Changing The Primary Nic; Removing A Nic From A Group; Deleting Or Editing A Vlan; Displaying Nic Properties - 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI NIC Series User Manual

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HAPTER NSTALLING AND
Changing the Primary
NIC
Removing a NIC from a
Group
Deleting or Editing a
VLAN
Displaying NIC
Properties
Displaying Group
Properties
Specifying Failover from
Gigabit to 10/100 PCI
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The first NIC added to an empty group is automatically designated the primary
NIC. NICs added subsequently are designated as secondary NICs. Primary status is
indicated by a P icon at the beginning of the NIC name. When there are more than
one NIC in a group, you can change the primary NIC as follows:
1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window, select a secondary NIC from the Load
Balance/RSL Groups list.
3 Click Select Primary.
The NIC you selected becomes the primary NIC.
1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window, select a NIC from a group in the Load
Balancing/RSL Groups list.
3 Click Remove NIC.
When a VLAN is selected, you can delete it or edit its properties.
1 Click the VLANs tab.
2 In the VLANs window, select a VLAN.
To delete the selected VLAN, click Delete VLAN.
To edit the VLAN ID for the selected VLAN, click Edit VLAN.
1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window, select a NIC.
3 Click Properties.
The NIC Properties window appears, showing the properties of the selected NIC.
1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window, select a group in the Load Balancing/RSL Groups
list box.
3 Click Properties.
The Group Properties window appears, showing the properties of the selected
group.
You can specify failover from a Gigabit NIC to a 10/100 NIC. To ensure optimal
performance, this type of failover requires that you disable load balancing for the
group.