Allied Telesis Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User's Guide download pdf (Page 57)

AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 NetExtreme II Family Adapters Installation and User’s Guide

Checking Pre-installation Requirements

Before you can successfully install the NDIS2 driver software, you must do

the following:

 Physically install the network adapter in the server.

 Install the networking software that is appropriate to the operating

system (such as Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 for MS-DOS). The

networking software must be running on your server.

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NetExtreme II 1
Family Adapters 1
Installation and User’s Guide 1
Broadcom 2
Industry Canada 3
Translated Safety Statements 4
Contents 5
Contacting Allied Telesis 14
Chapter 1 15
Functional Descriptions 16
AT-2973SX 17
AT-2973T 18
AT-2973T/4 20
LINK ACT 21
Features 22
TCP Offload 23
Engine (TOE) 23
Installing the Hardware 27
 Standard bracket 28
Reviewing Safety Precautions 29
Pre-Installation Checklist 31
Replacing the Bracket 32
ACT LNK 33
Connecting the Network Cables 38
Software 41
Enabling the 43
MBA Driver 43
Configuring the 43
Setting Up the 44
Red Hat Linux PXE Server 45
Chapter 4 47
Chapter 5 55
Creating a 58
Startup Disk 58
Modifying the 59
Installing the 61
DOS NDIS2 61
Driver Software 61
Installing the Linux Drivers 65
Source RPM 68
Building the 70
Driver from the 70
Source TAR File 70
Building the bnx2i Driver 71
Patching PCI 73
Files (Optional) 73
Installations 74
Setting Values for 74
Optional 74
Checking the 77
Defaults 77
Checking Driver 78
Messages 78
Teaming with 82
Channel Bonding 82
Linux iSCSI 82
Chapter 7 87
5. Click Install 93
Using Silent 94
Installation 94
Performing a Silent Install 95
Performing a Silent Upgrade 95
Performing a Silent Uninstall 95
Performing a Silent Reinstall 96
Removing the Device Drivers 97
Setting Advanced Properties 99
Accessing the Advanced Tab 100
Figure 19. Advanced Tab 102
Selecting the 104
Advanced Tab in 104
Windows Vista 104
 Allied Telesis AT-2973T 106
 Allied Telesis AT-2973T/4 106
 Allied Telesis AT-2973SX 106
Modifying Advanced Properties 107
Updating the 110
Interrupt 110
Moderation 110
Property 110
Checksum 111
Offload Property 111
Large Send 112
Jumbo MTU 113
Network Address 114
Updating the RSS 115
Queues Property 115
Priority & VLAN 116
Speed & Duplex 118
Mode Property 118
TCP Connection 120
Properties 120
Installing CIM and SNMP for 123
Manageability 123
Installing CIM 124
Loading the CIM 125
Libraries 125
Installing SNMP 127
Loading the 128
SNMP Libraries 128
Chapter 10 131
Management Applications 132
Checking .NET 133
Framework 133
Requirements 133
Using the 134
Installer 134
Using the Silent 134
Install Option 134
Troubleshooting 141
Chapter 11: Troubleshooting 142
Checking Port LEDs 143
Checking 144
Current Drivers 144
Running a Cable 145
Length Test 145
Testing Network 145
Connectivity 145
Single Network 147
Teamed Network 147
Adapters 147
Program (BASP) Issues 150
Solving Miscellaneous Issues 152
User Diagnostics 155
Overview 156
System Requirements 157
Performing Diagnostics 158
Chapter 12: User Diagnostics 160
Diagnostic Test Descriptions 161
Specifications 167
Power Specifications 168
Performance Specifications 168
Operating Specifications 168
Appendix A: Specifications 170
Appendix B 171
Direction 172
PUSH OPENPUSH OPEN 172
Using a Swab 174

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