Novell TCP/IP

Missing INETCFG Information

If any information is missing from INETCFG after a new installation, it is because no information was uploaded to the TCPIP.CFG file. Similarly, if INETCFG information is missing or you get configuration error messages after an upgrade, it is because no new information was uploaded to the TCPIP.CFG file and some entries have become invalid. In either case, delete the SYS:/ETC/TCPIP.CFG file and reconfigure through INETCFG.

Supernetting

• Once the server is configured with a supernet mask, it behaves like an end node when IP Forward gets disabled. It continues to behave like an end node, even if the mask is changed to a non-supernet mask and the system is reinitialized. To make it work like a router, change the state of the IP packet forwarding or RIP or LAN Static Routing in INETCFG and reinitialize the system.
• With the CIDR mask on, some valid host IDs ending in .255/.0 cannot be bound.

Fault Tolerance

• Fault tolerance is supported on ODI^TM compliant drivers (such as CE100B, IBMFE, PCNTNW, 3C90XC, and N100).
• Load balancing and fault tolerance features cannot be configured in the protocols menu of INETCFG if the bindings are created by transferring commands from AUTOEXEC.NCF. To resolve this problem, delete all of the bindings from the Bindings menu and add them again.

Load Balancing

• Load balancing might not work when all the clients' IP address are mapped to a single server NIC and all the clients start data transfer simultaneously.
• Multihoming might not work in some cases where the hosts are supernetted.

Viewing Bindings

You can discover and load drivers using NWCONFIG and subsequently bind the boards to IP addresses through INETCFG. However, NWCONFIG does not show the bindings. To see the drivers, unload the drivers from the system console and reinitialize the system. NWCONFIG then shows the bindings added through INETCFG.

Routing

EGP and OSPF are not completely functional in this release.

RAM

Ensure that at least 512 MB of RAM is available where the server is to be stressed with heavy network operations.

IP Trace

Once the IP Trace is loaded, you cannot load anything from the console until the Trace finishes. To load something, close the Trace screen.

Application Dependency

If the IP address used by an application is changed, it might stop working. For more information, refer to the documentation for the particular application.