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D-Link DFE-570TX Setup Manual

Network adapter load balancing and failover driver
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Summary of Contents for D-Link DFE-570TX

  • Page 1: Setup Guide

    Setup Guide © 2000 D-Link Corporation. All rights reserved...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction to D-Link's Load Balancing Utility... 3 Key Features ... 4 Important Information... 4 Requirements ...4 Windows NT 4.0 Issues...5 Hardware Driver Compatibility...6 Before You Install - a Checklist ...7 Network Environment Considerations ...7 Quick Setup Guide ... 8 Installing...8...

  • Page 3: Introduction To D-Link's Load Balancing Utility

    Setup Guide Introduction to the D-Link Load Balancing Utility Your DFE-570 adapter includes a software utility that provides dynamic fail over and allows customers to load balance network traffic across the multiple ports on the adapter. This utility is an elegantly simple yet extremely effective solution for increasing server availability and performance.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    Miscellaneous: 32 MB RAM; 2 MB hard disk space; 3.5" high-density disk drive; SVGA video adapter; mouse or compatible pointing device Note: For Windows 2000, please refer to the D-Link Load Balancing utility for Windows 2000 documentation for information about installing load balancing and failover support in Windows 2000.

  • Page 5: Windows Nt 4.0 Issues

    Microsoft's TCPIP driver that leads to a "Blue Screen of Death." This update, released after Service Pack 4, MUST be applied before the load-balancing driver is loaded. You can find this fix at Microsoft's site at the following URL: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/hotfixes-postSP4/roll-up/ D-Link Corporation postSP3/ndis-fix Setup Guide Page - 5 -...

  • Page 6: Hardware Driver Compatibility

    Roll-Up Hot Fix. Service Pack 5 Service Pack 5 (SP5) is the recommended configuration for use with the D-Link Load balancing software running on Windows NT 4.0. If you are running the IPX protocol, SP5 provides the most reliable environment for failover performance. Also, as of release time there were no additional Hot Fixes that were required with SP5.

  • Page 7: Before You Install - A Checklist

    If adapters with non-NDIS 4.0 drivers do not receive a broadcast packet in over 2 minutes, determining which port is bad becomes difficult if only two ports are in use. D-Link Corporation Setup Guide Page - 7 -...

  • Page 8: Quick Setup Guide

    Select Add.. to add a new Protocol Service. Step 6 Choose Have Disk… and the path to the drive or directory containing the D-Link installation files. Step 7 The option “Load Balancing and Failover Software…” should appear. Select the option and click OK.

  • Page 9: Verifying Protocol Information Of The Array

    Step 13 a) Select TCP/IP and click the Properties button. b) Review the IP address configuration for the “D-Link Virtual Adapter.” The Virtual Adapter acts like a single adapter to NT but is actually the array of adapters. The IP address that is configured here is the server’s IP address that will be advertised to the network.

  • Page 10: Using The Load Balancing Utility

    Graph utility. To launch the graphing utility simply, click on the Graph Details button in the center of the Status tab. complete overview of the D-Link Graph utility is provided in the section Using the D-Link Graphing...

  • Page 11: Viewing Nic Card Status And Alerts

    Whenever a port changes states, an SNMP alert is sent (assuming you have SNMP services loaded in NT) and an event is logged to the NT event log. D-Link Corporation Setup Guide below to change these defaults or...

  • Page 12: Advanced Configuration Options

    Microsoft Cluster Server can be used with the load-balancing driver. NOTE: Both of these settings require a reboot to take effect. D-Link Corporation Setup Guide Failover Settings The Advanced Tab is used to reactivate adapters and modify advanced settings. Page - 12 -...
  • Page 13 To restore all settings back to their default values, press the Default button. Press the Update button to have these settings go into effect. If any changes have been made and the OK button is pressed, the new settings will then automatically be applied. D-Link Corporation Page - 13 -...

  • Page 14: Using The Graphing Utility

    Using the D-Link Graphing Utility D-Link also provides a graphing utility to view detailed traffic statistics in real-time graphs and reports. The graphing utility offers two types of graph formats. First, the line graph is similar to the Performance Monitor in Windows NT and provides a detailed histogram of throughput data in real-time.

  • Page 15: Graph Detail

    Line graphs not only allow you to see total throughput for each device, but you can also view a variety of detailed statistics for each device including: D-Link Corporation Setup Guide Page - 15 -...

  • Page 16: Protocol Stats Tab

    Average, minimum and maximum values are displayed in the first row of data for the selected device. Throughput data for each sub-component of the device along with the device total are also displayed. The DeviceStats tab provides detailed statistics for each port. D-Link Corporation Setup Guide Page - 16 -...

  • Page 17: Configuring Snmp

    Configuring SNMP You can configure the D-Link SNMP agent to send traps to your SNMP Management Console to notify you when an adapter fails or is brought back online. The SNMP agent is automatically loaded if the following conditions are met on initial installation: TCP/IP is loaded.*...

  • Page 18: Windows Nt Event Log Messages

    It is advisable that you investigate the cause of the lost connections and possibly replace the adapter or cable. D-Link Corporation Setup Guide The adapter Page - 18 -...

  • Page 19: Contacting D-Link

    Setup Guide Contacting D-Link For technical assistance, you can reach us via e-mail, fax or phone. D-Link Corporation Page - 19 -...

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