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NetWare Support Files 6-2 Table 6-3. Linux files 7-1 Table 8-1. PCI BIOS Parameters 8-2 contents vii FIGURE Figure 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 Table 2-2. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Port LED Activity 8-1 Table 8-2. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cable Characteristics 2-8 Table 3-1. GA621 LEDs 2-6 Table 2-3. Parameter Descriptions 4-6 Table 6-1. Front Panel of Model GA621 Gigabit Ethernet Card 2-5 TABLES Table 2-1. Parameter Descriptions 3-6 Table 4-1. NetWare Device Installation Methods 6-1 Table 6-2. Parameter Descriptions 6-5 Table 7-1.
NetWare Support Files 6-2 Table 6-3. Linux files 7-1 Table 8-1. PCI BIOS Parameters 8-2 contents vii FIGURE Figure 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 Table 2-2. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Port LED Activity 8-1 Table 8-2. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cable Characteristics 2-8 Table 3-1. GA621 LEDs 2-6 Table 2-3. Parameter Descriptions 4-6 Table 6-1. Front Panel of Model GA621 Gigabit Ethernet Card 2-5 TABLES Table 2-1. Parameter Descriptions 3-6 Table 4-1. NetWare Device Installation Methods 6-1 Table 6-2. Parameter Descriptions 6-5 Table 7-1.
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... it provides full compatibility with Fast Ethernet network equipment through network switches from a variety of vendors, including NETGEAR. This chapter provides information about the features of the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card are: • Full-duplex operation (2,000 Mbps: 1,000 Mbps each way) ...; 98, Windows® NT, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me, Novell® NetWare, or Red Hat® Linux environment. In addition, because the GA621 uses standard Ethernet frame and Media Access Control (MAC) formats, it offers 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) of aggregate bandwidth and...
... it provides full compatibility with Fast Ethernet network equipment through network switches from a variety of vendors, including NETGEAR. This chapter provides information about the features of the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card are: • Full-duplex operation (2,000 Mbps: 1,000 Mbps each way) ...; 98, Windows® NT, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me, Novell® NetWare, or Red Hat® Linux environment. In addition, because the GA621 uses standard Ethernet frame and Media Access Control (MAC) formats, it offers 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) of aggregate bandwidth and...
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... with adaptive DMA channels • Two independent DMA channels for Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, NetWare 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1. • Universal dual-voltage signaling (3.3 V and 5 V) introduction 1-2
... with adaptive DMA channels • Two independent DMA channels for Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, NetWare 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1. • Universal dual-voltage signaling (3.3 V and 5 V) introduction 1-2
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...the \Netware directory.The necessary files are: • Ga621.lan (network device driver file) • Ga621.ldi (information used by installation program) Red Hat Linux Hardware A Pentium-based server that meets Red Hat Linux 6.x or 7.x software requirements One open 32-bit or ...) (loaded during for NetWare, which is included on the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card driver installation) Driver and Documentation CD in the \Linux directory.The necessary files are: • ga.c (Linux network OS specific module file) • ga621.h (Driver header file) • hsm.c (Hardware specific ...
...the \Netware directory.The necessary files are: • Ga621.lan (network device driver file) • Ga621.ldi (information used by installation program) Red Hat Linux Hardware A Pentium-based server that meets Red Hat Linux 6.x or 7.x software requirements One open 32-bit or ...) (loaded during for NetWare, which is included on the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card driver installation) Driver and Documentation CD in the \Linux directory.The necessary files are: • ga.c (Linux network OS specific module file) • ga621.h (Driver header file) • hsm.c (Hardware specific ...
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... SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 driver software. Linux files File Name Description ga.c Linux network OS specific module file GA621.h Driver header file hsm.c Hardware specific module file hsm.h Hardware specific module header file nsm.h HSM related data structures nsmtypes.h Definition type define sp.c Tunable ...
... SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 driver software. Linux files File Name Description ga.c Linux network OS specific module file GA621.h Driver header file hsm.c Hardware specific module file hsm.h Hardware specific module header file nsm.h HSM related data structures nsmtypes.h Definition type define sp.c Tunable ...
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...exact version number of the driver requires a base Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0 with Linux kernel version 2.2.12, or Red Hat Linux 7.1 with Linux kernel version 2.4.2. Login as root, insert the floppy disk with the GA621 driver, and mount the disk into the System harddrive with the... following command. # mkdir ga621 # cd ga621 # cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/redhat x.x/x . 3. Installing the Driver Software Your Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card must perform the following procedure for each card. Copy the Linux drivers from the CDROM into the system with the ...
...exact version number of the driver requires a base Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0 with Linux kernel version 2.2.12, or Red Hat Linux 7.1 with Linux kernel version 2.4.2. Login as root, insert the floppy disk with the GA621 driver, and mount the disk into the System harddrive with the... following command. # mkdir ga621 # cd ga621 # cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/redhat x.x/x . 3. Installing the Driver Software Your Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card must perform the following procedure for each card. Copy the Linux drivers from the CDROM into the system with the ...
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... may need to enter a different pathname than what is shown on the first line, above, depending on the Linux kernel version number you have.To find out the exact version number of the Linux kernel, use this command: ls -al /lib/modules You can dynamically load and unload the driver from a running.../rc.d/init.d/network start When the driver is loaded into the system with the insmod command, the driver probes the PCI bus to locate all GA621 devices, and creates control structures for each.The driver logs a couple of messages available in the /var/log/messages file for each device with information...
... may need to enter a different pathname than what is shown on the first line, above, depending on the Linux kernel version number you have.To find out the exact version number of the Linux kernel, use this command: ls -al /lib/modules You can dynamically load and unload the driver from a running.../rc.d/init.d/network start When the driver is loaded into the system with the insmod command, the driver probes the PCI bus to locate all GA621 devices, and creates control structures for each.The driver logs a couple of messages available in the /var/log/messages file for each device with information...
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....h under the "Tunable parameters" heading.The default value of RX_QUEUE_SZ is initialized, it opens all configured Ethernet devices, and initializes them for the same operation. Linux driver software 7-4 You can be listed by running utilities like ping, telnet, ftp, and NFS.
....h under the "Tunable parameters" heading.The default value of RX_QUEUE_SZ is initialized, it opens all configured Ethernet devices, and initializes them for the same operation. Linux driver software 7-4 You can be listed by running utilities like ping, telnet, ftp, and NFS.
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... driver 7-2 NetWare software driver 6-2 network cables 2-8 preparation 2-6 requirements 2-2 Windows 2000 software driver 5-1 Windows 98 software driver 3-1 Windows NT software driver 4-1 L LEDs descriptions 2-6 troubleshooting 8-1 Linux software driver configurable parameters 7-4 file listing 7-1 installation 7-2 testing 7-3 N NetWare software driver installation 6-2 installation methods 6-1 installation troubleshooting 6-6 parameters descriptions 6-5 pre-installation requirements 6-2 network card moving 3-6, 4-8, 5-6 P package ...
... driver 7-2 NetWare software driver 6-2 network cables 2-8 preparation 2-6 requirements 2-2 Windows 2000 software driver 5-1 Windows 98 software driver 3-1 Windows NT software driver 4-1 L LEDs descriptions 2-6 troubleshooting 8-1 Linux software driver configurable parameters 7-4 file listing 7-1 installation 7-2 testing 7-3 N NetWare software driver installation 6-2 installation methods 6-1 installation troubleshooting 6-6 parameters descriptions 6-5 pre-installation requirements 6-2 network card moving 3-6, 4-8, 5-6 P package ...