3Com 5377 schematic

3+0pen

TM

for

Macintosh®

Release

For

3Com

1-SQO-NET-3Com

Part

No.

Published June 1990. Printed

User

5377-00

Notes

Group

Information

in

the U.S.A.

Contents

Features Notes 1

Installation Information 4

Software Notes

TokenRing 2 AppleTalk

Phase 2 2 DayStar Adapters 2 Maximum Macintosh Users 2 Server Requirements 3 Backup 3 LocalTalk/3Server Conflict 3 3Com Bridge and Router Compatibility 3 3+ Interoperability 4 AppleShare® File Server User's Guide 4

AppleTalk

Phase 1 4 Reinstallation 5 AppleTalk

Installing the

Upgrading Upgrading from Phase 1 to Phase 2

Phase 2 5

Phase 2

3+

3+0pen AppleTalk

Stack 6

Mail CP

10

11

Installing on a Server with the 3+0pen Intemet/X.25

Service Already Installed

Before Rebooting a 3+0pen Server

11

12

15 Access Privileges 3+0pen Mail

16

Working with Multiple 3+0pen Mail LocalTalk

Support Installations

17

Switch Launching 20

Concurrent File Sharing U sing Application File Extensions

21

r

3-tOpen

for

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1990

June

Documentation Notes

23 AFP Database 23 Configuration File

[AppleTalk] section

Parameters

of

24

LANMAN.INI 24

[AFPSelVer] section ofLANMAN.1NI

Page-Specific Updates 25

Phase 2 Installation

26 HELPCOW.MSG 26 ...,AFP

26 Passwords 26 Alert on Error [AppleTalk] section

Parameter 27

of

PROTOCOL.INI, AppleTalk

Phase 1 Global Parameters Zonenames 27 [AppleTalk] section

of

PROTOCOL.INI, AppleTalk

Phase 2 Global Parameters [AppleTalk] section

of

PROTOCOL.INI, AppleTalk

Phase 2 Stack Port-Specific Parameters 28

Configuration Tuning and Performance

3Com SelVice Combinations 30 Parameter

Troubleshooting

Suggestions

31

General Troubleshooting

31

32 User Problems 36 Printing Problems 44 Large Network Problems

50 Bad Password Audit Log Entries 52 Installation Problems 53 AFP SelVer Errors 55

25

27

28

30

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iii

3+0pen™ for Macintosh® Release Notes

These

release

need

to

The

first section contains product

supersedes

Administrator's Guide.

installation infonnation. before

The the

Guide.

you

remainder of

software

infonnation the

infonnation

notes

install

and

the

infonnation

install 3+0pen

the

and

the

Tuning,

troubleshooting,

are

included. you

provide essential infonnation that

use

3+0pen™

in

the

The

second

Be

sure

for

Macintosh

release

3+0penfor

notes

Use

need.

you

for

Macintosh®.

feature

3+0penfor

infonnation that

Macintosh

section contains

to

read

both these sections

on

your

network.

contain infonnation

Macintosh Administrator's

and

error

the

table of contents

message

tips

to

find

about

and

NOTE: For page-specific changes documents, see the release notes. All page references refer to the 3+0pen for

Macintosh Administrator's

Featu

res

Notes

This release of 3+0pen for Macintosh differs product described

Administrator's Guide

describes those differences.

3-tOpen for Macintosh Part No. 5377-00 June 1990

to

3+0penfor

"Documentation Notes" section in these

Macintosh

Guide.

from

the

in

the

3+0penfor

in

several

Macintosh

ways.

This section

1

Token Ring

Token ring is not supported. A TokenTalk™ port cannot be configured. For further infonnation, see the

porttype

parameter, pages A-24 and A-34, in Appendix A, Configuration File Parameters. The

be

cannot

TokenTalk.

porttype parameter

AppleTalk Phase 2

The AppleTalk® Phase 2 stack does not contain a router. details, see the "Installing the

3+0pen

AppleTalk Phase 2

For

Stack" section in these release notes.

DayStar Adapters

You can install multiple DayStar™ LocalTalk adapters in selVers with a standard AT bus (3SelVers® and PC selVers). You cannot install multiple microchannel versions DayStar LocalTalk adapters

in

limitation

For

infonnation on worldwide DayStar LocalTalk adapter

the adapters.

in a PC

selVer due to a built-in

of

distribution, call 1-800-962-2077.

Maximum Macintosh Users

The maximum number

be

can

simultaneously logged into a given Macintosh selVer is 29. The number completely independent network media being used.

maxaspclients and maxnamedpipeclients parameters on

pages A-4 and A-5, Appendix A, Configuration File Parameters.

of

Macintosh workstation users that

of

the number

For

further infonnation, see the

3+0pen

of

Macintosh users is

of

PC users and the

for

3-tOpen for Macintosh

Part No. 5377-00

June 1990

Server Requirements

To run

3+0pen

for Macintosh, you need a minimum 8 MB system. This minimum does not include memory requirements for additional services such

as

Name, Mail,

or

Internet.

Backup

For infonnation on backing up and restoring Macintosh files stored on a

3+0pen

for Macintosh server, see the 3 +

Open

Backup Guide Addendum for Macintosh, included in your

3+0pen

for Macintosh package.

LocalTalk/3Server Conflict

Due to shared circuitry, some communication ports cannot port is also used.

If

you are using the 3Server LocalTalk port, do not attempt to connect printers, modems, and other devices to the ports identified in the list that follows.

3+0pen comm port: Marked

3S/4xx

COM3 SYNC A COM4

of

the 3Com 3Server

be

used

on

SYNCB

if

the built-in LocalTalk

back

panel:

3S/5xx

COM3 COM2 [3+]

3Com Bridge and Router Compatibility

3Com bridges and routers, such AppleTalk protocols, but you can use them as transparent bridges AppleTalk protocols pass through the bridge, you connect a remote Ethernet network running Macintosh using the

3+Open for Macintosh Part No. 5377-00 June 1990

on a 3+0pen

or

COM3 [3+0pen]

as

BRI2()()(),

do not route

for Macintosh network. Because the

can

3+0pen

BR/3000 or IB/3000 in bridging mode.

©

3Com

for

Corporation, 1990

3

3+ Interoperability

3+0pen 3+Print, can simultaneously.

AppleShare® File Server User's Guide

The the

3+0pen

authorized

Installation

You Update 3+0pen 3+0pen

1.1

Maintenance

AppleTalk Phase 1

When internets, zonename into Macintosh

for

Macintosh

and

other

have

3+

and

3+0pen volumes

AppleShare

File

for

Macintosh package.

Apple

dealer or reseller.

Information

must

install

the

on

an

existing 3+0pen server

for

Macintosh.

for

Macintosh

Update

you

install

the

you

may

as a means

multiple

zones

Print

Service.

has

full interoperability

3+

services. Macintosh workstation

open

on

Server User's

Guide

To

3+0pen Version

.1.1

before

The

correct

package.

Release

disks

See

the 3 +Open

Notes.

with

3+File,

the

desktop

is

not

included

obtain copies,

Maintenance

you

install

are

part of

Version

AppleTalk Phase 1 stack/router

want

to

use

the

internal

network

of segmenting large Ethernet networks

for

3+0pen-specific services like

users

see

your

on

in

an

large

While same zone, Phase 1 can

internal or external ports, appear in the network,

that

segmentation of

©

3C6m

Corporation, 1990

all ports-across multiple

physical network-in Phase 1

each

3+0pen server's internal

effect of

you

have

the

be different.

having

set

up

same

an

All

zonenames,

multiple

subsets

zones

of servers

zonename.

Ethernet backbone

servers,

on a single

The

must

network

the

Chooser.

with

end

result

into

connected

be

in

the

to

same

the

zonename

whether

for

To

obtain

Ethernet

internal

multiple

3-tOpen for Macintosh

networks

is

effective

zones.

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June 1990 4

in

Reinstallation

If

you

install over a previously installed server, or if program configuration. continue you

want current about

asks

to

volume

users,

you

if

have

start

remove

you

If

you

them

from

the

want

have

defmed, scratch,

configuration or primary group infonnation

select

No.

AppleTalk Phase 2

The

3+0pen 3+0pen AppleTalk port has

no 2 routers of

3+0pen 3+0pen AppleTalk together.

AppleTalk

for

Macintosh

routing

capability, but

and

the

for

AppleTalk

networks,

Phase 2 stack

allows

on a server.

3+0pen

Macintosh.

Phase

such

and

running

AFP

to

save

volumes

select

and

you

server, the

the

installation

current

configured

the

do

to

configure a single

AFP

default

not want

in

this

release

and

to

value.

This AppleTalk Phase 2

does

support third-party Phase

Mail

LocalTalk support component

You

cannot currently

2 stack

as

to

LocalTalk

connect several

and

use

Ethernet,

AFP

server

want

save

of

stack

the

to

If

your

The

parameters zonelist, enablerouter, not included stack

is

If

you

the

network,

for

the

be a subset of

connected ensures that

router step

6 in

3-tOpen for Macintosh Part No. June 1990

5377-00

in

the

PROTOCOL.INI

installed.

are

using a third-party router or plan

you

should

server's

AppleTalk

the

network

the

server

is

subsequently started

the

installation instructions that

assign a networkrange parameter

port.

The

range

that

is,

or

will

by

the

third-party

will

remain visible

on

the

and

default port

file

when

the

to

install

networkrange

be, established

Phase 2 router.

to

users

network.

For details,

follow.

©

3Com

Corporation, 1990

Phase

one

should

for

This

even

are 2

on

the

if a

see

5

Installing the 3+0pen AppleTalk Phase 2 Stack

You

may

choose stack, rather than stack/router,

•

You

already

•

You

have

no

install the

to

install

the

3+0pen AppleTalk Phase 2

the

3+0pen AppleTalk Phase 1

if:

have

Phase 2 routers

a single network with

short-tenn need

most

recent version of AppleTalk.

to

do

on

no

routers

routing,

your

and

network.

installed, you

want

you

to

roo-

Selection

Builtin Builtin Other Daystar

NOTE: You begin Macintosh by running the 3SIS program. For instructions, see pages Macintosh.

The 24

in Chapter

To

install

2-8 to 2-12 in Chapter 2, Installing

instructions that

the

process o/installing

follow

2,

Installing 3+0pen

replace those

AppleTalk Phase 2

for

stack:

3+0pen/or

on

pages

Macintosh.

2-20

1. Select AppleTalk Phase 2 Stack from the Install a

Service dialog

choose the

OK

command

box

and

button.

•

If

you

are

appear in the

of

3Server 3Server

Ethernet

LocalTalk

installing on a

Port

for

Ethernet LocalTalk

Adapter

following

AppleTalk

3Com

dialog

3Server, the port choices

box:

Protocols

[Yes [No [No [No

-

to

2-

<OK>

Figure 1. Selection of Port for AppleTalk Protocols on a 3Server Dialog Box

6

3-tOpen for Macintosh

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No.

June 1990

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~

•

Selection

If

you are installing on a PC server, the port choices

appear in the following dialog box:

of

Port

for

AppleTalk

Protocols

----

Etherlink Etherlink/MC Other Daystar

Figure

2.

3Server Dialog Box

II

Ethernet

LocalTalk

Selection

2.

Select the port and enter

You may only select a single port.

3.

Choose the OK command button to continue.

NOTE: adapter, you is adapters. 3

+Open 3+0pen see

Adapter Adapter

Adapter

of

Port for AppleTalk Protocols on Other Than a

(3C503) [No (3C523) [No

Adapter

[No [No

<OK>

Yes.

If

you entered Yesfor

are

asked

to

the

default hexadecimal/IO address for DayStar

This

parameter driver for server.

the

installation manual for your DayStar adapter.

any

DayStar adapter used

For

other configuration information,

the

provide

is

needed

DayStar LocalTalk

the

I/O

address.

to

configure

on

0x340

the a

4.

If

You must enter the Adapter Section title EtherLinkII-just file.

•

3-tOpen for Macintosh

Part

No.

June 1990

5377-00

prompted, enter the Adapter Section title.

-such

as

it appears in the PROTOCOL.INI

If

you chose Other Ethernet Adapter in step

in

the Adapter Section title that is PROTOCOL.INI file.

the

as

I,

enter

7

•

If

you

chose EtherLink

II

Adapter or EtherLink/MC

Adapter, the correct Adapter Section title appears

the

dialog box.

•

If

you

have selected Built-in 3Server Ethernet, Built-

in

3Server LocalTalk, or DayStar LocalTalk

2,

you

are

not prompted for

The AppleTalk Phase

2 stack

an

Adapter Section title.

is

automatically

installed.

If

you

are

using

any

steps

5,

6,

and

type of Ethernet port,

7.

If

not,

go

to

step 8

you

to

enable the

stack.

in

step

will see

in

5. Choose the information.

If

you

to

step

6.

Enter network

You

see

If

you

No),

go

If

you

OK

are

using

8.

Yes

if

you have a

or

pkln to

a prompt if

have

no

to

step

choose

Yes,

command

an

Ethernet port

put a router

you

router present or planned (if

8.

you

ending network range numbers

•

To

provide a

router

networkrange

is

not present on the network

boots, enter the starting

If

you

numbers.

do

defaults. (Using the defaults will cause the Phase 2

to

stack ranges See

use Apple-defined default network number

and

may

result in network number conflicts.

the paragraph that follows.)

button to accept the

go

to

step

router

are

are prompted

not know

on the connected

on the network.

using

an

Ethernet port.

for

and

a default

for

the

and

ending network range

the

range,

6.

If not,

you

starting

zone.

stack

to

when

the

leave the the

go

choose

and

use

if

server

a

8

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The

networkrange

the

range

party

router

defined

for

by

a (current or planned) third-

the

network.

router's network range

networkrange networkrange

can

result

that

is

inaccessible

who

try

to established sessions new

ones can

could

be 3 to

is

not a subset,

in

network number conflicts

to

Macintosh workstation users

establish

new

will

be

established.

the

server must

For example,

is 2 to

5.

sessions. continue

be

a subset of

if

20, the server's

If

the

server's

bringing

up

and

a router a server

Currently

to

work,

but

the

no

• Enter a default which

3+0pen

will

be

located. services the

current or

7. Choose the OK command button to accept the information.

Several AppleTalk step

8. Choose Enable a Service from the Operations menu.

9. Select the

10. Choose the OK command button again to confirm your selection.

A

more

Phase 2 protocol stack

is

to

enable

3+0pen

OK command button.

message

tells

zone.

to

be

located in planned

messages

This detennines

for

Macintosh

Leaving

seed

appear until

the

File

default

router.

is

the

zone

and

Print Services

value

will cause

zone

defined

the

installation of

completed. The

it.

AppleTalk Phase 2 Stack and choose

you

that

the

operation

has

been

in

by

the

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9

11. Choose the OK command button.

This completes the installation and enabling AppleTalk components

Upgrading

To run

2.0 driver, Macintosh users with 3+Mail® for Macintosh must upgrade the 3+Mail CP file to version 1.6. The 3+Mail CP file is used by 3+ Mail for Macintosh to access the 3+ and 3+0pen work with 24-bit monitors using 32-bit QuickDraw.

The 3+Mail Ask3Com need assistance using Ask3Com, call1-S00-S76-3266. Press 3, then 3 again.

When you provide version 1.6 affected Macintosh network users, remove any previous versions and then to install the new file startup disk. Getting

Macintosh

on

Started

Phase 2 stack. You

of

3+0pen

3+Mail

an AppleTalk Phase 2 network with an EtherTalk

Name service over Ethernet.

CP

file, version 1.6, can be downloaded from the

SM

Forum, Library 4, Patches and Fixes.

For

installation instructions, see Appendix D,

on a 3+0pen

User

Guide.

for Macintosh.

CP

may

now

It

is also modified to

of

the 3+Mail CP icon to

be sure to remind them to

of

3+File

in

the System Folder

Network

or

in

the 3+Mailfor

of

the

install the other

If

you

3+Mail CP files,

on

their

NOTE:

3+Mailfor

connected a 3 +

Open

on

a 3 +

server.

to

a 3

for

Macintosh

+Open

server

users

on a LocalTalk

must place

or

on a local

network

their

mailboxes

hard

disk,

3+Open for Macintosh

Part

No.

on

not

5377-00

June 1990

Upgrading from Phase 1 to Phase 2

When

you

upgrade reinstall over existing global parameters contained in the file

are

lost.

To

keep a copy of existing parameters:

1.

Copy the [AppleTalk] section in the PROTOCOLJNI file

before upgrading

2.

Rename the copied section title [Old _ AppleTalk] and print it.

3. After performing the upgrade the data in the [Old_AppleTalk] section to edit the [AppleTalk] section in the new version of the PROTOCOLJNI file.

from

AppleTalk

an

existing AppleTalk

and

[AppleTalk]

or

Phase 1 to Phase

Phase

2 stack,

all

individual port parameters

section of the PROTOCOL.INI

reinstalling.·

or

reinstallation, use

2,

or

Installing on a Server with the InternetlX.25 Service Already Installed

Internet/X.25 component use different versions of

Internet/X.25 component

the

Internet/X.25 driver.

If

you component on a server with the Internet/X.25 service installed, This

procedure preserves

XNS

Mail LocalTalk support component,

3+Open for Macintosh Part No. 5377-00 June 1990

3+0pen

and

the

3+0pen Mail LocalTalk support

the

XNS

driver.

and

the

3+0pen Mail LocalTalk support

are

installed

are

installing the 3+0pen Mail LocalTalk support

you

must

driver.

If

Internet/X.25

follow

on

the

same

server,

you

a special installation procedure.

the

Internet/X.25 version of the

is

installed after the 3+0pen

no

action

If

both

should

is

necessary.

use

already

11

To

install

the

a server

3+0pen

with

Internet/X.25

Mail

LocalTalk support component

already

installed:

1. Type:

net

atop

3internet2

2.

Disable the 3+0pen InternetIX.25 Service using 3SIS.

3.

Install and enable the 3+0pen Mail LocalTalk Support component.

For

instructions,

3+0penJor

4.

Enable the 3+0pen InternetlX.25 Service using 3SIS.

5.

Reboot the installed server.

see

page

Macintosh.

2-32

in

Chapter

2,

Installing

Before Rebooting a 3+0pen Server

on

Before services. stopping

You

LAN

Manager

Alternative 1: Shutting Down a Single Server

This

services

the

any

©

3Com

Corporation, 1990

rebooting

This

section describes

the

server.

can

shut

down

Manager

server

procedure lets

on a single

server

is

rebooted.

OS/2

workstation.

the

server,

other services

server.

last.

you

server.

Be

safely

You

be

sure

All can

sure

to

three

before

to

shut

tum off

data

is

execute

stop

the

alternate

shutting

down

the

file

caching

written

this

procedure

3+Open

cache

and

methods

down

LAN

and

to

disk before

for Macintosh

Part

No. 5377-00

June 1990

all

of

the

stop

from

To

stop

from

an

the

OS/2

cache

program

workstation:

and

perform

an

orderly

shutdown

1. Log in as

an

Admin for

\\servername.

2. Type the following lines in succession for the server

you want to stop:

net

admdn

net

use

x:

net

run

net

run

e:

net

use

net

admdn

{put

If

you

are

server, enter

nat

admin

\\servername

x:

\\aervername\admin$

cacha cache

x:

other

/lazy:*:off Istop

Id

\\sarvarname

services

on a 3Server,

the

following

\\servarname

to

reboot.

line:

Ie

stop

If

net

nat

you

stop

start

stop

here}

are

nat

afpserver

on

a concurrent

sarvar

run

Alternative 2: Creating a Batch File

The

commands

a

.CMD

stopping

file

that

the

server last.

in

the

stops

batch

all

possible

file

that

services

follows

can

be

in

succession,

placed

in

In

such a file,

standard batch

the

single named X to servemame.

In

such a

after stopping the 3+0pen

them

to

3+Open for Macintosh Part No. 5377-00 June 1990

each servemame

file

command

execute,

file,

you

perform

normal

could

be replaced

parameters (for example, %

x

sarvernama

replacing

should

wait approximately

Mail

shutdown

causes

the

% 1 parameters

and

Name

procedures

©

the

Services

3Com

with

1).

Entering

batch

file

with

the

five

minutes

to

allow

and

close

files.

Corporation. 1990

All

rights reserved.

13

If

you

plan

to

use

a batch

you

need

to

succession,

the

same

location program not

The

example

batch

command

Place

(for the

net

where want

To

copy

@ rem

net vaitn net net vai net net

e:\os2\eaehe e:\os2\eaehe

is

stored

a standard program of 3+0pen

-m parameter of that

follows

file

to

pause.

is

not

to

the

batch

file

example,

server

admin

time

the

with

\\

is

batch

in

the

••

the

file

the

create a shutdown batch

con

shutdown.

send * "going

-q

-ml

stop

3mail

stop

3name

tn

-q

-mS

stop

afpserver

stop

server

/lazy:*:off /stop

copy

as

the

batch

on

the Server Installation #2 diskette (it

the W AITN.EXE

sets

The -q parameter specifies that the

return output

on

each server in a

root directory of

command

rvarname

time

of

day

to

begin execution.

cmd

down

/y /y

/y

file

to

stop

all

the

WAITN.EXE

file.

The W AITN

LAN

the

amount

to

of

the

line:

/e

at

{time}

in 24-hour fonnat

file

enter

the

in

one

minute!

services in

program

.EXE

Manager).

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system.

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location

server). Then stop

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when

you

following lines:

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users

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receive

message

in

the

this

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down

file.

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AFP

server if you want

user

notification.

to

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users,

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