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... Requirements 1-3 Hardware Requirements 1-3 Software Requirements 1-3 Hardware Overview 1-4 Performance 1-4 Physical Views 1-5 Link Configurations 1-7 Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs 1-8 Duralink64 Failover 1-9 Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-9 FEC (Fast EtherChannel) 1-10 Network Configuration Examples 1-11 Traditional Network Configurations 1-11 Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-13 Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection 1-14 Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment...
... Requirements 1-3 Hardware Requirements 1-3 Software Requirements 1-3 Hardware Overview 1-4 Performance 1-4 Physical Views 1-5 Link Configurations 1-7 Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs 1-8 Duralink64 Failover 1-9 Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-9 FEC (Fast EtherChannel) 1-10 Network Configuration Examples 1-11 Traditional Network Configurations 1-11 Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-13 Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection 1-14 Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment...
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... Windows Me 3-9 Installation Tips 3-10 Windows 2000/98/Me 3-10 Windows XP 3-10 Windows Clients Using Novell Client32 3-10 Removing Previously Installed Drivers 3-10 Windows 2000/XP 3-10 Windows NT 4.0 3-11 Windows 98/Me 3-11 4 Duralink64 Configurations for Windows Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports 4-2 Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports 4-2 General Port Configuration in Windows OSs 4-2 Configuring Ports in Windows 2000 and...
... Windows Me 3-9 Installation Tips 3-10 Windows 2000/98/Me 3-10 Windows XP 3-10 Windows Clients Using Novell Client32 3-10 Removing Previously Installed Drivers 3-10 Windows 2000/XP 3-10 Windows NT 4.0 3-11 Windows 98/Me 3-11 4 Duralink64 Configurations for Windows Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports 4-2 Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports 4-2 General Port Configuration in Windows OSs 4-2 Configuring Ports in Windows 2000 and...
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General Questions B-4 Duralink64 v5.x Failover Software Questions B-6 Duralink64 v5.x Port Aggregation Software Questions B-7 Duralink64 v5.x Windows NT - General Questions B-9 Duralink64 v5.x Windows 98 - General Questions B-10 C Duralink64 SNMP Agents Monitoring the NICs by SNMP C-1 SNMP Support C-2 D The Diagnostics Utility Running the Diagnostics D-1... xvii Contents B Troubleshooting Tips Isolating Faulty Hardware B-2 Troubleshooting B-2 Configuring the BIOS B-3 Frequently Asked Questions B-4 Duralink64 Software and DuraLAN NICs - General Questions B-10 Duralink64 v5.x NetWare -
General Questions B-4 Duralink64 v5.x Failover Software Questions B-6 Duralink64 v5.x Port Aggregation Software Questions B-7 Duralink64 v5.x Windows NT - General Questions B-9 Duralink64 v5.x Windows 98 - General Questions B-10 C Duralink64 SNMP Agents Monitoring the NICs by SNMP C-1 SNMP Support C-2 D The Diagnostics Utility Running the Diagnostics D-1... xvii Contents B Troubleshooting Tips Isolating Faulty Hardware B-2 Troubleshooting B-2 Configuring the BIOS B-3 Frequently Asked Questions B-4 Duralink64 Software and DuraLAN NICs - General Questions B-10 Duralink64 v5.x NetWare -
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... Windows, Novell, and Unix's UnixWare 7.0. 1-1 OSs supported by Adaptec Duralink64 drivers described in this document include all current OSs for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs Duralink64 Failover Duralink64 Port Aggregation FEC (Fast EtherChannel) Network Configuration Examples 1-1 1-3 1-4 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-9 1-10 1-11 General Information This user's guide describes how to install your Adaptec DuraLAN™ Fast Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) as...
... Windows, Novell, and Unix's UnixWare 7.0. 1-1 OSs supported by Adaptec Duralink64 drivers described in this document include all current OSs for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs Duralink64 Failover Duralink64 Port Aggregation FEC (Fast EtherChannel) Network Configuration Examples 1-1 1-3 1-4 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-9 1-10 1-11 General Information This user's guide describes how to install your Adaptec DuraLAN™ Fast Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) as...
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... BIOS is recommended when running under Windows 2000) s 16-MB RAM (64-MB RAM required when running under Windows 2000) s System BIOS supporting PCI-to-PCI bridge chip s Multiport NICs require PCI 2.1-compliant bus Note: Each port on an Adaptec DuraLAN NIC needs an IRQ (Interrupt Request) number/line. Hardware Requirements The minimum hardware requirements for using...
... BIOS is recommended when running under Windows 2000) s 16-MB RAM (64-MB RAM required when running under Windows 2000) s System BIOS supporting PCI-to-PCI bridge chip s Multiport NICs require PCI 2.1-compliant bus Note: Each port on an Adaptec DuraLAN NIC needs an IRQ (Interrupt Request) number/line. Hardware Requirements The minimum hardware requirements for using...
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...model, the following features are transferred in 16-PCI cycles. The throughput shown does not account for each of single-, two-, and four-port NICs s Autosensing s Full Duplex Mode support s Ports can run at more efficient rates with the DuraLAN 64-bit NICs: 128 bytes are available: s ...Selection of the NICs in throughput when using a 64-bit PCI NIC. Product Overview s Increases system bandwidth and...
...model, the following features are transferred in 16-PCI cycles. The throughput shown does not account for each of single-, two-, and four-port NICs s Autosensing s Full Duplex Mode support s Ports can run at more efficient rates with the DuraLAN 64-bit NICs: 128 bytes are available: s ...Selection of the NICs in throughput when using a 64-bit PCI NIC. Product Overview s Increases system bandwidth and...
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... drivers are described in this chapter. In a Standalone configuration, each type. All configurations are not supported by Adaptec. If you want to these drivers are embedded. Product Overview Link Configurations Adaptec DuraLAN NICs provide a standard (standalone) port configuration on all supported OSs (see Software Requirements on your OS. It typically connects to the Standalone...
... drivers are described in this chapter. In a Standalone configuration, each type. All configurations are not supported by Adaptec. If you want to these drivers are embedded. Product Overview Link Configurations Adaptec DuraLAN NICs provide a standard (standalone) port configuration on all supported OSs (see Software Requirements on your OS. It typically connects to the Standalone...
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... for these OSs. s Duralink64 Failover driver The Duralink64 Failover driver groups two ports in the sections that supports FEC. 1-8 DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs A number of two or four. Consult your protocol while using the ... Novell Client32 does not support Duralink64 Failover. These terms are available for the Adaptec DuraLAN NICs. This grouping requires a switch that follow: s DuraLAN Standalone driver The Standalone driver uses each port acts like a separate NIC and has its own protocol level address. Be ...
... for these OSs. s Duralink64 Failover driver The Duralink64 Failover driver groups two ports in the sections that supports FEC. 1-8 DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs A number of two or four. Consult your protocol while using the ... Novell Client32 does not support Duralink64 Failover. These terms are available for the Adaptec DuraLAN NICs. This grouping requires a switch that follow: s DuraLAN Standalone driver The Standalone driver uses each port acts like a separate NIC and has its own protocol level address. Be ...
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... configuration allows you to the protocol. Product Overview Always use the latest software version available for your DuraLAN NIC. Throughput is given to create a virtual port by sharing the resources of the following conditions exist: s An Ethernet link loss s A watchdog timer expires ...behaves as too many collisions or errors occur on Adaptec's Web sites, thereby providing enhanced performance and new features. Drivers are updated regularly on the segment Failover ports can be connected to a backup port. Duralink64 Failover Duralink64 Failover software provides protection from ...
... configuration allows you to the protocol. Product Overview Always use the latest software version available for your DuraLAN NIC. Throughput is given to create a virtual port by sharing the resources of the following conditions exist: s An Ethernet link loss s A watchdog timer expires ...behaves as too many collisions or errors occur on Adaptec's Web sites, thereby providing enhanced performance and new features. Drivers are updated regularly on the segment Failover ports can be connected to a backup port. Duralink64 Failover Duralink64 Failover software provides protection from ...
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...FEC and servers configured with Adaptec's FEC driver option. FEC combines two or four Fast Ethernet links to a single logical connection capable of carrying 800 Megabits/sec of available bandwidth (up to 800 Megabits/sec). FEC allows grouping of DuraLAN ports or NICs allowing full utilization...Cisco Systems Web site at http://www.cisco.com. 1-10 In the event of the group efficiently. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide single interface, allowing the software to manage the combined resources of a port failure, the remaining ports carry the load and keep the network running and ...
...FEC and servers configured with Adaptec's FEC driver option. FEC combines two or four Fast Ethernet links to a single logical connection capable of carrying 800 Megabits/sec of available bandwidth (up to 800 Megabits/sec). FEC allows grouping of DuraLAN ports or NICs allowing full utilization...Cisco Systems Web site at http://www.cisco.com. 1-10 In the event of the group efficiently. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide single interface, allowing the software to manage the combined resources of a port failure, the remaining ports carry the load and keep the network running and ...
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...shows a 12-port server using three Adaptec DuraLAN 4-port NICs. In this configuration, the server has a cumulative bandwidth of an aggregated group fails, that member is excluded from the group. Clients Ethernet Switch 6 Ports 6 Ports Ethernet Switch Server 3x ANA-64044 NICs Shared... Further, the network is uninterrupted if any port fails. The remaining ports distribute the existing load. Product Overview Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation A server with Duralink64 Port Aggregation can use up to 12 Adaptec PCI Fast Ethernet ports in one aggregated group (at 1.2 Gigabits/sec...
...shows a 12-port server using three Adaptec DuraLAN 4-port NICs. In this configuration, the server has a cumulative bandwidth of an aggregated group fails, that member is excluded from the group. Clients Ethernet Switch 6 Ports 6 Ports Ethernet Switch Server 3x ANA-64044 NICs Shared... Further, the network is uninterrupted if any port fails. The remaining ports distribute the existing load. Product Overview Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation A server with Duralink64 Port Aggregation can use up to 12 Adaptec PCI Fast Ethernet ports in one aggregated group (at 1.2 Gigabits/sec...
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... not operate until the primary port fails. Clients Ethernet Switch or Ethernet Hub NIC Server Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment with Failover This figure shows two Adaptec DuraLAN NICs connected to a hub or switch on the server. Duralink64 Failover operates on these NICs to ... capability if one NIC connected to provide redundancy on an Ethernet segment. The following figure shows one NIC fails. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection The primary and backup Adaptec DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs or ports reside in the server.
... not operate until the primary port fails. Clients Ethernet Switch or Ethernet Hub NIC Server Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment with Failover This figure shows two Adaptec DuraLAN NICs connected to a hub or switch on the server. Duralink64 Failover operates on these NICs to ... capability if one NIC connected to provide redundancy on an Ethernet segment. The following figure shows one NIC fails. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection The primary and backup Adaptec DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs or ports reside in the server.
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Product Overview Dual Hubs The following figure shows each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC connected to a separate hub to provide redundancy. Clients Ethernet Hub Ethernet Hub NICs Primary Backup Server Clients 1-15 If the hub port being used by the primary NIC fails, the backup NIC becomes active, and all network traffic is immediately directed through it.
Product Overview Dual Hubs The following figure shows each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC connected to a separate hub to provide redundancy. Clients Ethernet Hub Ethernet Hub NICs Primary Backup Server Clients 1-15 If the hub port being used by the primary NIC fails, the backup NIC becomes active, and all network traffic is immediately directed through it.
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Ports 1 and 3 are backup ports connected to each hub. Clients Ethernet Hub Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet Hub Port 3 Port 4 NIC Primary Backup Server Clients 1-17 Ports 2 and 4 are used as the primary ports to each Ethernet hub. Product Overview Dual Hubs with a 4-Port NIC The following figure shows failover protection using an Adaptec DuraLAN 4-port NIC.
Ports 1 and 3 are backup ports connected to each hub. Clients Ethernet Hub Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet Hub Port 3 Port 4 NIC Primary Backup Server Clients 1-17 Ports 2 and 4 are used as the primary ports to each Ethernet hub. Product Overview Dual Hubs with a 4-Port NIC The following figure shows failover protection using an Adaptec DuraLAN 4-port NIC.
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... 1 Determine the appropriate cabling for your network. 2 Connect the cable to the NIC connector. (For multiport NICs, connect a cable to each port.) 3 Connect the other end of the cable to network speed, cabling standard, and the connector used. See Appendix A, Cables and LEDs on ...page A-1 for detailed information on cabling. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Connecting the Network Cable Cable requirements for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs vary according to your hub, switch, or client. 4 Install the desired NIC driver (compatible with ...
... 1 Determine the appropriate cabling for your network. 2 Connect the cable to the NIC connector. (For multiport NICs, connect a cable to each port.) 3 Connect the other end of the cable to network speed, cabling standard, and the connector used. See Appendix A, Cables and LEDs on ...page A-1 for detailed information on cabling. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Connecting the Network Cable Cable requirements for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs vary according to your hub, switch, or client. 4 Install the desired NIC driver (compatible with ...
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... 2000 and Windows XP support HotPlug on page 3-10. HotPlug allows you are discussed. This is generally the same. Note: All NICs must be configured at boot time. Port names are assigned to driver installation are installing Adaptec DuraLAN NICs, it is a good idea to the system...'s user guide for Windows NT 4.0. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Note: For Windows NT 4.0, only one...
... 2000 and Windows XP support HotPlug on page 3-10. HotPlug allows you are discussed. This is generally the same. Note: All NICs must be configured at boot time. Port names are assigned to driver installation are installing Adaptec DuraLAN NICs, it is a good idea to the system...'s user guide for Windows NT 4.0. DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Note: For Windows NT 4.0, only one...
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... its slot. Windows 2000 and Windows XP with Step 11 when prompted for the DuraLAN NIC (the step is the same for either OS). Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows Following is a description of successful Adaptec in a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000 and Windows XP install the necessary ... Netfinity 7000 server to demonstrate how to confirm selection, and click OK. When you want to remove, and click STOP. 3 Click on the port name to properly remove or install the NIC. If you want to install other configurations, refer to flash. Following this time, start to Chapter ...
... its slot. Windows 2000 and Windows XP with Step 11 when prompted for the DuraLAN NIC (the step is the same for either OS). Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows Following is a description of successful Adaptec in a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000 and Windows XP install the necessary ... Netfinity 7000 server to demonstrate how to confirm selection, and click OK. When you want to remove, and click STOP. 3 Click on the port name to properly remove or install the NIC. If you want to install other configurations, refer to flash. Following this time, start to Chapter ...
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Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows 9 Click Next to continue. 10 In the Install Hardware Device Drivers window, select Search for a suitable driver for my device [recommended], and click Next. 11 Insert the compact disc (CD) ... In the final Upgrade Device Driver window, click Finish to close the wizard. 16 In the Port Properties window, click Close. 17 Repeat Steps 6 through 16 for each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC port that is to upgrade all Adaptec-based network cards. 3-5 Note: If you are updating Adaptec drivers, make sure to be configured. 8 Click Update Driver... .
Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows 9 Click Next to continue. 10 In the Install Hardware Device Drivers window, select Search for a suitable driver for my device [recommended], and click Next. 11 Insert the compact disc (CD) ... In the final Upgrade Device Driver window, click Finish to close the wizard. 16 In the Port Properties window, click Close. 17 Repeat Steps 6 through 16 for each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC port that is to upgrade all Adaptec-based network cards. 3-5 Note: If you are updating Adaptec drivers, make sure to be configured. 8 Click Update Driver... .
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...the Duralink64 for Windows CD, and click OK. 8 In the Select OEM Option window, click the DuraLAN NIC model that is installed, and click OK. 9 In the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC Driver Installation window, select the driver, and click OK. Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows 17 ...Click Finish. 18 Repeat Steps 6 through 17 for each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC port that is to Installation Tips on page 3-10.) 2 Click Specify the location of...
...the Duralink64 for Windows CD, and click OK. 8 In the Select OEM Option window, click the DuraLAN NIC model that is installed, and click OK. 9 In the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC Driver Installation window, select the driver, and click OK. Duralink64 Driver Installation for Windows 17 ...Click Finish. 18 Repeat Steps 6 through 17 for each Adaptec DuraLAN NIC port that is to Installation Tips on page 3-10.) 2 Click Specify the location of...
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4 Duralink64 Configurations for Windows In This Chapter Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports 4-2 Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports 4-2 Configuring the Ports for Duralink64 Failover 4-6 Creating the Failover Pair 4-8 Monitoring Failover Pairs in Windows NT 4.0 4-10 Configuring Ports for Duralink64 Port Aggregation and FEC 4-11 Creating Port Aggregation and FEC Groups 4-13 Assigning the TCP/IP Address 4-16 Modifying Groups 4-21 Checking System Status in Windows 2000/XP 4-24 Checking System Status in Windows NT 4.0 4-27 Windows NT/2000/XP Performance Monitor 4-29 4-1
4 Duralink64 Configurations for Windows In This Chapter Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports 4-2 Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports 4-2 Configuring the Ports for Duralink64 Failover 4-6 Creating the Failover Pair 4-8 Monitoring Failover Pairs in Windows NT 4.0 4-10 Configuring Ports for Duralink64 Port Aggregation and FEC 4-11 Creating Port Aggregation and FEC Groups 4-13 Assigning the TCP/IP Address 4-16 Modifying Groups 4-21 Checking System Status in Windows 2000/XP 4-24 Checking System Status in Windows NT 4.0 4-27 Windows NT/2000/XP Performance Monitor 4-29 4-1