When you bind the IPX™ protocol to a board, you specify the cabling scheme’s IPX external network number.
The IPX external network number is a hexadecimal number. This number must be the same for all boards cabled together that use the same frame type.
The IPX external number must be different from the number used by boards of other frame types and must be different from the addresses of other cabling systems on the network. The cabling scheme’s IPX external network number must also be different from the internal network address for any node on the network.
The following procedure explains how to use HDETECT to load a LAN driver and bind a protocol.
At the server console prompt, enter the following command
HDETECT
After the platform and hotsupport module is detected, continue to the next screen.
The Driver Summary screen detects the storage adaptors, storage devices and network modules. Select Modify and navigate to network boards.
In the Driver List screen, make the necessary modification to the selected driver.
Enter the properties for the driver.Edit frames option.
In the next screen, select ethernet_802.2 as frame type. If the driver is loaded you will get a read-only alert and will be prompted to return to driver list screen. In such a case select Return to go back to Driver List option. Delete the driver and return to the back to modify->edit frames and select ethernet_802.2 as the frame type.
After selecting ethernet_802.2 as frame type, return to driver list and from the Driver List screen return to the Driver Summary screen.
In the Driver Summary screen continue to load drivers.
Select Configure Protocols, select driver and click enter.
In the Configure IPX protocols option, select frame type as ethernet_802.2
Enter the IPX internal network number.
Click continue to return to Driver Summary screen.
Continue to complete.