Allied-telesis AT-2912T User Manual

613-001097 Rev. ASecure EthernetNetwork AdaptersAT-2712FX/SCAT-2912TInstallation and User’s Guide

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11PrefaceThis guide contains instructions on how to install the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters and configure the adapters using the driver softwar

Preface12Safety Symbols Used in this DocumentThis document uses the safety symbols defined in Table 1.Table 1. Safety SymbolsSymbol Meaning Descriptio

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide13Where to Find Web-based GuidesThe installation and user guide

Preface14Contacting Allied Telesis This section provides Allied Telesis contact information for technical support as well as sales or corporate inform

15Chapter 1Introducing the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T AdaptersThis chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Sec

Chapter 1: Introducing the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Adapters16Functional DescriptionsBoth the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters feature in-built cry

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide17AT-2912TAdapterThe AT-2912T adapter is a Gigabit Ethernet sec

Chapter 1: Introducing the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Adapters18FeaturesThe following list of features for the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters appli

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide19Physical DescriptionsThis section provides descriptions of th

Copyright  2009 Allied Telesis, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from Allied

Chapter 1: Introducing the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Adapters20The AT-2912T adapter has one LED as described in Table 2.Table 2. Twisted-Pair Port LED

21Chapter 2Installing the HardwareThis chapter contains the following sections: “Reviewing Safety Precautions” on page 22 “Pre-Installation Checklis

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware22Reviewing Safety PrecautionsPlease review the following safety precautions before you begin to install a network a

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide23- Make sure to use only insulated or nonconducting tools. - V

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware24Pre-Installation ChecklistBefore you install an adapter card, check the following list:1. Verify that your system

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide25Replacing the BracketThe AT-2712FX/SC adapter is shipped with

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware262. Align the tabs of the standard bracket with the holes on the adapter and fasten the screws onto the adapter. Se

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide27Installing a Network Adapter CardThe following instructions a

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware28Figure 7. Removing the PC Cover3. Select an empty, non-shared PCI slot and remove the faceplate. Keep the faceplat

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide294. Remove the network adapter card from the shipping package

3Electrical Safety and Emissions StandardsThis product meets the following standards.RFI Emissions FCC Class B, EN55022 Class B, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware30Figure 10. Securing the Adapter with a High-profile Bracket7. Replace the system’s cover and secure it with the sc

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide31Connecting the Network CablesThe AT-2712FX/SC adapter has two

Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware32

33Chapter 3Enabling Vista IPSecThis chapter describes how to enable the Vista IPSec Operating System on the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters. The in

Enabling Vista IPSec34IntroductionTraditionally, IPSec has been used for remote connections, but this feature has moved into the Local Area Network (L

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide35Setting Vista’s Next Generation TCP/IP StackAfter you install

Enabling Vista IPSec363. From the Found New Hardware page, select Locate and install driver software (recommended).The Found New Hardware - Ethernet C

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide37Figure 13. Found New Hardware - Ethernet Controller Insert th

Enabling Vista IPSec38Figure 14. Found New Hardware - Ethernet Controller Windows Couldn’t Find Driver Page6. Select Browse my computer for drive soft

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide397. Click the Browse button. Figure 16 is displayed. Figure 16

4Translated Safety StatementsImportant: The  indicates that a translation of the safety statement is available in a PDF document titled “Translated S

Enabling Vista IPSec40Then a confirmation page is displayed. Figure 17 shows the confirmation page for an AT-2712FX/SC adapter. The confirmation page

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide41From the Start menu, select Settings and then the Control Pan

Enabling Vista IPSec42Figure 19. Administrative Tools Window10. From the Administrative Tools window, select Computer Management. See the Computer Man

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide4311. From the Computer Management, select Device Manager in th

Enabling Vista IPSec44Uninstalling the Driver SoftwareBefore physically removing an adapter from your system, you need to uninstall the adapter driver

45Chapter 4Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver SoftwareThis chapter describes how to install the Windows 2003 and Windows XP driver s

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software46Installing the Driver SoftwareWhen a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP system first boo

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide47Updating theAdapter SoftwareThis section provides a procedure

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software48The System Properties dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 22.Figure 22. System Propert

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide49Figure 23. Hardware Tab5. Click Device Manager.

5ContentsPreface ...

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software50The Device Manager Window is shown in Figure 24.Figure 24. Device Manager Window6. In t

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide517. Right click on the adapter whose driver you want to update

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software5211. Click Next. 12. If you are prompted to specify the location of the drive, click Bro

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide53Modifying Configuration PropertiesAlthough the default values

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software543. In the “Hardware tab” on the System Properties dialog box, select “Device Manager.”T

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide55NoteEnabling 802.1p QOS also requires an 802.1p aware switch.

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software56 Rx TCP/IP Checksum - Enables receive TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offloading. Tx TCP/IP

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide57For the AT-2712FX/SC adapter, the Allied Telesis AT-2712FX 10

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software58The Device Manager window is shown in Figure 24 on page 50.4. Click the “+” next to the

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide59The System Properties dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 22

Contents6Installing the Source RPM Package ...

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software60NoteYou must have Administrator privileges to update the driver software.To change the

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide61Wake UpCapabilitiesThe Wake Up Capabilities property enables

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software62WOL Speed The WOL Speed property sets the speed at which the network adapter connects t

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide63Uninstalling the Driver SoftwareBefore physically removing an

Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Driver Software647. Click OK to complete the uninstall. NoteNot all driver files are removed as part of

65Chapter 5Enabling LINUXThis chapter describes how to enable the LINUX System on the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters. This chapter contains the fo

Enabling LINUX66IntroductionThis chapter describes the tg3 Linux driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme PCI/PCI-X/PCI Express Ethernet Network Controllers.

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide67Installing LINUX TG3 FileThere are two procedures to install

Enabling LINUX68NoteThe force option may be needed on some Linux distributions if conflicts are reported.Depending on the kernel, the driver is instal

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide69Enter the following command:make KVER=<kernel_version>w

7FiguresFigure 1. AT-2712FX/SC Adapter...

Enabling LINUX70Add the following line to the script:ETHTOOL_OPTS=”wol g speed 100 duplex half autoneg off”Driver DefaultSettingsSee Table 4 for the d

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide71Coalesce Rx usecs 20 (range 0 - 1023)Coalesce Rx usecs irq 20

Enabling LINUX72Unloading and Removing the Driver To unload the driver, use the ifconfig command to bring down all eth# interfaces opened by the drive

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide73Driver MessagesThe following messages are the most common sam

Enabling LINUX74

75Chapter 6MS-DOS DiagnosticsThis chapter describes the MS-DOS diagnostics and contains the following sections: “Introduction” on page 76 “DOS Promp

MS-DOS Diagnostics76Introduction This section provides the information on how to use the DOS diagnostic utilities program on an Allied Telesis Fast Et

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide77DOS Prompt CommandsTable 6 lists the DOS prompt commands.Tabl

MS-DOS Diagnostics78Diagnostic Tests The tests are divided into four groups: Register Tests, Memory Tests, Miscellaneous Tests, and Data Tests. They n

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide79Test Descriptions This section provides descriptions of the d

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MS-DOS Diagnostics80data is correct. After the test, the program reads back data one more time to insure the data stays correct. The test data used is

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide81Default: EnabledB6. External SRAM Test Function: It tests DMA

MS-DOS Diagnostics82C3. DMA Test Function: Both high and low priorities DMA are tested. It moves data from the host memory to NIC SRAM, verifies data,

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide83C5. VPD Test Function: It saves the content of VPD before it

MS-DOS Diagnostics84D1. Mac Loopback Test Function: This is internal loopback data transmit/receive test. It initializes the MAC into internal loopbac

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide85Error Messages/* 0 */ "PASS",/* 1 */ "

MS-DOS Diagnostics86/* 24 */ "Cannot reset CPU", /* 25 */ "Cannot release CPU", /* 26 */ "CPU test failed", /*

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide87/* 50 */ "Cannot perform task while chip is not running.

MS-DOS Diagnostics88/* 73 */ "MII error bits set: %04x",/* 74 */ "CPU does not initialize MAC address register correctly",/* 75 */

89Appendix ASpecificationsPhysical SpecificationsThis section provides the dimensions and weight of the adapters.Dimensions: AT-2712FX/SC: 11.59 cm x

9TablesTable 1: Safety Symbols ...

Appendix A: Specifications90Performance SpecificationsThe following performance specifications apply to both the AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T adapters:PC

AT-2712FX/SC and AT-2912T Secure Ethernet Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide91Table 9 lists the RJ-45 pin signals when a twisted-pair port

Appendix A: Specifications92Console Port PinoutsTable 12 lists the pin signals on the RJ-45 style serial terminal port for the AT-2912T adapter.Table