H164732:  MULTIPLE FORE ATM ADAPTERS DO NOT WORK WITH NETWARE DRIVER


 SYMPTOM:

 When trying to load driver for second card (referred to as ATM
 slot = 1), get one (1) of the two (2) following messages:

 - Message 1:

   LOADING MODULE FORENP2E.LAN
   4-16-98 2:11:49pm  ATMTSM-1.8.6

   ATM HSM FORENP2E HARDWARE REGISTRATION FAILED

   FORENP2E: atmtsm_hsm_Control error code -3
   FORENP2E: Unable to map adapter RAM into NETWARE

   Server-4.11-1957  Attempt to reinitialize re-entrant module
   failed.

 - Message 2:

   Loading Module FOREFP2E.LAN

   Server-4.11-1957  Attempt to reinitialize re-entrant module
   FAILED.

   FOREMUX: FOREFP2E assigned unit number 1

   FOREMUX: Unable to set hardware interrupt
   FOREFP2E: Unable to map adapter Ram into NetWare

 PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:

 - The system is a Netfinity 7000 M10 server, Type 8680,
   all models.

 - The system is running Novell NetWare 4.11

 - The system has two (2) ForeSystems ATM adapters installed.

 - The system complies with the symptom listed in the above
   "Symptoms" section.

 FIX:

 Dual "Fore" adapters work with the FAT drivers (forefp2e.lan,
 2/12/98) when the PCI IRQ settings are adjusted so that the
 two (2) Fore cards are not sharing an interrupt with anything
 else. This means assigning everything else to one IRQ.
 Note: Only 9, 10, and 11 are available to reassign.

 Also, when using ServeRAID and the Adaptec devices, the newer
 .ham drivers are more compatible than the older .dsk drivers,
 when using ForeSystems adapters.

 DETAILS:

 NetWare 5 will supposedly eliminate this problem.

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DATE: September 22, 1998