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Configuring the NIC, Using Install in a Novell® NetWare® Environment, Using Install in a Novell
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parallel port connector mouse connector link integrity indicator activity indicator serial port 1 connector keyboard connector serial port 2 connector Figure 4-1. I/O Ports and Connectors optional NIC connector video connector Configuring the NIC You use the 3Com Install program to configure the system's built-in Ethernet NIC. If your system has Dellinstalled MS-DOS, the 3Com files are located in the c:\dell\3com directory. A diskette image of the 3Com files can be used to make a backup diskette. If your system does not have Dell-installed MS-DOS, you should have received a 3Com diskette with your system. To run the program from a diskette, substitute a:\ for c:\dell\3com in the instructions that follow. To run the Install program, follow these steps: 1. Boot the system to MS-DOS. For instructions, see your MS-DOS documentation. 2. Change to the c:\dell\3com directory. For example, type cd c:\dell\3com. 3. Type install and press . The first time you run the Install program, a license agreement screen appears. To accept the terms and conditions of the license agreement, type y and press . The Install information screen is then displayed. 4. Read the Install information screen and press . The Main Menu of the Install program appears. 5. Proceed to "Using Install in a Novell NetWare Environment" or "Using Install in a NonNetWare Environment" found next in this chapter. Using Install in a Novell® NetWare® Environment To use the Install program to configure a single NIC on an MS-DOS client workstation in a NetWare environment, follow these steps: 1. Connect the workstation to a NetWare network. For instructions on connecting the workstation to a network, see "Connecting to a Network" found earlier in this chapter. 2. Complete steps 1 through 4 in "Configuring the NIC" found earlier in this section. 3. When the Main Menu is displayed, select NETWARE DOS ODI CLIENT and press . The Install program then automatically configures the NIC and installs the required software drivers. Several messages appear during the installation 4-2 Dell OptiPlex Gs and Gs+ Low-Profile Systems Reference and Installation Guide