Installing 3Com Advanced Server Features For Windows; Installing 3Com Advanced Server Software - 3Com 3C990B-TX-M User Manual

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Installing 3Com Advanced Server Software

Installing 3Com Advanced Server
Features For Windows
This chapter explains the following tasks for a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows NT
with the 3Com 10/100 PCI Server NIC (3C990BSVR) with 3XP processor installed.
Installing 3Com Advanced Server software for a server NIC
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Configuring groups and VLANs for a server NIC
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3Com Advanced Server (DynamicAccess) features include:
Fault tolerance
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Bi-directional load balancing
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Resilient server links (RSL)
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Self-healing drivers (SHD)
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Multiple virtual LANs (MVLANs) support
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PCI hot-plug support
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Traffic prioritization
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For more information about 3Com Advanced Server (DynamicAccess) features, see
"3C990BSVR Server NIC Features" on page 9.
This chapter also describes 3C990B NIC support for Windows 2000 offload features in an
IP environment. The Windows 2000 offload features are designed to enhance the
Windows 2000 operating system capabilities by off loading key TCP/IP networking and
security tasks from the Windows 2000 operating system.
Follow these steps to install 3Com Advanced Server (DynamicAccess) software for a server
NIC installed in a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 computer:
1 Make sure that the NIC and the network driver are properly installed in your computer.
See Chapter 3, "Installing NIC Drivers and Diagnostics For Windows," for information
about confirming that the NIC and driver are properly installed.
2 Start Windows.
3 Insert the EtherCD in the CD-ROM drive.
The EtherCD Welcome screen appears.
4 Click NIC Software.
5 Click DynamicAccess technologies.
6 Click Install DynamicAccess software.
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