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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:22:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Server sob story (long)

>I turn to the collective wisdom of this list in hope that someone
>can provide insight into the following:
>
>We have been having server abends on a daily basis for about 2 months.
>The configuration is as follows:
>
>     IBM Model 95 (8595) w/ 24 Mb of memory
>     Two IBM SCSI controllers
>     a 400 Mb IBM drive (unmirrored)
>     Two 1 Gb Maxtor drives (mirrored)
>     NE/2-32 ethernet card
>     Netware 3.11 (250 user) w/ 3.011 Mac NLMs (100 user)
>     Assorted NLMs (PowerChute, AppMeter, NLIClear)
>
>The abend reports: "Non-maskable interrupt (parity error).  Parity error
>generated by system board."  The process that is running varies.
>Everyone who has been involved suspects a problem with
>memory or the system board.  However, we have replaced the following parts:
>memory SIMMs (twice), the system board, the processor board,
>the network board, the SCSI controllers.  Support engineers from IBM
>spent a whole week here and came up with nothing.  They even brought in
>a new machine similarly configured.  When we put our drives in it, the same
>abend occurred.  We suspected perhaps a Maxtor drive was causing it.
>We then tried loading the disk driver for a single controller,
>thus effectively unmirroring the drives.  The server crashed both times.
>We have used a fresh copy of server.exe with the same results.
        <other parts omitted as too horrible for children's eyes>
>Alan Howard                        abh@nirvana.uvm.edu
>Academic Computing Services
>University of Vermont
>Burlington, VT 05405-0160
-----------
        Nothing beyond the obvious: load only the NW NLMs, forgetting about
the third party ones and Mac support. Also on Patches. You did not mention
the state of those, so I'd try without and then with selective patches, and
certainly without added name spaces in the beginning. Driver vintages are
important, especially with Appletalk loaded, so raiding the NetWire novlib
collection is a good step. Finally, there is the usual song and dance about
memory in excess of 16MB, ensuring the SCSI DMA buffers are located below
the 16MB mark. That, as I recall, involves telling NW to not look above 16MB
automatically, then in autoexec.ncf telling it to register the extra memory
(expressed as decimal paragraphs, 16 bytes per paragraph). This tricks NW
into putting those DMA buffers below the 16MB mark, then gain the extra memory.
If the SCSI boards have adjustable bus on/off times then shrink the on time
to permit other bus activity to interleave before timing out (such as memory
refresh every 15 microseconds).
        Joe D.
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:21:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         PAUL@STORK.IUPUI.EDU
Subject:      ODI ?

        Is ODI some kind of cruel joke perpatrated by Novell on unspecting
LAN administrators? We recentlly obtained PathWorks which requires the frame
type of "Ethernet_II". In addition we are running all our Novell server using
frame type "Ethernet_802.3". The VAST majority (nearly 100%) of our network
cards are NE1000 and NE2000 cards.
        According to the manual "Netware ODI Shell for DOS" that came with
Novell 3.11, running the two frame type should be a peice of cake.
Well...... I'm here to tell you that Novell is "out-to-lunch" on this one! I got
the manual out and followed it explecitly. I have since concluded that the
manual has no resemblence to reality!

        1) Can the NExxxx cards handle both frame types?
        2) Has any one been sucsessfull in runnig Ethernet_II and Ethernet_802.3
           on the SAME board at the SAME time?
                I can run one or the other but not both.
        3) Could some one please inform Novell that occasionally we really do
           reley on there manuals and that they should include instructions
           that really work?


One of the many NET.CFG files I'v tried:                Batch File
------------------------------------------------:    -----------------
Link Support                                    :       LSL
        BUFFERS 2                               :       NE2000
                                                :       IPXODI
Protocol ipx                                    :       NETX
                                                :    -----------------
Link Driver NE2000                              :
        INT5                                    :
        PORT 340                                :
        FRAME Ethernet_II                       :
        FRAME Ethernet_802.3                    :
        PROTOCOL IPX 8137 ETHERNET_II           :
        PROTOCOL IPX 0 ETHERNET_802.3           :
------------------------------------------------:

        Protocols get bound to Board#1 only and is soley dependent on which
frame type is listed first!

Any help would be apreciated:

        Paul Anderson                           paul@vax1.iupui.edu
        Wishard Memorial Hospital               317-630-6419
        Indiana University Medical Center
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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:31:33 -0500
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         John Rutherford/Faculty Computing Center
              <RUTHERFORD@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU>
Subject:      fujitsu disk drive

I am thinking of purchasing a Fujitsu 1.2 gig scsi drive to add internally
to a ps/2 model 80. The ps/2 currently has an IBM 300 MB scsi drive (ibm
controller). Will this be a problem installing with 3.11? Does the drive
have to be "netware Ready" or does it require disk drivers to install?

I have been given a price of about 1300, which seems to be a pretty
good price.

Thanks,

John Rutherford
From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
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Subject: Re: DEC DE-200 DRIVERS
Summary: Re: Dec DE-200 drivers
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:01:57 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: bcm.tmc.edu

In article <NOVELL%93012008313677@SUVM.SYR.EDU>,         "Paul Bossons, Computing Services" <CSTPDB@STAFFS.AC.UK> writes:
> I am having problems with DEC DE200 network cards talking to Novell.
> The drivers Dec sent me are dated 1990 which seem rather old.
> Does anyone have experience with DE200 cards?
> 
> Thanks.  Paul.
> 
> Paul Bossons
> Analyst/Programmer
> Staffordshire University
> Uk
> CSTPDB@UK.AC.STAFPOL.CR83
Paul

Buy 3Com cards....... DEC is the worst networking organization
on the planet... most 3Com drivers come with Netware.....

It will save you much grief!

3Com cards come with a lifetime guarantee also.


Good luck,


Coz
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Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:57:00 GMT
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         "Paul Bossons, Computing Services" <CSTPDB@STAFFS.AC.UK>
Subject:      RE: ODI driver for the DEC EtherWorks cards

I can send you a copy of the drivers I currently have, but must point out
that I have had no luck with them with our DE-200 network cards even though
DEC supplied them!

You will need pkunzip and uudecode.

Do you want me to send you a copy?

Paul.
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UK
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Do you have uudecode and pkunzip?
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From: kirkinen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Teo Kirkinen)
Subject: Re: Site License for Netware??
Organization: University of Helsinki
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:34:38 GMT

Janet Perry (Janet_Perry@NOVELL.COM) wrote:
> We will be implementing nodal based pricing around the same time NetWare
> v4.0 ships.  Currently our campus license is based on per server pricing. 
> We don't currently have the pricing available for the nodal license.

I hope that server based Netware licenses will still be available.
-- 
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Teo Kirkinen                                 Teo.Kirkinen@Helsinki.FI
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:13:12 EDT
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From:         Bob Fish_at M-E <RFISH%BROOME@SED.BITNET>
Subject:      NW Runtime error 60001

Does anybody know what this error is? NW2.15C/PCDOS5.0/Netx v3.26/ IPX 3.10.

It happens (seemingly) randomly upon starting an app - usually WP51, but will
then go on and function normally.

***************************************************************************
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:05:11 -0500
From:         "John M. Wobus" <jmwobus@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ALA support
Comments: To: Protocol Converter list <IBM7171@vm.tcs.tulane.edu>
              21 Jan 93 11:51:51 EST." <9301211757.AA00450@mailbox.syr.edu>

IRMCS002@SIVM.BITNET writes:
>We are moving our Library system to an IBM4381 running Notis under
>VSE.  Are there special Terminal Defination Tables that I will need to
>support uesrs  coming in with Yterm, for ALA  support.  It looks like
>from what i read so far that the 316x table should work?   And does
>anyone have experince doing this with the Ibm 3174 AEA?

If you use TML, you may want to check out the TML code I made available
via anonymous ftp on syr.edu in the directory software/notis.  It
includes ALA character support for 316Xs and 315Xs including color
support.  It is partly based on the information available from NOTIS &
IBM.  But we don't use Yterm (at least no one has told me that we do).

Even if you don't use TML, you might want to look at it anyway just for
the translate tables and the graphics rendition strings.

John Wobus
Syracuse University
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:52:16 CST
From:         Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Dialup Problems
              26 Jan 1993 08:51:48 EDT from <BHART@KENTVM.KENT.EDU>

On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:51:48 EDT Bob Hart said:
>I'm  experiencing dialup (switched) connection problems on our 7171.
>
>7171 ports set to 1A00 - 7,E,1 autoconfigure, autobaud
>Modem's buffer and MNP off. Will accept 300 to 9600 baud.
>
>User's using higher than 2400 baud are reporting that after the
>'connect' msg is received, the "TERMINAL TYPE:" prompt fails to appear
>60-80% of the time after hitting <CR>. This also happens to a
>lesser degree at 2400 sometimes.
>

Why don't you use a fixed baud rate at the modem serial port (maybe 9.6)
and on the 7171 port.  Configure the modem to do buffering but not compression.
Then you don't need the autobaud on the 7171.  Oh- it helps to change the
speed at which the 7171 does ifficient screen management.  It comes default
at 7200.  That means that even 300 bps connections would not get the effecient
screen updates.
We have our 7171s connected to a campus wide X.25 network and all ports are
fixed at 9,600.  Almost no problems even for people dialing in at 300.

>Without getting into too many details at this point, has anyone else
>experienced a similar problem and maybe know why this is happening?
>I do have a datascope and test modems/ports setup, as I have been
>looking into this now for many weeks. I'm beginning to suspect that
>the 7171 ports are just too darn sensitive, and lock up on me.
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>Bob Hart               BITNET: BHART@KENTVM
>Technical Support    INTERNET: bhart@kentvm.kent.edu
>Computer Services              (216) 672-7971
>Kent State University          Kent, Ohio

         Dave Nordlund                 Associate Director
         Computing Services            University of Kansas
         NORDLUND@UKANVM.BITNET        nordlund@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
         913/864-0450
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:59:09 -0600
From:         Duane <C7918DP@UMVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      Dialup Problems

We have a rack of Multi-Tech 2400 modems and a rack of Multi-Tech 9600
modems attached to our 7171.  I have noticed that usually to get the
ENTER TERMINAL TYPE message I have to hit enter TWICE on the 9600 modems.
I have not heard any complaints from our user community about this so I
have not taken the time to investigate.
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:05:46 PST
From:         "Mike Friedman (510) 642-1410" <SPGMNF@UCBCMSA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Dialup Problems
              26 Jan 1993 08:51:48 EDT from <BHART@KENTVM.KENT.E DU>

On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:51:48 EDT Bob Hart said:
>
>User's using higher than 2400 baud are reporting that after the
>'connect' msg is received, the "TERMINAL TYPE:" prompt fails to appear
>60-80% of the time after hitting <CR>. This also happens to a
>lesser degree at 2400 sometimes.
>
There is a field in NV-RAM, at DC00:02F4, which specifies the time in
milliseconds to delay before reading the first carriage return (used for
determining baud rate).  Years ago, when I first installed my 7171's,  I
discovered that if this value was too small or too large, the terminal-type
prompt would not always get through.  I somehow settled on the value 3000ms
(3 seconds), which has been working all this time.  Our 7171 ports are attached
to a Develcon port selector, to which the users' terminals connect via twisted
pair and modems.

To change the value to 3 seconds, issue this 7171 Operator Maintenance command:

                         S DC00:02F4 B80B

Of course, you may require a different value in your environment.

(Note:  The 7171 stores full-word (two byte) values in byte-reversed order.
So, B80B = x'0BB8' = 3000 decimal).

I hope this helps.
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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:25:48 MST
From:         Juggler <IH23@UTEP.BITNET>
Subject:      ZModem on TCP/IP

Does anyone kow of a zmodem transfer protocol for a TCP/IP system?
Thanks.

-Juggler

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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:24:25 +0100
From:         Andre' PIRARD <PIRARD@VM1.ULG.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: ALA support

On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:51:51 EST <IRMCS002@SIVM> said:
>We are moving our Library system to an IBM4381 running Notis under VSE.  Are th
>ere special Terminal Defination Tables that I will need to support uesrs  comin
>g in with Yterm, for ALA  support.  It looks like from what i read so far that
>the 316x table should work?   And does anyone have experince doing this with th
>e Ibm 3174 AEA?

Are you sure ALA is still the wave?
IBM has moved to a Character Data Representation Architecture (CECPs) since
5 years now.
If your NOTIS is able to run a CECP (1047 recommended by codes specialists),
you would add overall Latin-1 support altogether by running a CECP to
ISO 8859-1 translation in your 7171 and you would have less problems in
choosing terminal emulators, as most support ISO 8859-1 on communication
lines, which is now the fast growing standard (when limited to 1-byte codes).
I once proposed to store my setup on a 7171 database server.

Andr'e PIRARD         SEGI, Univ. de Li`ege          139.165 IP Adm.
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:36:56 MET
From:         Jos Wennmacker <U001222@HNYKUN11.URC.KUN.NL>
Subject:      Re: Field Mark
              26 Jan 93 11:14:04 CST from <hunterl@UWWVAX.UWW.EDU>

On Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:14:04 CST <hunterl@UWWVAX.UWW.EDU> said:
>
>How does one generate a Field Mark using PIBTERM on a 7171.
>We are using vt100 emulation under PIBTERM on a PC.
>
According to the (my) 7171 manual VT100 tables do not have the field mark
defined.
>
>Lyle Hunter
Jos Wennmacker
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:59:26 CST
From:         Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Field Mark
              27 Jan 1993 07:36:56 MET from <U001222@HNYKUN11.URC.KUN.NL>

On Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:36:56 MET Jos Wennmacker said:
>On Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:14:04 CST <hunterl@UWWVAX.UWW.EDU> said:
>>
>>How does one generate a Field Mark using PIBTERM on a 7171.
>>We are using vt100 emulation under PIBTERM on a PC.
>>
>According to the (my) 7171 manual VT100 tables do not have the field mark
>defined.

Just define a new terminal type (maybe vt100x) with a key sequence defined to
do the field mark.

>>
>>Lyle Hunter
>Jos Wennmacker

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         Computing Services            University of Kansas
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Subject: ALA support
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:51:51 GMT
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We are moving our Library system to an IBM4381 running Notis under VSE.  Are th
ere special Terminal Defination Tables that I will need to support uesrs  comin
g in with Yterm, for ALA  support.  It looks like from what i read so far that
the 316x table should work?   And does anyone have experince doing this with th
e Ibm 3174 AEA?
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:51:48 EDT
From:         Bob Hart <BHART@KENTVM.KENT.EDU>
Subject:      Dialup Problems
Comments: To: Protocol Converter List <ibm7171@tcsvm.bitnet>

I'm  experiencing dialup (switched) connection problems on our 7171.

7171 ports set to 1A00 - 7,E,1 autoconfigure, autobaud
Modem's buffer and MNP off. Will accept 300 to 9600 baud.

User's using higher than 2400 baud are reporting that after the
'connect' msg is received, the "TERMINAL TYPE:" prompt fails to appear
60-80% of the time after hitting <CR>. This also happens to a
lesser degree at 2400 sometimes.

Without getting into too many details at this point, has anyone else
experienced a similar problem and maybe know why this is happening?
I do have a datascope and test modems/ports setup, as I have been
looking into this now for many weeks. I'm beginning to suspect that
the 7171 ports are just too darn sensitive, and lock up on me.

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Technical Support    INTERNET: bhart@kentvm.kent.edu
Computer Services              (216) 672-7971
Kent State University          Kent, Ohio
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:14:04 CST
From:         hunterl@UWWVAX.UWW.EDU
Subject:      Field Mark
Comments: To: ibm7171@vm.tcs.tulane.edu

How does one generate a Field Mark using PIBTERM on a 7171.
We are using vt100 emulation under PIBTERM on a PC.


Lyle Hunter
Computer Center
University Wisconsin-Whitewater
hunterl@uwwvax.uww.edu
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:46:16 CST
From:         Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@UKANVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: ALA support

On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:51:51 EST <IRMCS002@SIVM> said:
>We are moving our Library system to an IBM4381 running Notis under VSE.  Are th
>ere special Terminal Defination Tables that I will need to support uesrs  comin
>g in with Yterm, for ALA  support.  It looks like from what i read so far that

You install special ALA translation tables in the 7171.  You create a new
terminal type based on the 316X (we named it ALA3164) that is patched to
point at the new translation tables.  NOTIS has documents that tell you
how to do this.  We use custom software in CICS not NOTIS but based the
terminal support on NOTIS (at least partialy).  We use the full color ability
of the 3164.

>the 316x table should work?   And does anyone have experince doing this with th
>e Ibm 3174 AEA?

         Dave Nordlund                 Associate Director
         Computing Services            University of Kansas
         NORDLUND@UKANVM.BITNET        nordlund@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
         913/864-0450
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From: shane@utdallas.edu (Shane Davis)
Subject: Re:      Dialup Problems
Reply-To: shane@utdallas.edu
Organization: The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, ACC
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:50:15 GMT

In article <IBM7171%93012709590901@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU>,         Duane <C7918DP@UMVMA.BITNET> writes:
|> We have a rack of Multi-Tech 2400 modems and a rack of Multi-Tech 9600
|> modems attached to our 7171.  I have noticed that usually to get the
|> ENTER TERMINAL TYPE message I have to hit enter TWICE on the 9600 modems.
|> I have not heard any complaints from our user community about this so I
|> have not taken the time to investigate.

Could it be buffering in the modems? Our USR 9600/HST modems act the same
way, even when connected to a Bridge CS/200 rather than a 7171. We also have
Multitech 2400's and there is not so significant a delay on them (they are
attached to an Annex I, however).

BTW, how have your MT 9600's been? Please let me know via E-mail, we're going
to add some more modems (V.32bis type) and our other Multitechs have been
good.

--Shane