFTP Boot under Windows NT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6 Driver Options - Software Keywords
PCNET Driver-Specific Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Common Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Operating System Keywords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Novell NetWare DOS & OS/2 ODI Client Keywords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
NDIS 2.01 Driver Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
NDIS 3.x Driver Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Artisoft LANtastic Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Setting Up the Network Connection

1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Setting Up the Network Connection
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Setting Up the Network Connection
This section describes the procedure to make a LAN Disk using either the Windows-
based HP Master Diskette Creation utility or MS-DOS.
To setup the network connection:
•connect the LAN cable to the PC as described in the User's Guide supplied with
your PC.
•check the configuration of the interface before installing the LAN drivers.
NOTE HP LAN drivers are supported on Vectra PCs only. This does not apply to drivers for
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 95.

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1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Configuring the HP Ethernet Family Adapter in SETUP
Configuring the HP Ethernet Family Adapter in SETUP
Reconfigure the HP Ethernet Family Adapter using SETUP if you:
•want the PC to start from the LAN server
•want to change the remote power settings
•want to disable the HP Ethernet Family Adapter
If you don't need to change the configuration, install the LAN drivers required
to use the PC on the LAN.
Using SETUP
You must use the PC's SETUP program to change the HP Ethernet Family Adapter
settings. You can:
•Set the Security features
•Control the Remote Power function
•Enable or Disable the HP Ethernet Family Adapter.
Controlling the Network Security Features
The Security features allow you to enable starting from the network if you want the
PC to start from a LAN server.
You can also disable other boot options to prevent the PC from booting should the
network or server fail.
Controlling the Remote Power Function
The HP Ethernet Family Adapter has the ability to power up the PC upon the
receipt of a special sequence (known as a Magic Packet™) from the network.
The Remote-Wake mode allows the PC to resume (or Wake-Up) normal functioning
when it is in SLEEP (SUSPEND) mode.
The Remote-Power mode allows the PC to start when it is switched off.

1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Network Driver Software
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Network Driver Software
The HP Ethernet Family Adapter is based on the AMD PCnet family of network
adapters. The following drivers are included:
•Novell NetWare 3.x,4.x ODI under DOS, OS/2 and Windows for Workgroups.
•Microsoft Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS 2.01) compatible
networks, including:
❒Artisoft LANtastic
❒Banyan VINES
❒DEC Pathworks 5.0
❒FTP PC/TCP 2.x
❒IBM LAN Services 4.0
❒IBM Warp Connect
❒Sun PC-NFS 5.0
❒Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x
❒Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11
❒Windows 95
•Microsoft Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS 3.x) compatible
networks, including:
❒Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
❒Microsoft Windows NT 3.5
❒Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
❒Windows 95
•Microsoft Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS 4.x) compatible
networks, including:
❒Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
If your network operating system is not listed above, refer to its manuals to install
the driver.
NOTE Due to the evolving nature of the driver software, there may be a README.TXT file
in driver subdirectories on the LAN Disk. Please check if a README.TXT file exists
for the driver you are installing and read it. The information contained in this file
supersedes any information given in this manual.

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1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Network Driver Software
Driver Installation - LAN Disk
In most cases, driver installation instructions assume that the HP Ethernet Family
Adapter drivers use a directory structure which has been setup to correspond with
the paths that network operating systems search for during the installation process.
Consequently, a “LAN Disk” is provided with your PC containing the directory
structure you need for automatic installation. This LAN Disk can be made up of one
or two diskettes, according to the LAN adapter provided with your PC.
When your PC is not supplied with a separate LAN Disk, the network drivers are
stored on your hard disk or on a “Drivers CD-ROM” in different subdirectories.
If you have the “Drivers CD-ROM”, you can install the network drivers from the CD-
ROM.
If the network drivers are on the hard disk, you have to create the LAN Disk using
the Windows Master Diskette Creation utility.
This HP Ethernet Family Adapter LAN Disk can then be used to install the network
driver for your particular network operating system. We recommend that you make
a note of the directories present on each disk.
NOTE This diskette will be referred to as the “LAN Disk” in the installation procedures.
If you download the HP Ethernet Family Adapter drivers from the World Wide Web,
follow the instructions provided to expand the driver directory structure either onto
your hard disk or onto flexible disks.
The installation instructions, detailed in other documents, are intended to provide
examples for easy installation. However, the procedure for your particular network
configuration may vary. Refer to the network software's user’s manuals for specific
instructions to load additional drivers from proprietary diskettes.
Driver Installation for
the HP Net Vectra
The HP Net Vectra has no flexible disk drive. When using the driver installation
procedures for the Net Vectra, all references to flexible disks should be mapped to a
virtual disk drive.

1 Setting Up the Network Connection
The LAN Activity Light
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The LAN Activity Light
The HP Ethernet Family Adapter provides two lights to indicate status.
The LAN Activity Light is on the front panel of some Vectra PC. It is used to indicate
when the PC is accessing the LAN and is occasionally referred to as a “Virtual Hard
Disk Activity Light”.
NOTE To program this light signal, the line LED2=0x90h was added in all the configuration
files on your LAN disk (for example NET.CFG and PROTOCOL.INI). If you change
or remove this line, the LAN Activity Light will stop working.
A second kind of light is found on the back panel of your PC, one beside each of the
UTP connectors. This light indicates the link status and it is lit when there is a valid
connection from the interface to a hub port.

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1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Tips for Setting Up the HP Ethernet Family Adapter
Tips for Setting Up the HP Ethernet Family Adapter
If you want to: You need to: What happens:
Run SETUP Reset the PC.
When the message
<Setup=F2> appears,
press the F2 key.
The SETUP menu will appear.
Save your SETUP selections From anywhere in the SETUP
program, press ESC until the
Exit menu appears.
You will be asked to confirm
that you want to save the
settings. Press the Enter key.
The PC will restart.
Know the PC’s MAC address. Reset the PC.
When the <Setup=F2>
message appears, press the
Esc key.
The MAC address is displayed
with the summary information
(only when the Ethernet
interface is enabled).
Use the Vectra PC as a client
on the LAN.
Run SETUP.
Set an Administrator
Password.
Check the HP Ethernet Family
Adapter configuration.
Make a LAN Disk and install
the drivers.
When you power-on the PC,
you will be able to log onto the
LAN server.
Allow the PC to start from the
operating system on the LAN.
Run SETUP.
Set an Administrator
Password.
Enable Start from Network.
Make a LAN Disk and install
the drivers. Configure your
server to remote boot your PC.
When you power-on the PC, it
will start from the LAN server.
Check the LAN interface. Run the diagnostic utility as
described later.
Refer to “Troubleshooting and
Error Messages” on page 16.

1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Troubleshooting and Error Messages
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Troubleshooting and Error Messages
This section explains how to troubleshoot the HP Ethernet Family Adapter using
the HPIEDIAG utility.
HPIEDIAG is an interactive diagnostic program. It includes easy to run diagnostics
for testing the LAN interface and the network links.
•If the PC is supplied with a LAN Disk or the “Drivers CD-ROM”, the HPIEDIAG
utility is in the \DIAG subdirectory.
•If the PC has preinstalled software on the hard disk, the HPIEDIAG utility is on
the PC's hard disk in the LANDRV\DIAG directory.
To display information on the LAN drivers and utilities, start Windows and click
on the README icon in the HPUTILS Window.
The README file explains how to copy the files to a diskette. Use the LAN Disk
to run the HPIEDIAG utility. For more information, refer to “Driver Installation -
LAN Disk” on page 13.
Running HPIEDIAG
CAUTION Make sure your network software and drivers are not running. This may require
editing configuration files and restarting the operating system.
HPIEDIAG is a DOS program and should be run either under MS-DOS (preferably)
or in a DOS window:
•If you use Windows 3.x, you must exit Windows to run HPIEDIAG.
•If you use Windows 95, shut down and restart Windows 95. When the PC displays
“Starting Windows 95”, press F8 and select “Safe mode command prompt only”.
•If you use Windows NT, shut down and restart your system under MS-DOS.

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1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Running HPIEDIAG
To run HPIEDIAG:
1Insert the diskette containing the HPIEDIAG utility in drive A.
2Make drive A the current drive, type: A:
3Change to the \DIAG directory, type: CD \DIAG
4Start the HPIEDIAG utility, type: HPIEDIAG
HPIEDIAG automatically detects the presence of the HP Ethernet Family Adapter,
and displays the settings of the interface: I/O address, IRQ, DMA channel, and MAC
address:
Example HPIEDIAG screen.
•Use the or key to move the highlight to the menu item Interface Test,
Link Test or Exit Program.
•Use the key to display help about the highlighted item.
•Use to select the highlighted item.
•Use the key to return to the previous menu.
What You Can Do With HPIEDIAG
HPIEDIAG displays the HP Ethernet Family Adapter's I/O address, IRQ, DMA
channel, and MAC address. The main screen allows you to start the interface test
and link test.
HP Ethernet Family Adapter Diagnostic
Ethernet Family Adapter Status
I/O Address Interrupt Level DMA Channel MAC Address
FCE0h IRQ 10 N/A 080009xxxxxx
Main Menu
Interface Test
Link Test
Exit Program

1 Setting Up the Network Connection
Running HPIEDIAG
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Interface Test Use this option to do a quick test of the interface's hardware and configuration.
During this test, no packets are sent or received over the network, so the network
cable does not have to be attached to the interface.
It is recommended that you use this option any time you change the interface's
configuration. The test takes very little time to run and provides the most complete
verification that the interface's hardware and configuration are correct.
Link Test This option tests the interface's ability to send and receive packets over the network.
For this test, the network cable must be attached to the interface.
The test sends IEEE 802.2 Test packets out on the network. Another node on the
network must act as the responder.
To be a responder, the node must be able to respond to the IEEE 802.2 Test packets
with IEEE 802.2 Test Response packets. Any HP Hub Plus, HP SNMP-managed
bridge, or HP router will respond correctly.
The program automatically finds a responder on the network.
Exit Program This option terminates the HPIEDIAG session.
Error Messages
For a list of all error messages and their explanations, refer to the README file in
the \DRVMSG subdirectory of either the LAN Disk or the C:\LANDRV directory of the
PC's hard disk drive.
Getting Support
For access to HP support refer to chapter 6 of the User's Guide supplied with your
PC.

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Installing Novell NetWare Drivers

2 Installing Novell NetWare Drivers
Installing Novell NetWare Drivers
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Installing Novell NetWare Drivers
This document explains how to install the Novell NetWare Open Data Link Interface
(ODI) drivers required to use the PC with a Novell NetWare LAN.
•If the PC is supplied with the HP LAN Disk, use this disk to install the LAN drivers.
•If the PC has preinstalled software on the hard disk, the LAN drivers are supplied
on the PC's hard disk in subdirectories in the \LANDRV directory.
When you start your PC for the first time you will be asked to select which type of
network you want to use with your PC. According to your selection the appropriate
drivers and files will be automatically installed. If you want to install network
software at any other time, follow the procedure described below.
If you want to use the DOS-based Vectra PC as a client on the LAN, refer to the
steps given under “ODI DOS Client Driver” on page 21. Alternatively, refer to the
steps given under “Parallel Transferring ODI DOS Client Driver” on page 34.
If you want to use the OS/2-based Vectra PC as a client on the LAN, refer to the
steps given under “ODI OS/2 Client Driver” on page 26.
If you want to use the Windows for Workgroups 3.11-based Vectra PC as a client on
the LAN, refer to the steps given under “ODI Driver for Windows for Workgroups
Clients” on page 29.
NOTE Before installing the network drivers, connect the HP Ethernet Family Adapter to
the LAN and set up (configure) the HP Ethernet Family Adapter.
HP LAN drivers are supported on Vectra PCs only. This does not apply to drivers for
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 95.