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  • Page 1  Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide Version 9.2 March 2008...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2000-2007 Alacritech, Inc. All rights reserved. Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology and the SLIC Technology logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States. All other marks belong to their respective owners. Patents One or more U.S. and international patents apply to Alacritech products, including without limitation: U.S.
  • Page 3 Organization of This Guide This guide is the primary reference and operation guide for Alacritech Accelerators and contains the following sections: Chapter 1 – Introduction provides a general introduction to Alacritech Accelerators and the SLIC Technology on which they are based.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Disabling Windows Firewall to Enable TCP Offload Managing Drivers Configuring Advanced Properties Configuring Teaming and Failover Configuring VLAN Tagging Troubleshooting and Support Alacritech Automated Customer Support README Files on CD-ROM Troubleshooting Overview Installation Problems Event Log Errors Connectivity Problems Appendix A Network Software License Agreement and Warranty...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1 Introduction About this Guide This guide describes how to install Release 9 software and operate Alacritech Accele- rators on a Windows Server 2003-based system or a Windows XP Professional x64 Edition-based system that uses the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Network- ing Pack.

  • Page 6: Description

    XF products are PCI-X based, and ET and EF products are PCI Express (PCIe) based. Description Alacritech Accelerators are single-port or multi-port network interface cards (NICs) that employ Alacritech‘s SLIC Technology architecture, which uses an innovative applica- tion-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for protocol processing. Accelerators operate with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems us- ing the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack.

  • Page 7: Operating System Compatibility

    Operating System Compatibility The SEN1811XT, SEN1812XT, SEN1822ET, SES1811XT, SES1812XT and SES1822ET are compatible with the Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64bit, Micro- soft Windows 2003 32 bit Standard, and Microsoft Windows 2003 32 bit standard R2 operating systems. The SEN2001XT, SEN2002XT, SEN2001XF, SEN2002XF, SEN2102ET, SEN2104ET,...

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    Note: The Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack must be installed prior to instal- ling Alacritech software. If Scalable Networking Pack is not installed, you will get the following popup and be unable to complete the installation. Scalable Networking Pack is included as Part of WS2003 SP2.

  • Page 9: Software First Installation

    2.2.1 Installation of the Accelerator 1. Insert your Alacritech Driver Installation CD into the system. Select the ap- propriate installation. If the installation is launched from the install.htm page on the CD, and default security settings are set on the browser, there may be sev- eral pop-ups asking if you want to run this package.
  • Page 10 Complete will install the entire driv- er package. This is the selection that should be made if you want to do network teaming. Once you have made your selection, click Next to continue. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...
  • Page 11 Windows Logo process. Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap- propriate digital signatures, while others, including beta drivers, do not. A miss- ing digital signature does not prevent the Alacritech drivers from working prop- erly on your system. Click the button titled Continue Anyway to install the driver without a digital sig- nature.
  • Page 12 7. The Attach Your Device dialog box will appear. Hit OK. 8. Click Finish to exit the Setup Wizard. 9. The software setup is now complete. Follow the steps in the Alacritech Hard- ware Installation Manual to install your Accelerator.
  • Page 13 Windows Logo process. Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap- propriate digital signatures, while others, including beta drivers, do not. A miss- ing digital signature does not prevent the Alacritech drivers from working prop- erly on your system. Click the button titled Continue Anyway to install the driver without a digital signature.
  • Page 14 13. You may have to repeat steps 11-13 when installing multiport cards or multiple cards. 14. When installation completes click the Finish button. 15. Your Alacritech Accelerator is now installed. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 15: Hardware First Installation

    Alacritech software. If Scalable Networking Pack is not installed, you will get the following popup and be unable to complete the installation. 1. Install the Alacritech Accelerator using the procedure in the Alacritech Hard- ware Installation Guide. 2. Once the hardware has been installed, start the system. On start up the Micro- soft Found New Hardware Wizard will be launched.
  • Page 16 Windows Logo process. Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap- propriate digital signatures, while others, including beta drivers, do not. A miss- ing digital signature does not prevent the Alacritech drivers from working prop- erly on your system. 5. Click the button titled Continue Anyway to install the driver without a digital signature.
  • Page 17 6. When installation completes click the Finish button. 7. Your Alacritech Accelerator is now installed. 2-10 Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 18: Uninstalling The Accelerator

    2. Shut down the computer, and unplug the power cable. Failure to do so may endanger you, and may damage the adapter or computer. Note: Alacritech Accelerators use components that are sensitive to ESD. Prop- er ESD handling and storage should be followed.

  • Page 19: Device Management

    3 Device Management Starting Device Management Alacritech Accelerators are managed using the Windows Device Manager. To start Device Manager, use the following procedure: 1. From the Start menu, open the Network Connections submenu located under the Settings menu and select a connection to manage.
  • Page 20 2. Highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click the Configure button. This will open the Properties box which will allow you to manage the device. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 21: Running Adapter Diagnostics

    2. Select the Diagnostics tab. Note: Running Diagnostics will disrupt the port of the Accelerator under test. 3. Click the Run Tests button. 4. A warning will appear. Click the Yes button to run the tests. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...
  • Page 22 A properly functioning board will display Passed for all results. 6. Additional adapter information is available by clicking the Adapter Details but- ton. 7. Click the Close button to exit Adapter Details. 8. Click the OK button to exit the application. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 23: Updating Flash Code

    The latest PXE drivers are available from Alacritech‘s web site in the Support section. To install the latest flash code on an Accelerator, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 24: Disabling Windows Firewall To Enable Tcp Offload

    1. Start Computer Management - from the Start menu, right click My Computer and select Manage. 2. Under Services and Applications, click on Services. On the right side, scroll down and double click on Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), select Disabled. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...
  • Page 25 3. Under Startup type, select Disabled. 4. Click OK. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 26: Managing Drivers

    Managing Drivers Drivers for Alacritech Accelerators can be managed through the device manager. 1. From the Start menu, open the Network Connections folder located under the Settings menu. 2. Select the interface whose properties you are interested in. 3. Select the ―Properties‖ button.
  • Page 27 5. Click Driver Details to obtain additional driver information. Click OK when you are finished. 6. The Update Driver, Roll Back Driver and Uninstall buttons may be used for their respective operations. Alacritech expects to provide updates for Scalable Networking Pack drivers through Windows Update. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 28: Configuring Advanced Properties

    Configuring Advanced Properties Alacritech Accelerators support the advanced features TCP Checksum Offload and TCP Offload. Perform the following steps to access the advanced configuration properties for an Alacritech Accelerator: 1. From the Start menu, open the Network Connections folder located under the Settings menu.
  • Page 29 3. Click the Configure button. The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appear. 3-11 Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...
  • Page 30 TCP Offload disabled or the Microsoft stack has chosen not to offload a TCP connection to the Alacritech Accelerator. An example of this would be the used of IPSec which cannot be offloaded to the Alacritech Accelerator. Because Alacritech‘s SLIC Technology offloads the checksum automatically, this option is unused except when TCP traffic is not offloaded.
  • Page 31 Accelerator to offload the TCP checksum for TCP data transmitted and received when the Accelerator has the TCP Offload disabled or the Microsoft stack has chosen not to offload a TCP connection to the Alacritech Accelerator. Because Alacritech‘s SLIC Technology offloads the checksum automatically, this option is unused except when TCP traffic is not offloaded.

  • Page 32: Configuring Teaming And Failover

    Cisco Fast EtherChannel/802.3AD  Hot-Stand-by Fail-over Given the flexible nature of Alacritech‘s teaming implementation, it is possible that it may work with other proprietary solutions as well. For more information on our current teaming support, visit our Customer Support website at http://www.alacritech.com/Support/Overview.aspx...
  • Page 33 2. Click the LAN connection of the interface you wish to configure in a team. 3. Click the Configure button. The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appear. Select Teaming. 4. To configure a team select the interfaces you wish to team and click the New Team button. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-15...
  • Page 34 7. If Cisco Fast EtherChannel/802.3AD is selected then you must have switch that supports one of these protocols. If you do, click the Yes button. Otherwise click the No button and choose Hot Stand-by Fail-over. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-16...
  • Page 35 8. The team will now be shown in the properties window. 3-17 Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...
  • Page 36 1. From the start menu, open the network connections menu under the settings tab. Right click on a member of the team you wish to reconfigure and select properties. 2. Highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click Configure. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-18...
  • Page 37 3. Select the Teaming tab. 4. Select the team you want to dissolve. 5. Click the Dissolve Team button. 3-19 Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide...

  • Page 38: Configuring Vlan Tagging

    Engineering computer. c. Repeat Step a. for the Finance VLAN (tag of 200). d. Add the Finance tag to the same switch port connecting to the Alacritech Accelerator. Add the Finance tag (200) to each switch port connecting to a Finance computer.
  • Page 39 1. From the Start menu, open the Network Connections folder located under the Settings menu. For this example a SEN2104ET (4-port adapter) is used. 2. Click the LAN connection of the interface to be converted to a VLAN (Port A in this example). Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-21...
  • Page 40 3. Click the Configure button. The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appear. Select VLAN Setup. 4. Click the Add VLAN button and in the Add VLAN dialog enter the VLAN ID (tag) as well as the VLAN Name. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-22...
  • Page 41 VLAN is created the VLAN list will show both VLANs. 6. Now click OK to create the two requested VLANs. These appear as unique de- vices in the Network Connection Property Frame. 2 New Devices Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide VLAN again using the Add VLAN button. After 3-23...
  • Page 42 8. The two VLANs are now configured and should be isolated at the network lev- el. A quick isolation test is to ping an Engineering system from a Finance sys- tem. The ping should fail. A ping of a Finance system from another Finance system should succeed. Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3-24...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting And Support

    For more information about known issues, open bugs or other integration problems with Microsoft Windows drivers, see the readme.html documentation and RelNotes.txt release notes. To view the files, go to the Alacritech Driver Installation CD and open it with any web browser or text editor.

  • Page 44: Installation Problems

    Solution  Run Diagnostics from NCPA. See the procedure in Chapter Event Log reports "SLIC<x> Has de-  Contact Alacritech technical support for assistance. This is termined that the adapter is not func- probably the result of a malfunctioning adapter.

  • Page 45: Connectivity Problems

    LEDs for link/link speed and activity. These lights help indicate if there is a problem with the adapter, switch or cable. Refer to the "LED Function Indicators" chart be- low. 4.6.1 Alacritech SEN2002XT, SEN2001XT, SES2002XT and SES2001XT Accele- rator LED Function Indicators Indication ACT/LNK...
  • Page 46 4.6.2 Alacritech SEN2002XF, SEN2001XF, SES2002XF and SES2001XF Accele- rator LED Function Indicators Indication Green On Yellow Flashing Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide Meaning The Accelerator and the switch are receiving power; the fiber optic cable connection be- tween them is good, and a 1000 Mbps link has been established.

  • Page 47: Appendix A Network Software License Agreement And Warranty

    OWNERSHIP AND COPYRIGHT OF SOFTWARE: Title to the Software and all copies thereof remain with Alacritech or its suppliers. The Software is copyrighted and is protected by the United States and other countries, and international treaty provisions. You will not remove the copyright notice from the Software.
  • Page 48 (1) year from the date of purchase. Upon return of such defective media, Alacritech‘s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of the Software.
  • Page 49 AUDIT: Alacritech reserves the right to have audits conducted to verify your compliance with this Agreement. TERMINATION OF THIS LICENSE: Alacritech may terminate this license at any time if you are in breach of any of its terms and conditions. Upon termination, you will immediately destroy the Software and documentation or return all copies of the Software and documentation to Alacri- tech.

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