NETsilicon 2560 User manual

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Print Server Card
For Novell NetWare¨, AppleTalk, and TCP/IP Networks
Owner's Manual
Ethernet and Token Ring Models

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Important
No title to or ownership of the software described in this document or any of its parts, including
patents, copyrights and trade secrets, is transferred to customers. It is against the law to decipher,
de-compile, or develop source code for the software described in this document, or knowingly
allow others to do so.
There are no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this document. Information in
this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment. This man-
ual is protected by United States Copyright Law, and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted
or distributed, in whole or part, without the express prior written permission.
Copyright Notice
© 1999, NETsilicon, Inc., DPI Imaging Division, Waltham, MA 02452.
Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved.
Trademarks
• AppleTalk is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
• Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation.
• HP LaserJet III, HPLaserJet IIISi, HP LaserJet 4Si, are registered trademarks of Hewlett
Packard Corporation. HP UNIX is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Corporation.
• DPO Card is a registered trademark of Osicom Technologies, Inc., DPI Print Server Divi-
sion.
• Microsoft is a registered Trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and Windows NT
are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
• Novell, NetWare, and UNIX are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.
• Token Ring is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. PC is
a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
• PostScript is a registered trademark ofAdobe Systems, Inc.
• SCO UNIX is a trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
• SUN and Solaris are trademarks of SUN Microsystems, Inc.
• ULTRIX is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Part Number
8833158 Rev. C/March 1999

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Warning
United States: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a ClassA digital
device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when this equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment gener-
ates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
owner's manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his/her own expense.
Canada: This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital
apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communication.
Le présent appareil numérique n'émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques (de la classA) prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par
le ministère des Communications du Canada.

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1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction-1
1.1 What's in Your Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction-2
1.2 Hardware/NOS Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction-3
2 Installing the Print Server Card . . . . . . Hardware Installation-1
2.1 Preparing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Installation-1
2.2 Token Ring Jumper Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Installation-2
2.3 Connect the Network to Print Server Card: Ethernet . . . . . . . . Hardware Installation-3
2.4 Connect the Network to Print Server Card: Token Ring . . . . . Hardware Installation-4
2.5 Powering Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Installation-5
3 Using the Management Access Program or a
Standard Web Browser . . Management Access Program or Web
Browser-1
3.1 Where to Place the MAP Utility . . .Management Access Program or Web Browser-1
3.2 How to Install MAP in Windows . . .Management Access Program or Web Browser-2
3.3 Using the MAP Program . . . . . . . . .Management Access Program or Web Browser-2
3.4 Web IP Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Management Access Program or Web Browser-2
4 NetWare Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-1
4.1 Configuring NetWare 2.15 and 3.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-1
4.1.1 Start PCONSOLE and Select File Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-2
4.1.2 Create Print Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-2
4.1.3 Enter the Print Server Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-3
4.1.4 Configure the Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-3
4.1.5 Assign Print Queues to the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-4
4.1.6 Set Up Notify Options for the Printer (Optional) . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-5
4.1.7 Installing the Print Server on Multiple File Servers . . . . . NetWare Configuration-5
4.1.8 Primary File Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-6
4.1.9 Preferred File Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-6
4.2 Configuring NetWare 4.0x Bindery Emulation . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-7
4.2.1 Confirm Bindery Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-7
4.2.2 Configure in Bindery Mode with PCONSOLE . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-8
4.3 Configuring the Print Server Card in NetWare Directory Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-10
4.3.1 Create Printer Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-11
4.3.2 Create Print Server Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-12
4.3.3 Create Print Queue Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-12
4.3.4 Assign Printer Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-14

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4.3.5 Assign Print Server Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-16
4.3.6 Check Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-17
4.3.7 Set Up and Reset the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-18
4.4 Print Server Card Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-18
4.5 Using the Novell PCONSOLE Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-20
4.5.1 Changing the File Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-20
4.5.2 Changing Print Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-20
4.5.3 How to Set Up Notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NetWare Configuration-21
5 Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-1
5.1 Windows IPX Peer-to-Peer Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-1
5.1.1 Introduction and Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-1
5.1.2 Installation and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-2
5.2 Windows IP Peer-to-Peer Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-3
5.2.1 Introduction and Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-3
5.2.2 Installation and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing-4
6 AppleTalk Configuration . . . . . . . . . .AppleTalk Configuration-1
6.1 Choosing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-1
6.2 Loading the AppleTalk NIManage Utility Program . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-3
6.3 Configuring the Print Server Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-4
6.3.1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-4
6.3.2 Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-5
6.3.3 Protocol Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-5
6.3.4 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AppleTalk Configuration-6
7 TCP/IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP Configuration-1
7.1 Installation in a Windows Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-1
7.1.1 Windows for Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-1
7.1.1.1 Installing TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-2
7.1.1.2 Loading the lpr Spooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-2
7.1.1.3 Setting up the Print Server Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-2
7.1.1.4 Assigning IP Address with ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-2
7.1.1.5 Assigning IP Address with BOOTPL16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-3
7.1.1.6 Setting up IP and lpr Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-4
7.1.1.7 Creating an lpr Queue on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-4
7.1.2 Microsoft Windows 95/98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-5
7.1.2.1 Loading the lpr Spooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-5

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7.1.2.2 Setting up the Print Server Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-5
7.1.2.3 Assigning IP Address with ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-6
7.1.2.4 Assigning IP Address with BOOTPL32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-6
7.1.2.5 Setting up IP and lpr Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-7
7.1.2.6 Setting up lpr on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-8
7.1.3 Windows NT Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-8
7.1.3.1 Setting Up the Print Server Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-9
7.1.3.2 Assigning IP Address with ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-9
7.1.3.3 Assigning IP Address with BOOTPL32 . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-10
7.1.3.4 Setting up IP and lpr Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-10
7.1.3.5 Setting up lpr on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-11
7.2 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-12
7.3 IP Discovery and Peer to Peer Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-13
7.3.1 How to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-13
7.3.2 Configure IP Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-13
7.3.3 IP Unit Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-13
7.3.4 IP Peer-to-Peer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-14
7.3.5 Add Printers for IP Peer To Peer Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-15
Step 1: Use IP-P2P to Add Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-15
Step 2 Use the Add Printers option in Windows (Unset Settings/Printers).
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-15
7.4 FTP Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-16
7.4.1 FTP Printing Using Netscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-16
7.4.2 Drag and Drop Method using Netscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-16
7.4.3 FTP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-16
7.5 UNIX Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-17
7.5.1 Configuring the IP Address on the Print Server Card . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-18
7.5.1.1 Using BOOTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-19
7.5.1.2 Using rarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-21
7.5.1.3 Using ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-22
7.5.2 lpd/lpr Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-23
7.5.2.1 Setting Up a BSD Remote Printer to Use lpd/lpr . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-23
7.5.2.2 Setting Up an AIX Version 2.5 Remote Printer to Use lpd/lpr
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP Configuration-24
7.5.2.3 Setting Up an AIX 4.0 System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP Configuration-25
7.5.2.4 Setting Up an HP/UX Remote Printer to Use lpd . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-26
7.5.2.5 Setting Up an AS/400 Systems to Use lpd/lpr . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-26
7.5.2.6 Setting Up a DEC ULTRIX 4.3 RISC or OSF1/ALPHA Remote Printer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP Configuration-27

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7.5.2.7 Setting Up a SCO UNIX Remote Printer to Use lpd/lpr
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-28
7.5.2.8 Setting Up System V Release 4 and Solaris 2.X to Use lpd/lpr
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-29
7.5.3 Installing TCP/IP for Print Server Card If Not Running lpd/lpr
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-30
7.5.3.1 Loading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-30
7.5.3.2 Script Selection of Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-31
7.5.3.3 Manual Selection of Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-31
7.5.3.4 Installing and Printing on Ver. 1 Solaris and OSF1 Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-32
7.5.3.5 Installing & Printing on an DEC ULTRIX 4.3 System .TCP/IP Configuration-33
7.5.3.6 Installing and Printing on the HP/UX System . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-34
7.5.3.7 Installing and Printing on a System V (Solaris Ver. 2)/System V Rel. 4
386-based Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-35
7.5.3.8 Installing & Printing on a SCO UNIX System . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-37
7.5.3.9 Installing and Printing on an AIX RISC System/6000 .TCP/IP Configuration-39
7.6 Running Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-41
7.6.1 Making Connection and Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-41
7.6.2 Configure IP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-42
7.6.3 Select Printer Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-43
7.6.4 Enable/Disable Network Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-44
7.6.5 Restore Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-44
7.6.6 Change Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-45
7.6.7 Exit Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCP/IP Configuration-45
8 Operation and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-1
8.1 LED Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-1
8.2 Status Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-3
8.3 Resetting the Print Server to Factory Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-5
8.4 How to Diagnose Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-6
8.5 Troubleshooting Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-7
8.5.1 Troubleshooting Network Hardware Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-7
8.5.2 Troubleshooting NetWare Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-7
8.5.2.1 NetWare Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-7
8.5.2.2 File Server Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-8
8.5.2.3 Workstation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-8
8.5.2.4 Print Server Card Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-8
8.5.2.5 Printer Server/File Server/Printer Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-9

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8.5.2.6 Workstation to Print Server Card Connection Checklist . . . . . Troubleshooting-9
8.5.2.7 Print Server Card Loses Its File Server Connection . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-9
8.5.2.8 Unable to Print from a Different Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-10
8.5.3 Troubleshooting AppleTalk Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting-10
Appendix A Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-1
Ethernet Print Server Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-2
Token Ring Print Server Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-3
A.2 Reset to Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-3
A.3 BUS Handshake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-3
A.4 Ethernet-Specific Jumpers (10BaseT/10Base2 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-4
A.5 Token Ring-Specific Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumper Setting-4
Appendix B Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications-1
B.1Print Server Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications-1
B.210/100BaseT and Token Ring UTP Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications-2
B.3Token Ring STP Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications-3
Appendix C NIC MIB Definition . . . . . . . . . . .NIC MIB Definition-1

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