Location of driver:   \NWSERVER\VLAN.LAN

NOTE: VLAN is supported on NetWare* 4.10 and 4.11 only.

Overview

The PRO/100 Server adapter supports Cisco's* ISL implementation of Virtual LANs (VLAN). VLANs allow a network to be divided in logical segments. To use the VLAN capabilities, the EtherExpress PRO/100 Server adapter must be connected to a Cisco switching hub which supports the ISL implementation of VLAN. For more information on VLAN, please see the VLAN.TXT readme file.

General Instructions for Configuring a Single Adapter with VLANs

1. Load the server driver (E100SNW.LAN) with the VLANMODE command line parameter set to 1. Do NOT bind E100SNW.LAN to any protocol stacks.

   Example:

   LOAD E100SNW VLANMODE=1 SLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2

2. For each VLAN that you would like the PRO/100 Server to be a member of, load the VLAN driver and assign a VLAN ID, Name and Frame Type. With only one EtherExpress PRO/100 Server Adapter installed, the VLAN driver will automatically bind to the EtherExpress PRO/100 Server adapter. In addition, the VLAN driver can be loaded multiple times for a single VLAN using up to four different frame types. A maximum of 64 VLANs can be created. If running IPX, all instances of the VLAN driver must be bound to IPX with a unique network number.

   Example:

   LOAD VLAN VLANID=10 NAME=vlan_10 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=20 NAME=vlan_20 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=20 NAME=vlan_20 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3

   NOTE:FRAME setting for the VLAN driver MUST match the FRAME setting of the server driver.

3. Bind IPX to the VLAN driver using the NAME defined when loading VLAN.

   BIND IPX TO vlan_10 NET=1000
   BIND IPX TO vlan_20 NET=2000
   BIND IPX TO vlan_20 NET=3000

1. Load the server drivers (E100SNW.LAN) with the VLANMODE=1 command line parameter set to 1. Do NOT bind any instances of the E100SNW.LAN driver to any protocol stack.

   Example:

   LOAD E100SNW VLANMODE=1 SLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD E100SNW VLANMODE=1 SLOT=10006 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2

2. For each VLAN that you would like the PRO/100 Server to be a member of, load the VLAN driver and assign a VLAN ID, Name, Frame Type and the Physical Adapter it will be bound to. The physical adapter is specified by the slot number (BINDTOSLOT). In addition, the VLAN driver can be loaded multiple times for single VLAN using up to four different frame types. A maximum of 64 total VLAN's can be created.

   Example:

   ;- Create VLANs on 1st Adapter
   

   LOAD VLAN VLANID=10 NAME=vlan_10 BINDTOSLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=11 NAME=vlan_11 BINDTOSLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2

   ;- Create VLANs on 2nd Adapter
   LOAD VLAN VLANID=20 NAME=vlan_20 BINDTOSLOT=10006 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2
   LOAD VLAN VLANID=21 NAME=vlan_21 BINDTOSLOT=10006 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2

   NOTE: Single digit slot numbers are used on PCI 2.1 spec systems.

   Example:

   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=10 NAME=vlan_10 BINDTOSLOT=5 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=20 NAME=vlan_20 BINDTOSLOT=6 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2
   	

3. Bind IPX to the VLANs using the NAME defined when loading VLAN.

   Example:

   BIND IPX TO vlan_10 NET=1000
   BIND IPX TO vlan_11 NET=1100
   BIND IPX TO vlan_20 NET=2000
   BIND IPX TO vlan_21 NET=2100

NOTE: Adapter Fault Tolerance requires at least two PRO/100 Server adapters installed.

1. The Adapter Fault Tolerance NLM must be loaded before loading any other drivers. It should be loaded in the STARTUP.NCF.

   Example (STARTUP.NCF):

   LOAD AFT

2. Load the server drivers (E100SNW.LAN) with the VLANMODE command line parameter set to 1. Do NOT bind any instances of the E100SNW.LAN driver to any protocol stacks.

   Example:

   	LOAD E100SNW VLANMODE=1 SLOT=10005 NAME=primary FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD E100SNW VLANMODE=1 SLOT=10006 NAME=secondary FRAME=Ethernet_802.2
   	

3. For each VLAN that you would like the Fault Tolerant Team to be a member of, create a VLAN on the Primary adapter. Load the VLAN driver and assign a VLAN ID, Name, frame type and the physical adapter it will be bound to. The physical adapter is specified by the slot number (BINDTOSLOT). The adapter you assign will be the primary adapter. Do not load VLAN on the adapter that will be the secondary adapter.

   Example:

   LOAD VLAN VLANID=10 NAME=vlan_10 BINDTOSLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 
   
   	LOAD VLAN VLANID=20 NAME=vlan_20 BINDTOSLOT=10005 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2
   	

   NOTE: Do NOT bind the VLAN driver to the secondary adapter.

4. Bind IPX to the VLAN driver using the NAME defined when loading VLAN.

   Example:

   BIND IPX TO vlan_10 NET=1000
   BIND IPX TO vlan_20 NET=2000

5. Enable Adapter Fault Tolerance by running AFT BIND followed by the primary slot number and the secondary slot number.

   Example:

   AFT BIND 10005 10006

   For additional information about AFT, see the NWAFT.TXT and AFT.TXT readmes.

VLANID:

Specifies the VLAN ID number used to become a member of a VLAN. This number must have a VLAN ID assigned on the switch the adapter is connected to.

Syntax: VLANID=n (where n = 1 to 1024)

Default: none. The ID must be assigned.

NOTE: In order to run the PRO/100 Server adapter in VLAN mode, you must load E100SNW.LAN, with VLANMODE=1.

BINDTOSLOT:

Specifies the slot number of a unique PRO/100 Server adapter in the system to bind to the VLAN.

Syntax: BINDTOSLOT=<slot_number>

Where <slot_number> is the slot number assigned to the PRO/100 Server adapter when the E100SNW.LAN driver loads.

NAME:

Specifies a unique name for the VLAN instance. If a name is not assigned, then the driver will create a name.

Syntax: NAME=<vlan_name>

Where <vlan_name> is an arbitrary name used to identify the VLAN. Names must be less than 18 characters long. If NAME is not specified, VLAN will create using the following formula: VLAN<VLANID>_<FRAME-TYPE>. These names may be used in BIND commands as if the names were assigned manually.

Example:

VLAN10_8022
VLAN20_8023
VLAN30_SNAP
VLAN40_EII

FRAME:

Specifies the Frame type for the VLAN

Syntax: FRAME=n

n =	Ethernet_802.2 Ethernet_802.3 Ethernet_II Ethernet_SNAP

This applies to:

Intel® PRO/100 Intelligent Server Adapter