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I wish to know if Accton en1408t Gigabit NIC can be installed and activated at 1000 mbps on Novell netware 4.10 server. Specs of the card shows that drivers are available for Novell 3.11/3.12 and Novell 4.11 (Ufcourse drivers are there for other OS also, but I am talking abour Novell only as being my concern). I am using SMC 10/100 stackable manageable switch 6824M with Gigabit copper port 6824GT. Earlier I was trying to install SMC 9452TX, however, it supports novell 4.20 and may be above versions of netware. My main concvern is inbstalling Gigabit NIC on existing Novell netware 4.10 server and activating it with Gigabit switch port. As our application runs fine with 4.10 we do not intend to invest anything on upgrading OS. This is also because we intend to change overall infrastructure and will implement ERP when we may require to switch on existing OS too. In view of this please do not advise on changing OS version to any upgradation. In short I will appreciate responce saying (If possible with explanation) whether said card (Accton en1408t) ar any alternate card that can installed on existing licenced novell netware 4.10 and activated with 1000 bast T switch port (Full duplex is prefrable, however, half duplex will also do).
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by: PsiCopPosted on 2004-07-25 at 18:13:27ID: 11634035
Probably not. NetWare v4.2 was NetWare v4.11 with all the patches and updates, but some of those were not backported to v4.10. Besides, why would you want to?
Look, face facts. NetWare v4.x is VERY OLD. The newest version of that line was EOLed about 4 YEARS ago. You are not doing your business any favors by continuing to use an old, outdated version of the NOS. You're unsupported and you run into silly things like this, where you're trying to get a card that wasn't even designed when v4.1x was EOLed to run on v4.1x. Kinda silly, don't you think?
And don't you think its also silly to be putting the $$$$ into a modern, gigabit Ethernet network and letting your NetWare installation languish running software from LAST century? Does that make sound business sense?
If you want this-century performance, then you need to bring ALL your components into this century. That includes your NetWare installation. You can make a relatively painless upgrade to v5.1, with the option of ditching IPX along the way, and be fairly sure you'll be able to support that card. You'll also be able to support the NOS.