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	  Installing the NetWare 3.1X/4.X Server SNMP Management NLMs
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Kit Contents:

README.TXT    - This file.

RELEASE.NOT   - Important release notes about the SNMP Management NLMs.

RFC1643.NLM   - NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) which enables the management
		of RFC1643 objects for Digital's EtherWORKS Network Adapters.

RFC1514.NLM   - NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) which enables the management
		of RFC1514 objects for Digital's EtherWORKS Network Adapters.


Product Requirements:

Oper. Sys.   - Novell NetWare 3.1X/4.X





			 ***TRADEMARKS***

DEC, Digital, DECpc, and AXP are trademarks of Digital Equipment 
Corporation. 

Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and NetWare Loadable Module,
NLM, NetWare Management System, and NMS are trademarks of Novell,
Incorporated.

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.


This file describes the operation of the Digital EtherWORKS SNMP 
Management NLMs (hereafter referred to as "The NLMs") which operates 
over the IPX and IP protocols on NetWare 3.1X/4.X servers.  The NLMs 
introduces objects from the following two MIBS:  RFC1643.MIB and RFC1514.MIB.

RFC1643.MIB contains objects from RFC1643 the Ethernet MIB.  These objects
are statistics unique to IEEE 802.3 Ethernet physical network media.  

RFC1514.MIB contains objects from RFC1514 the Host Resources MIB.  These
objects contain information useful for identifying the specific adapters 
installed on the system.



Section 1  INSTALLING AND LOADING THE NOVELL SNMP AGENT
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The Novell NetWare SNMP Agent NLM (SNMP.NLM) must be installed and loaded
on your NetWare 3.1X/4.X server prior to loading the Management NLM.  If 
the SNMP Agent NLM is not loaded on your NetWare server, the Management NLM
attempts to auto-load it.  You can specify a control community string/name 
when loading the SNMP Agent NLM.  For example, to load the SNMP Agent NLM 
with a control community name of "private", you would issue the following 
command at the System Console:

     :LOAD SNMP C=private


				NOTE
	  If you load SNMP.NLM without specifying a community name, the
	  default community name is "public".  This allows management
	  stations to query the server (perform Get operations) but will
	  not allow the stations to modify any management attributes.  This
	  is of no consequence for RFC1643 and RFC1514, since all supported
	  objects are read only.  If, however, you plan to use other SNMP
	  support NLMs that allows Set operations, you must specify a
	  community name.  If a community name other than "public" was
	  entered, you must use that same community name for all Get and
	  Set operations from the management station.
       


Section 2  INSTALLING THE MANAGEMENT NLM ON THE SERVER
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Perform the following steps to install RFC1643.NLM and RFC1514.NLM:

I.   Verify that a supported Digital EtherWORKS network adapter is properly
     configured and installed.

II.  Verify that the driver has been loaded and properly bound to IPX or IP.

III. Copy the NLMs to either a DOS partition (substep IIIA.) or a NetWare
     partition (substep IIIB.) of your NetWare 3.1X/4.X server hard disk.

     A. To copy the NLMs to a DOS partition, enter the following commands:

	      COPY A:\RFC1643.NLM C:\
	      COPY A:\RFC1514.NLM C:\

	You may substitute C:\ with another DOS partition and subdirectory.

     B. To copy the NLMs to a NetWare partition, perform the following steps:

	1. From a DOS workstation, connect to the NetWare 3.1X/4.X server.

	2. Log in as user SUPERVISOR.

	3. Change to the SYS:SYSTEM directory by entering the following
	   command:

	      CD SYS:SYSTEM

	4. Copy the NLMs to the current directory by entering
	   the following command:

	      COPY A:\RFC1643.NLM
	      COPY A:\RFC1514.NLM

	5. Log out of the session.

IV.  Load the Digital EtherWORKS SNMP Management NLMs.

     To load the NLMs, enter one of the following commands:
			
     A. If you installed the NLMs using step IIIA., enter the following
	command at the System Console:

	   :LOAD C:\RFC1643.NLM
	   :LOAD C:\RFC1514.NLM

	Note: If you installed the NLMs in a partition or sub-directory other
	than C:\ be sure to specify the correct path in the load statements. 

     B. If you installed the NLMs using step IIIB., enter the following
	command at the System Console:

	   :LOAD RFC1643
	   :LOAD RFC1514

	A drive path is not included at the load statement in the second
	example.  This is because RFC1643.NLM and RFC1514.NLM are copied to
	the SYS:SYSTEM directory which is the NetWare 3.1X/4.X default server
	path.



Section 3  IMPORTANT USAGE NOTES
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Driver Dependencies  
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The NLMs have an important dependency on the network adapter drivers.
When the NLMs load, they scan the system for compatible network adapter
drivers.  If no driver is located, the NLMs do not load.  If compatible
drivers are located, the NLMs make note of the drivers, and display the
load banner.  It is important that the network drivers NOT be unloaded
while the SNMP Management NLMs are running.  The NLMs are dependent upon
the existance of the network adapter drivers, but this dependency cannot
be enforced.  Unloading a network driver, and then using an SNMP tool to 
access the SNMP management information for that adapter will result in un-
predictable behavior, and most likely a server ABEND.

Supported Drivers  
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The NLMs scan for network drivers with the following names:

	DE4*    DE5*

* implies a wild card match for the rest of the driver name.  It is
important to note that the NLMs WILL NOT WORK with the DC2* drivers, such  
as DC21040.NLM and DC21140.NLM. 

Novell NetWare SNMP
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Due to a limitation of the NetWare SNMP implementation, only ONE agent may
provide the instrumentation for a particular SNMP object.  This means that
in order to use the Digital RFC1643 or RFC1514 instrumentation, there must
NOT be any other RFC1643 or RFC1514 instrumentation loaded.  This is NOT due
to bad or inadequate design of the Digital SNMP Co-agents, rather, this is
a fundamental design feature of the Novell NetWare SNMP architecture. 
