Redundant Network Adapter - Barco TransForm A User Manual

6. Advanced configuration

6.1.11 Redundant network adapter

To obtain a redundant network connection to the LAN the P can be equipped with multiple network cards
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that form an AFT (Adapter Fault Tolerance) team. A team consists of two or more network cards of the same
type, either exclusively 10/100 Mbps network cards or exclusively 10/100/1000 Mbps network cards. At least
one of the cards must be a server adapter. The other ones can be server or desktop adapters. Nevertheless we
recommend for a redundant network adapter to use exclusively server adapters to achieve an easy spare part
handling.
Installing an network driver enabling teaming mode for Ethernet card 1000 Mbps
The Ethernet card 1000 Mbps requires the Intel PROset driver 9.1 or newer for the configuration of the teaming
mode. T F A delivered with display driver release 3.6 or newer have this network driver already installed.
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If you want to setup teaming mode with the Ethernet card 1000 Mbps on a system delivered at an earlier time,
first the network driver has to be installed. This is explained in this section:
You find the driver on the TransForm A Suite CRS-3045-C under the following path:
3rd Party\Intel Ethernet Adapter 9.1.0.0
Double click the file pro2kxp91.exe. On the InstallShield Wizard read the license agreement and then select
I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. In the following you are prompted to enter a
folder name for the driver files on the hard disk. Accept the suggested name with Next.
When the next dialog appears, click Install Drivers. This starts the installation. The installation process is indi-
cated by a small window. As soon as it disappears click the Exit button.
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