SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP3191 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: IBMTRP.OS2 TITLE: ProLiant 5000 OS/2 NDIS Driver for IBM PCI Token-Ring VERSION: 1.11 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Drivers/Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Proliant 5000 OPERATING SYSTEM AND VERSION: OS/2 2.x or later SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: IBM PCI Token-ring adapter EFFECTIVE DATE: 8 May 1997 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: Contains an updated OS/2 NDIS driver, IBMTRP.OS2, for the IBM PCI Token-ring adapter to correct an initialization problem when booting OS/2 2.x or later on a Proliant 5000 server. The error varies depending on which slot the Token-ring adapter is in, but the message indicates that there is a problem opening the MAC driver. Before the OS/2 Requester begins to load the following error may display: LT00056: The Open Adapter Request To The IBMTRP_nif MAC Driver Did Not Complete Within The Required Time Limit. When the Requester attempts to load, one of the following messages may appear: Net 3087: Requester detected a problem with the cable connection. Net 3060: The service did not respond to a control signal and was stopped by the DosKillProc function. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is SP3191.EXE. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: SP3191 [ENTER] The following files should be created: IBMTRP.OS2 IBMTRP.DOC 3. After the files are created, you may delete the downloaded file SP3191.EXE if you wish. 4. To install the driver, make a backup copy of the existing IBMTRP.OS2 file in the \IBMCOM\MACS sub-directory on the hard drive and copy the new IBMTRP.OS2 file to the \IBMCOM\MACS sub-directory. 5. Add the following switch to the IBMTRP.OS2 driver in the Config.Sys file: /EOIDELAY=3 The line in the Config.Sys file should read: DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\IBMTRP.OS2 /EOIDELAY=3 6. Restart the server. Copyright 1997, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies