Ref: 10710057 Title: 3+ For Macintosh Version 1.2 Installation Release Notes Date: 06-28-89 Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991. All rights reserved. Part No. 3315-00 3+ for Macintosh Version 1.2 Installation and Administration Release Notes This document includes notes related to the installation and administration of the 3+ for Macintosh network. You should read this information carefully before installing your 3+ for Macintosh software. The Release Notes are divided into two sections: .BR;Installation .BR;Administration Subheadings are provided within these sections to assist you in finding information pertaining to your needs. General Use Release Notes are included separately. Where applicable, each note is accompanied by a manual title and page reference. This reference indicates the manual and page containing related information. Guides referenced are: .BR;I&C 3+ Installation and Configuration Guide .BR;Supp 3+ for Macintosh Supplement .BR;Admin 3+ for Macintosh Administrator's Guide Apple Computer, Inc. makes no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the enclosed computer software package, its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose. The exclusion of implied warranties is not permitted by some states. The above exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty provides you with specific legal rights. There may be other rights that you may have which vary from state to state. .H1;Installation Multiple Server Support In this release only, Macintosh netstations are not able to use 3+Route to access shared folders and printers on remote servers via modem and telephone line connections. 3+Route can continue to be used by IBM PC and compatible netstation users in this manner and will continue to support sending and receiving of messages via 3+Mail. Full 3+Route support for Macintosh netstation users will be included in a future release. However, you can configure your network to support multiple servers by connecting the servers with Ethernet. Each server on the network can have an Ethernet segment and an AppleTalk segment attached to it. Macintosh netstation users can then access shared folders or shared printers on any server on the network. Disabling Printed Error Messages If a printer error occurs when a document is printing, PostScript printers attached to a 3+Share server will print an error message. You can disable the printing of these messages by modifying the 3PLUS_ON.BAT file on the server. Follow these steps to make the modification. .LT 1. Establish a 3Console connection to the server. See Appendix A of the 3+ for Macintosh Supplement for details on establishing a 3Console connection. 2. At the C>> prompt, enter 3EDLIN \3CONFIG\3PLUS_ON.BAT and press [Return]. 3. At the * prompt, enter 375 [Return]. The screen displays the following: 375:* 3share 375:* 4. Enter 3Share /D=001 and press [Return]. The /D=001 parameter tells 3+ not to print error messages on the printer. If you change your mind later and want the messages to be printed, follow these steps again, omitting the /D=001 parameter. 5. Enter E and press [Return]. This saves the changes and exits the 3EDLIN program. .EL Supp 2-1 Installing with a Port Expansion Board If your 3Server3 has a port expansion board installed, you must connect the AppleTalk cabling to the AppleTalk port on the port expansion board. No jumper changes are necessary. Supp 2-7 Installing with 3+ Version 1.2 If your server has 3+ version 1.2 installed, your PC netstations are using NetBIOS, and you are adding 3+ for Macintosh, check parameters for all services after installation. Make sure the Locator is installed on one and only one network server, usually the Name server. The network will not operate correctly if the Locator is installed on more than one server. Supp 2-7 Installing with 3+Route or 3+Remote 2-11 Installing 3+NetConnect alone without deleting 3+Route or 3+Remote will result in the message Runminds Failure on the server's LCD during startup. If your server has 3+Route or 3+Remote installed before adding 3+ for Macintosh, you must do one of the following: Deinstall 3+Route or 3+Remote. Choose Install Individual Services from the 3INSTALL main menu and install either NetConnect and Route or NetConnect and Remote. Supp 3-4 Printer Installation I&C 5-60 If your server was previously installed with 3+ version 1.1 or 1.2 and had a printer configured, after installing one of the 3+ for Macintosh standard configuration sets, you must reconfigure the printer. To reconfigure, select "Configure Parameters and Peripherals" from the 3INSTALL main menu. See Chapter 5 of the 3+ Installation and Configuration Guide for complete instructions. Supp 4-2 User Installation 3+ Startup diskettes can be used on any Macintosh netstation. However, saved startup configurations will not work when using the 3+ Startup diskette on a Macintosh netstation connected to an AppleTalk segment on a different server. To change the startup configuration, choose the Chooser, log into the network, link to the desired shared folders or printers, click Status in the 3+ Network Window, click Save as Startup, then click OK.. To delete the startup configuration, open the System Folder and drag the file 3+Prep to the trash can. 3+Share Parameter Adjustment I&C 5-56 The default message buffer size for 3+Share for Macintosh is 2608. For best results, we recommend you use this setting. If you configure a message buffer size larger than 4144, Macintosh netstations can lose their connections to network servers. I&C 5-57 The 3+Share for Macintosh packet receive buffers are set by default to 8. For best results, we recommend you use this setting. If you adjust the packet receive buffers, make sure they are configured to a number less than the ETH3 -h parameter in your CONFIG.SYS file. For complete information on the ETH3 -h parameter, see Appendix D of the 3+ Installation and Configuration Guide. I&C 5-34 CIOSYS Parameter Adjustment 3+ for Macintosh requires the CIOSYS file descriptors and file handlers to be set to a higher value than what is acceptable for PC netstation configurations. The defaults provided in the 3+ for Macintosh standard configurations should be used for best results. Supp B-1 Macintosh Service Parameter Adjustment I&C 5-36 The number of Macintosh threads must be less than or equal to the number of CIOSYS threads. If Macintosh threads are set to a higher number than CIOSYS threads, the setting for CIOSYS threads is used. If you want to increase the Macintosh threads, first change the CIOSYS threads parameter, select Keep to save the changes, then adjust the Macintosh service threads. Manual Errata Supp 3-8 The default for number of buffers used by 3+NetConnect is 8. .LT Supp 3-11 The following mappings have been added to the default B-6 Extension Mapping Table: B-8 DOC=MSWD,WDBN Microsoft Word Version 3.0 file STY=MSWD,TEXT Microsoft Word Version 3.0 style sheet GLY=MSWD,TEXT Microsoft Word Version 3.0 global style sheet TIF=ALD2,TIFF Pagemaker Version 2.0 TIFF format picture file .EL Additionally, the last extension mapping shown in Tables B-2 and B-3 should read as follows: =3MAC,TEXT .H1;Administration Guide Page 3+ Backup Use of 3+Backup on shared folders containing Macintosh files should only be done from a DOS directory level or higher. Because 3+Backup is not aware of Macintosh file characteristics, always restore into empty directories and merge the results. If you use 3+Backup to restore over a directory that contains Macintosh files (or DOS files that have acquired Macintosh file characteristics), you will lose Macintosh files that existed in the directory prior to the restore. If applications are restored, the Finder may not be able to locate them when opening a document unless you rebuild the desktop by pressing [Command]+[Option] when returning to the Finder. If you have nested shared folders, always rebuild the desktop from the from the Home Folder level or another first-level shared directory (such as 3PLUS or APPS). The tape backup unit and AppleTalk share the same circuitry. Therefore, tape backups should be performed during times of low network activity. Macintosh netstations can access the server during backup, but only when there is no tape activity. Because periods of tape activity can be several minutes long, links to shared folders can be lost. General Issues Occcasionally an application may generate a system error without breaking links to shared folders. The server will try to reestablish a link to the shared folder or folders for approximately two minutes. After that time, restarting and logging into the network from the same netstation should allow you to link to the shared folder again. If an error message is displayed when trying to link to a shared folder after logging into the network from the same netstation, log in as Admin and unlink the user from within the 3+Admin application. See "Unlinking a User" in Chapter 2 of the 3+ for Macintosh Administrator's Guide for information on doing unlink a user. Admin 3-8 If the 3+ Network Window is blank when you open 3+Admin, quit the application, choose the Control Panel from the Apple menu, lower the amount of RAM Cache or turn RAM Cache off, and try again. This provides more memory to be available for 3+ Admin. Admin 2-11 Sharing a Folder as Server-User By logging into the network as a server-user, you can create and share folders in one step. These shared folders can be accessed by all network users by selecting the server's name in the 3+ Network Window and clicking Open. Because they are easy to find, server-user shared folders are useful for storing multiuser network applications or files needed by multiple network users. 1. Log in as the server-user for the server on which you want to create and share a folder. If you do not known how to do this, see "Logging In as a Server-User" in Chapter 4 of the 3+ for Macintosh Administrator's Guide. 2. In the 3+ Network Window, click Share. When you first log in as a server-user, Share is enabled. This allows you to create a folder and share it at the same time. The following screen is displayed. 3. Enter a shared folder name for the folder. The shared folder name can be from 1 to 8 characters long with no spaces. Use a name that is descriptive of the folder's contents. For example, if the folder will contain applications, enter a shared folder name of APPS. 4. Enter a password in the Password box, if desired. A password is not required, however if the shared folder is assigned Private access rights and no password, it will be inaccessible. 5. Enter the DOS path for the folder you are sharing in the Path box. For example, to create and share a new directory for multiuser network applications, specify the path C:\APPS. The DOS path specifies the folder name and the exact location on the server's disk where the new folder will reside. The DOS path always begins with the drive designation where the folder will reside. Your server's hard disk is divided into three sections, or partitions, that are assigned the drive designations C:, D:, and E:. Each folder you create from a Macintosh netstation is represented by a DOS directory on the server's disk. In addition to the directories representing your folders, 3+ creates directories on the server's drive C: that are used to organize the system files. You can see what partitions and how much space is available on each by selecting the server's name in the 3+ Network Window and clicking Getinfo. The DOS directory structure is hierarchical the same way Macintosh folders are hierarchical. The figure below illustrates the DOS directory structure on drive C: of a server. 3+ Server Directory Structure In a DOS path, the drive designator and levels of the directory (or folder) hierarchy are separated by a backslash (\). Each level of the hierarchy is assigned a name from 1 to 8 characters long with no spaces. Using this method, the path to the directory 3PLUS, shown in the figure above, is C:\3PLUS. The path to the directory 3NAME is C:\3PLUS\3NAME. As server-user, you can share any directory on the server's hard disk except the root directory (C:\) and create and share new directories. 6. Select the appropriate Access Rights for the new shared folder. Most shared folders created by the server-user contain shared applications and files. Read Only access rights are usually appropriate for folders containing shared applications. The default access rights are Read/Write/Create and are usually appropriate for folders containing shared files or applications that modify themselves. When using a multiuser network application, refer to that application's documentation for more information on the access rights you should assign to folders containing the application's data files. If you assign Private access rights, you must assign a password. Folders assigned Private access rights and no password are not accessible, even by the server-user. 7. Click OK to create the folder and shared folder name. The 3+ Network Window is displayed on the screen and the new shared folder appears in the list box. Click Cancel to bypass creating and sharing the folder. Admin 3-22 Modifying a User Modifying your capability class from Admin to User or changing the name of your Mail or Share server does not take effect until you log out. Prior to logging out, you will continue to have access to Admin functions. Admin 3-27 Deleting a Domain Deleting the last domain in an organization causes the organization to be deleted in the Name service. However, the organization remains as the title of the list box in the 3+ Network Window. Changing the title of the list box to Network removes the organization from the 3+ Network Window display. Admin 3-9 Adding Users When adding users on your 3+ for Macintosh server, it is not necessary to create a new domain with its own network number. 3+ for Macintosh uses the same Name service as the PC netstations on your network. Error Messages Admin A-7 The message Internal driver error. Error 5, Type -95 indicates a problem has occurred when trying to save a startup configuration in the 3+ Network Window. A more explicit error message is displayed before this one. No action is required. Simply click OK and continue working. Try saving the startup configuration again later. Admin A-11 The message Name server not responding. indicates that the Name server is either shut down, disconnected from the network, or busy with requests and unable to respond to your netstation's request. Make sure the Name server is in operation, connected to the network, and no break exists in the network cabling. If the message occurs frequently, move one or more 3+ services to a different server. If you are using a PC server as the network's Name server and this message occurs frequently, move the Name service to a 3Server. Admin A-15 The message "server:domain:organization" is not responding. Retrying... indicates the server is not responding to requests. 3+ will continue trying to establish communication with the server unless you cancel by pressing [Command]+[.]. Cancelling the operation breaks all connections to the indicated 3+Share server. Reboot your Macintosh and log in before continuing work. Admin A-19 The message The print queue is full. indicates the maximum number of print queue entries has been reached. Click 3+Print in the Chooser and look at the print queue. When one or more print jobs leaves the queue, print the document again. If the message appears frequently, increase the maximum print queue entries allowed in the 3+Share Pring service by using the 3INSTALL program. See Chapter 5 of the 3+ Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions. Admin A-19 The message The print server's disk is out of space. indicates drive C: on the 3+Share server to which the printer is attached is full. Make space available on the drive by removing unnecessary files in one or more user's Home Folders, or move one or more user's Home Folders to a different partition or server on, if you have not already.