NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: IPX Upgrade for NetWare 3.1x, 4.1x README FOR: IPX65A.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: IPX Upgrade for NetWare Servers 1.0 NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.0 NetWare Connect 2.0 NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.1 NetWare 3.12 NetWare 4.11 NetWare 3.11 NetWare 4.1 SFT III 4.11 IntranetWare NetWare SFT III 4.1 ABSTRACT: IPX65A contains the new common IPXRTR stack (version 6.5a) for NetWare 3.11/3.12/4.1/4.11 platforms. It supercedes IPXRT4.EXE and 41RTR4.EXE. It provides several fixes to IPXRTR.NLM and related NLMs. For 3.11 & 3.12 servers that do not have IPXRT3.EXE or IPXRT4.EXE installed, it enhances the native IPX routing cabilities and provides NLSP functionality by installing IPXRTR.NLM and related NLMs. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: ================================================== Section 1 Installing IPX65A.EXE Section 2 Notes Section 3 Issues and Tips Section 4 Fixes and Related Technical Information Documents _________________________________________________________________________ ================================================== Section 1 Installing IPX65A.EXE _________________________________________________________ NOTE: Do NOT install IPX65A on a server or router running NetWare MultiProtocol Router 2.x, MPR Plus 2.x, NetWare WAN Links 2.0, or a NetWare 3 SFT III server. To install IPX65A on a local server, complete these steps: 1. If your server is running NetWare 3.11 or 3.12, then install LIBUPB.EXE. (Abends may occur if this update is not applied.) 2. If your server is running MPR 3.0, then copy the PPPTSM.NLM from the SUPP directory. It is version 3.02, dated Sept 18, 1996. 3. Backup the files on your server that are included in this update. They are listed below. 4. Explode the file IPX65A into an empty directory on the server. (To explode the file, type IPX65A.EXE .) NOTE: If floppies are created for this install, then copy the files in the directory IPXSERV1 onto one floppy and label it IPXSERV1 with the DOS label command. Then copy the files in the directory IPXSERV2 onto the second floppy and label the second floppy IPXSERV2. 5. At the server console prompt, type LOAD INSTALL . 6. Select Product Options, then press . A new window will display the NetWare products currently installed on your server. 7. Press to install IPX65A A new window will display a prompt with drive A: as the default. 8. Point INSTALL to the path containing the IPXSERV1 directory. For example, SYS:\IPX65A\IPXSERV1 If you are installing from floppy, then the floppies must be labeled IPXSERV1 and IPXSERV2 (with the DOS label command) correspondingly; otherwise, the install will continue to insert the disk. 9. Press The "Installation Options" menu will appear after a few moments. 10. The selection "Install Product" will be highlighted; press . 11. Select the local server, then select Yes to start the installation. The following message will appear when all files have been installed: "Installation was successful. Bring down and restart each server on which you installed to ensure that it uses the newest NLM files. " 12. Press The "Installation Options" menu will reappear. 13. Press 14. Select "Yes". The "Currently Installed Products" window will reappear, showing the software you just installed. 15. Press to return to the "Installation Options" menu. 16. Press again. 17. Exit INSTALL. When you load INSTALL and select Product Options > View/Configure/Remove installed products, the following product will be listed: IPXRTR V6.50 IPX Upgrade for NetWare Servers 18. Before restarting the server, perform the steps in 31XCONFG.TXT to configure IPXRTR on a 3.11 or 3.12 NetWare server. NOTE: IPXRTR configuration on a NetWare 4.1 and 4.11 is done in INETCFG when you configure and bind IPX. ================================================== Section 2 Notes _________________________________________________________ 1. To install IPX65A on a remote server, follow the installation instructions in REMOTE.TXT. 2. NetWare 3.12 and 3.11 servers do not have a SYS:ETC\NLSP.CFG file installed, by default. The LSP Size can be increased/decreased in this file. With IPXRTR v6.5, when a NLSP.CFG file does not exist, the LSP Size default is 1024. (In versions prior to IPXRTR v6.5, the LSP Size default was 512.) ================================================== Section 3 Issues and Tips _________________________________________________________ A. If you want to use Load Balancing, between clients and a local server, read 4BALANCE.TXT for 4.1 servers, 4BAL_SFT.TXT for 4.1 SFT III servers, or 3BALANCE.TXT for 3.12 servers. B. If you will be using TCP/IP, download, and apply TCPN03.EXE. Then install the latest field test file: FTCPSV0x.EXE, which is available in the NSD area of the FTP server and NetWire. If the following undefined symbols occur when loading IPXCON.NLM, NetCfgMakeConfigPath, then install TCPN03.EXE. C. Refer to the NetWare for Macintosh 4.10 for Appletalk updates. D. If you will be using INETCFG or IPXRTR on an 4.x SFT III server: a. INETCFG requires a CLIB dated March 95, or later. b. refer to TID 1007934 Note: To run IPXRTR on NW4.10 environment system must include all OS patches including CHKLANFX.NLM. E. Refer to the file TRBSHT.TXT for tips on examining and troubleshooting your NLSP network. F. PRODUCT INTEROPERABILITY Every effort has been made to identify Novell and third-party products that require RIP or SAP to operate. Other Novell or third-party products that have not yet been identified might also require RIP or SAP. If you have a product that loses connectivity through a Novell NLSP server, complete the following steps: 1. Unload IPXRTRNM and IPXRTR by entering the following commands at the server prompt: UNLOAD IPXRTRNM UNLOAD IPXRTR 2. Reload IPXRTR and IPXRTRNM by entering the following commands at the server prompt: LOAD IPXRTR routing=RIPSAP LOAD IPXRTRNM This returns the IPX router to RIP/SAP-only mode. If connectivity returns, the server requires RIP or SAP to function. G. SERVMAN configurations for IPX RIP/SAP and SAP filtering do not take effect with FIPX65C. H. IPXRTR.NLM will not load if IRWASM.NLM is already loaded. If you want to run IPXRTR.NLM on the same system as NetWare SNA Links 1.0 software, ensure that the LOAD IPXRTR command line precedes the LOAD IRWASM command line in your AUTOEXEC.NCF file. I. Old style QMS printers do not interoperate on NLSP only networks. They require RIP and SAP for the NetWare servers on which the print queues reside. For further information, read QMS.TXT. ================================================== Section 4 Fixes and Related Technical Information Documents __________________________________________________________________________ NEW FIXES 1. Server abends reported in IPXRTR.NLM. 2. If an attempt to load IPXRTR.NLM in the MS engine of a 4.1x SFT III server is done, IPXRTR.NLM will not load, and a message will be reported. (It still loads in the I/O engines.) 3. Improved IPXRTR error messages on the server console. 4. Workstation performing a remote boot was unable to connect to a server. when load balancing turned on. 5. Server with IPXRTR.NLM loaded was not able to ping the internal IPX net number and a node address of all FFs. 6. The new SET command, SET REQUIRED NETWORK FOR SERVICES = OFF, would allow the server to "absorb" a specific service (SAP) if the specific network number did not exist, but the IPX default route existed. However, if the specific network number AND the IPX default route existed, then the software had a bug where it would NOT "absorb" the service. 7. Server with IPXRTR.NLM loaded was not abiding by the "split horizon" rule completely. 8. See PREVFIX.TXT for a list of fixes and features that were included in IPXRT4 and 41RTR4.EXE. Self-Extracting File Name: IPX65A.EXE Files Included Size Date Time ..\ IPX65A.TXT (This file) 31XCONFG.TXT 8398 6-3-97 5:49:36 pm 3BALANCE.TXT 6807 6-3-97 5:50:08 pm 4BALANCE.TXT 6611 6-3-97 5:09:54 pm 4BAL_SFT.TXT 11915 6-3-97 5:51:08 pm PREVFIX.TXT 5521 6-3-97 5:15:06 pm QMS.TXT 1198 6-3-97 5:15:36 pm REMOTE.TXT 5832 6-3-97 5:25:02 pm TRBSHT.TXT 9886 6-3-97 5:33:16 pm ..\IPXSERV1\ MPRDINST.MSG 863 1-3-96 6:00:36 pm MPRDINST.NLM 6535 1-3-96 6:00:36 pm PINSTALL.HLP 5585 11-15-95 6:54:18 pm PINSTALL.NLM 161904 1-4-96 12:15:08 am PSCRIPT.DAT 3230 3-24-97 10:29:14 pm ..\IPXSERV1\IPX\ ICM_SPX.NLM 8550 5-22-97 12:48:42 am IPXPING.NLM 35209 5-22-97 12:45:04 am IPXRTR.NLM 433656 5-22-97 12:37:20 am IPXRTRNM.NLM 74429 5-22-97 12:38:26 am IPXSTACK.NLM 28136 5-22-97 12:38:48 am NLSPAUTO.NLM 6885 1-4-96 12:29:04 am TUI.NLM 53794 5-22-97 8:40:12 pm ..\IPXSERV1\IPX\NLS4\ IPXPING.HLP 6511 9-2-94 6:16:54 pm IPXPING.MSG 1263 5-22-97 12:45:02 am IPXRTR.MSG 16505 5-22-97 12:37:12 am IPXRTRNM.MSG 309 5-22-97 12:38:24 am IPXSTACK.MSG 1431 5-22-97 12:38:46 am TUI.MSG 3016 5-22-97 8:40:10 pm ..\IPXSERV1\MIBS\ IAMGMIB.TXT 23881 5-13-96 4:46:36 pm IPXMIB.TXT 45208 10-28-96 11:10:28 pm MIPXMIB.TXT 10548 2-9-94 6:09:32 pm NLSPMIB.TXT 69501 10-28-96 9:28:24 pm RIPMIB.TXT 13421 4-5-94 4:08:20 pm ..\IPXSERV2\ ..\IPXSERV2\IPX\ IPXCON.NLM 430497 5-22-97 12:42:32 am ..\IPXSERV2\IPX\NLS4\ IPXCON.HLP 159463 5-13-97 10:36:10 pm IPXCON.MSG 40950 5-22-97 12:42:26 am ..\SUPP\ PPPTSM.NLM 181607 5-8-97 11:24:46 am Installation Instructions: See above. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. 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