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  • Page 1 Advanced Control Suite Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapters AT-2916SX AT-2931SX User’s Guide 613-000492 Rev. A...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2006 Allied Telesyn, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from Allied Telesyn, Inc. Microsoft and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape Navigator is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface ...9 Where to Find Web-based Guides ...10 Contacting Allied Telesyn ...11 Online Support ...11 Email and Telephone Support ...11 Returning Products...11 Sales or Corporate Information ...11 Management Software Updates ...11 Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview ...13 Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview ...14 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features ...15 BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003...16 Failover and Load Balance...16...
  • Page 4 Contents Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System ...67 BASP Driver for Linux ...68 Packaging ...69 Installing BASP ...70 Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux ...71 Installing the BASP TAR Archive ...72 BASP Files...73 BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions...74 BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions...76 BASP Configuration Scripts for Red Hat Distributions...78...
  • Page 5 Figures Figure 1. Advanced Control Suite 2 Menu...20 Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab ...28 Figure 3. Resources Tab ...30 Figure 4. Hardware Tab...31 Figure 5. Advanced Tab ...32 Figure 6. Network Test Tab ...36 Figure 7. Diagnostics Tab...37 Figure 8. Statistics Tab ...38 Figure 9.
  • Page 6 Figures...
  • Page 7 Tables Table 1. BACS Application Information ...21 Table 2. Contents of the release.txt File ...73 Table 3. Commands ...76 Table 4. Parameter Descriptions ...76 Table 5. Configuration Scripts ...78 Table 6. SNMP Files ...83 Table 7. Example VLAN Network Topology ...90 Table 8.
  • Page 8 Tables...

  • Page 9: Preface

    Preface This guide contains instructions on how to install and configure the Advanced Control Suite software for the AT-2916SX and AT-2931SX Ethernet network adapters on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux platforms. For information about how to install the AT-2931SX and...

  • Page 10: Where To Find Web-Based Guides

    Preface Where to Find Web-based Guides The installation and user guides for all Allied Telesyn products are available in portable document format (PDF) on our web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com. You can view the documents online or download them onto a local workstation or server.

  • Page 11: Contacting Allied Telesyn

    Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn contact information for technical support as well as sales and corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base: http://kb.alliedtelesyn.com. You can use the Knowledge Base to submit questions to our technical support staff and review answers to previously asked questions.
  • Page 12 Preface...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview

    Chapter 1 Advanced Server Program Overview This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesyn Advanced Server Program and contains following sections: “Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview” on page 14 “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features” on page 15 “BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003”...

  • Page 14: Broadcom Advanced Server Program (Basp) Overview

    Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview BASP is an intermediate software driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Linux that provides load-balancing, fault-tolerance, and VLAN features. The BASP features are provided by creating teams (virtual adapters) that consist of multiple NIC interfaces.

  • Page 15: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (Bacs 2) Features

    Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) is a graphical user interface with the following functions. (See Chapter 2, “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications” on page 19 for additional information.) Vital Sign –...

  • Page 16: Basp For Windows 2000 And Windows 2003

    Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 The following options are supported under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. For additional information, see Chapter 3, “Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems” on page 63. Failover and Load Balance Virtual LAN...

  • Page 17: Basp For Linux

    BASP for Linux The following options are supported under Linux. For additional information, see Chapter 4, “Installing BACS on a Linux System” on page Failover and SLB mode requires NICE drivers and works with all Ethernet switches without configuring the switch ports to any special trunking mode. Only Load Balance IP traffic is load-balanced in both inbound and outbound directions.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (Bacs 2) Applications

    Chapter 2 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications This chapter describes the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) applications and contains the following sections: “Overview” on page 20 “Installing the BACS 2 Application” on page 23 “Managing the BACS Application” on page 25 “Configuring the BACS 2 Application”...

  • Page 20: Overview

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Overview The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) application is an integrated application (with a graphical user interface) that provides useful information about each network adapter that is installed in your computer. The BACS application also enables you to perform detailed tests, diagnostics, and analyses on each adapter, as well as view traffic statistics and set configuration options for each adapter, as shown in...

  • Page 21: Information Provided By The Bacs 2 Applications

    Information The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 lists all of the network adapters in your computer and provides the following information, if available, about Provided by the each device, as shown in Table 1. BACS 2 Applications Driver Status MAC Address Link Status IP Address Memory Address...
  • Page 22 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications “BASP Statistics Tab” on page 41. Configures the load balance and failover by grouping multiple network adapters.

  • Page 23: Installing The Bacs 2 Application

    Installing the BACS 2 Application You can install the BACS 2 software through the GUI or by using the silent install option. See the following procedures: “Installing Using the GUI,” next “Using Silent Installation” on page 23 Installing Using To install the BACS 2 application using the GUI (graphical user interface), perform the following procedure.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Note Before you begin the installation, close all applications, windows, and dialog boxes. 1. Type setup /s and press ENTER.

  • Page 25: Managing The Bacs Application

    Managing the BACS Application This section contains the following procedures for managing the BACS application: “Initializing the BACS 2 Application,” next “Updating the BACS Application” on page 25 “Removing the BACS Application” on page 25 Initializing the To initialize the BACS 2 application on your computer, perform the following procedure.
  • Page 26 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 2. Click Broadcom Management Programs and click Change/Remove (Windows XP) or Add/Remove (Windows 2000). 3. Click Next. 4. In InstallShield Wizard, click Remove, and then click Next. 5. Click OK to remove the application and all of its components. 6.

  • Page 27: Configuring The Bacs 2 Application

    Configuring the BACS 2 Application Start the BACS application and then click the tab on Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 that provides the information of interest or access to the tests, diagnostics, analyses, and configuration functions you want to perform. Or, on the Tools menu, click Create a Team to start the BASP application.

  • Page 28: Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications The Vital Sign Tab contains the following fields: Note Information about network adapters made by other vendors is less comprehensive than the information provided about the Allied Telesyn AT-2916 and AT-2931 adapters or other Broadcom-based adapters.
  • Page 29 device has not been loaded by Windows. – Information Not Available. The value is not obtainable from the driver that is associated with the device. Driver Name/Version/Date. The file name, version, and creation date of the software driver that is associated with the device. Offload Capabilities.

  • Page 30: Resources Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Resources Tab This section describes the Resources tab, as shown in Figure 3. The Resources tab contains the following fields: Figure 3. Resources Tab Bus Type. Indicates the PCI bus type (PCI or PCI-X). Slot No.

  • Page 31: Hardware Tab

    Hardware Tab This section provides a description of the Hardware tab, as shown in Figure 4. The Hardware tab contains the following fields: ASIC Version. The chip version of the adapter. This information is not available for devices made by other vendors. Firmware Version.

  • Page 32: Advanced Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Advanced Tab This section describes the Advanced tab, as shown in Figure 5 The Advanced tab contains the following fields: Figure 5. Advanced Tab 802.1p QOS. The 802.1p QOS property enables quality of service, which is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) specification that treats different types of network traffic differently to ensure required levels or reliability and latency according to the type of...
  • Page 33 Enable. To disable Ethernet@Wirespeed, change the setting to Disable. Note This parameter is available only for copper devices and is not displayed for the AT-2916SX and AT-2931SX adapters. – Disable. Disables Ethernet@Wirespeed. – Enable (default). Enables Ethernet@Wirespeed Flow Control.
  • Page 34 Note This parameter is available only for copper devices and is not displayed for the AT-2916SX and AT-2931SX adapters. – 10 Mb Full. Sets the speed at 10 Mbit/s and the mode to Full-Duplex.

  • Page 35: Network Test Tab

    Magic Packetô and Wake Up Frame. Note This parameter is available only for copper devices and is not displayed for the AT-2916SX and AT-2931SX adapters. – Both (default). Selects both Magic Packet and Wake Up Frame as wake-up frames.

  • Page 36: Diagnostics Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications test uses TCP/IP, as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6. Network Test Tab Diagnostics Tab On the Diagnostics tab you can perform diagnostic tests on Allied Telesyn network adapters. You use this function to test the physical components of the adapter, as shown in Figure 7 on page 37.

  • Page 37: Figure 7. Diagnostics Tab

    Note The network connection is temporarily lost when the diagnostic tests are running. Figure 7. Diagnostics Tab The Diagnostics tab contains the following fields: Control Registers. This test verifies the read and write capabilities of the network controller registers by writing various values to the registers and verifying the results.

  • Page 38: Statistics Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Statistics Tab On the Statistics Tab, shown in Figure 8, you can view traffic statistics for both Allied Telesyn network devices and network devices made by other vendors. Statistical information and coverage are more comprehensive for the Allied Telsyn adapters.

  • Page 39: General Statistics

    General Statistics Definitions of the general statistics parameters are provided below. Frames Tx OK. A count of frames that are successfully transmitted. This counter is incremented when the transmit status is reported as Transmit OK. Frames Rx OK. A count of frames that are successfully received (Receive OK).

  • Page 40: Custom Statistics

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Custom Statistics Definitions of the custom statistics parameters are provided below. counter is incremented when the result of a transmission is reported as Transmit OK and the attempt value is 2. Frames Tx with more than one Collision.

  • Page 41: Basp Statistics Tab

    MAC Rx w/ Pause Command and Length greater than 0. MAC control frames with the pause command and a length greater than 0. MAC Rx w/ no Pause Command. MAC control frames with no pause command. MAC Sent X-on. MAC Transmit with X-on was on. MAC Sent X-off.

  • Page 42: Configuring Teaming

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Configuring Teaming The teaming function allows you to group available network devices together to function as a team. Teaming is a method of creating a virtual LAN (a group of multiple devices that function as a single device). The benefit of this approach is that it enables load balancing and failover.

  • Page 43: Creating A Team Using The Wizard

    Link Aggregation. In this type of team, you can dynamically configure the network adapters that have been selected to participate in a given team. If the link partner is not correctly configured for IEEE 802.3ad link configuration, errors are detected and noted. All adapters in the team are configured to receive packets for the same MAC address.

  • Page 44: Figure 11. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 11. Figure 11. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page 2. Click Next. The Team Name page asks for a name for the team, as shown in Figure 12.

  • Page 45: Figure 13. Team Type Page

    Note The number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 39. Note A team name cannot begin with spaces or contain the character "&". Note Team names must be unique. If you attempt to use a team name more than once, an error message appears indicating that the name already exists.

  • Page 46: Figure 14. Assigning Team Members Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Smart Load Balancing and Failover. In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event). All load balance members have to fail before the standby member takes over.

  • Page 47: Figure 15. Team Member Selection

    5. Add or remove team members from the Available Adapters list to the Team members list, as shown in Figure 15, until you have all the members of the team identified. Figure 15. Team Member Selection 6. Click Next. The Designating a Standby Member page asks if you want to identify a standby member of the team, as shown in Figure 16.

  • Page 48: Figure 17. Standby Member Selection

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 7. If you want a standby member, click Use the following member as a 8. Click Next. Use the following member as a standby member Enable Auto-Fallback Disable Mode. When this option is enabled, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event).

  • Page 49: Figure 18. Configuring Livelink Page

    Figure 18. Configuring LiveLink Page The options are: Yes. When you select this option, another page opens where you configure this feature. No. This option does not allow you to configure LiveLink. This is the default and the setting that Allied Telesyn recommends. 9.

  • Page 50: Figure 20. Vlan Naming Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 10. Click Next. 11. Enter a name for the VLAN and click Next. The options are: Yes. Allows you to configure a VLAN. Proceed to step 10. No. Skips the VLAN creation process. Proceed to step 13. The VLAN Naming page, as shown in Figure 20, asks for a name for the VLAN.

  • Page 51: Figure 21. Vlan Tagging Page

    Figure 21. VLAN Tagging Page The options are: Untagged. This option does not insert a VLAN tag ID into the Ethernet packet, but relies on the switch configuration for VLAN membership. Tagged. This option inserts the VLAN tag ID into the Ethernet packet to identify its VLAN ID or membership.

  • Page 52: Figure 22. Additional Vlans Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 13. Click Yes if you want to create more VLANs and you will be repeating 14. Select one of the following: Figure 22. Additional VLANs Page steps 11 and 12. or No if you do not want to create another VLAN. When you click No, the final wizard page is displayed, as shown in Figure 23.

  • Page 53: Creating A Team Using The Expert Mode

    Creating a Team To create a team, perform the following procedure. Using the Expert 1. From the Tools menu, click Create a Team. Mode Suite 2. A warning message is displayed, as shown in Figure 24. Figure 24. Commit Changes Warning Message Click Yes to complete the process and return to the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite main window, or No to not save the changes.

  • Page 54: Figure 26. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 2. Click Expert Mode. 3. Type a team name in the Enter a name you will use to identify this The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 26.
  • Page 55 Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Note The number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 39. Note A team name cannot begin with spaces or contain the character "&". Note Team names must be unique.

  • Page 56: Figure 28. New Team Configuration Menu

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications The New Team Configuration window opens, as shown in Figure 28. 5. Assign any available device or devices to the team by moving the 6. Click Finish. 7. Click Apply. 8.

  • Page 57: Modifying A Team

    Note When you create Generic Trunking and Link Aggregation teams, you cannot designate a Standby Member. Standby members work only with Smart Load Balance and Failover and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) types of teams. Note For an SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) team, when you want to restore traffic to the load balance members from the standby member, click the Fallback button on the Team Properties Tab.

  • Page 58: Figure 29. Team Properties Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 5. In the list of adapters in the team shown on the left, right-click the 6. When you are done with your changes, click Apply. 7. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the network Adding a VLAN You also can add VLANs to a team.

  • Page 59: Figure 30. Add Vlan Dialog Box

    Note Disabled adapters are not recognized and they prevent the creation of a VLAN. If you attempt to create a VLAN with a disabled adapter, an error message is displayed. To configure a team with a VLAN, perform the following procedure. Note To maintain optimum adapter performance, your system must have 64 MB of system memory for each of the 8 VLANs created per...

  • Page 60: Figure 31. Vlan Name Selected

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 5. Click Apply. 6. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the network Displaying VLAN Properties and Statistics and Running VLAN Tests The procedures in this section describe how to display VLAN properties and statistics as well as how to run VLAN tests and delete a VLAN.

  • Page 61: Figure 32. Save As Dialog Box

    1. In BACS2, select the VLAN name in the team’s Virtual Adapters folder, as shown in Figure 31 on page 60. 2. Right-click the VLAN name and select click Remove VLAN. 3. Click Apply. 4. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the network connection will be temporarily interrupted.

  • Page 62: Viewing The Team Properties And Statistics

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 2. Click the name of the file to be restored and click Open. 3. Click Apply to enable the Save Configuration feature. Viewing the To view the team properties and statistics, perform the following procedure.

  • Page 63: Chapter 3: Installing Bacs On Windows 2000 And Windows 2003 Systems

    Chapter 3 Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems This chapter provides procedures for installing the BACS application and configuring teaming on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 systems. It contains the following sections: “Installing the BASP” on page 64 “Uninstalling the BASP”...

  • Page 64: Installing The Basp

    Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems Installing the BASP For BASP installation procedures, refer to Chapter 2, “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications” on page 19.

  • Page 65: Uninstalling The Basp

    Uninstalling the BASP To uninstall the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), perform the following procedure: 1. Open the Control Panel 2. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs button. 3. Select Broadcom Management Programs and click Change/Remove. 4. Click Next. The InstallShield Wizard screen appears.
  • Page 66 Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems...

  • Page 67: Chapter 4: Installing Bacs On A Linux System

    Chapter 4 Installing BACS on a Linux System This chapter describes the installation and configuration of the BASP driver on Linux. It includes the following section: “BASP Driver for Linux” on page 68 “Packaging” on page 69 “Installing BASP” on page 70 “Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux”...

  • Page 68: Basp Driver For Linux

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System BASP Driver for Linux On newer Distributions and Kernels, it may be necessary to remove the BASP Driver for Linux BASP is a kernel module designed for 2.4.x kernels that provides load- balancing, fault-tolerance, and VLAN features.

  • Page 69: Packaging

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Packaging BASP is released in two packaging formats: source RPM and compressed tar formats. The file names for the two packages are basplnx- <version>.src.<arch>.rpm and basplnx-<version>.<arch>.tgz. Identical source files to build the driver are included in both the RPM and TAR source packages.

  • Page 70: Installing Basp

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System Installing BASP BASP for Linux is shipped in mixed forms, where the platform and kernel specific files are in source code and the core file is in object form. Three packages are shipped in this release: two tar archives and two RPM packages.

  • Page 71: Installing The Basp Source Rpm Package For Red Hat And United Linux

    Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux To install the BASP RPM source package for Red Hat and United Linux 1.x based distributions, perform the following procedure. 1. To install the RPM source package, run % rpm -i basplnx-{version}.src.{arch}.rpm 2.

  • Page 72: Installing The Basp Tar Archive

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System Installing the BASP TAR Archive Use the procedures in this section to install Linux i386 distributions that are neither Red Hat nor United Linux distributions. Installing the BASP TAR archive involves both uncompressing the archive and then installing To uncompress and expand the tar archive, run: To install the BASP TAR archive, perform the following procedure: 1.

  • Page 73: Basp Files

    BASP Files See Table 2 for a list of the BASP files. Makefile baspcfg bcmtype.h blf.c blf.h blfcore.h blfcore.o blfopt.h blfver.h nicext.h pal.c pal.h release.txt nice-2.2.16 nice-2.4.16 scripts scripts/basp scripts/baspteam scripts/baspif scripts/team-sample scripts/team-gec scripts/team-vlan basp.4 Table 2. Contents of the release.txt File Filename makefile precompiled configuration utility...

  • Page 74: Basp Configuration For Red Hat And United Linux Distributions

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System baspcfg.8 BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions This section describes the BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux 1.x based distributions. The BASP distribution includes a utility program and several scripts for team configuration. Most of the steps are only required after the first time installation.
  • Page 75 To configure BASP, perform the following procedure: 1. Copy a configuration script from the "/etc/basp/samples" directory to the "/etc/basp" directory. Note The configuration script name must be prefixed with "team-". 2. Modify the following parameters of the configuration script: (a) change the team type (b) add or delete the physical network interfaces (c) add or delete the virtual network interfaces (d) assign IP address to each virtual network interface.

  • Page 76: Basp Configuration And Startup For Other Linux Distributions

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions BASP Configuration (baspcfg) is a command line tool that is used to configure the BASP teams, add/remove NICs, and add/remove virtual devices. This tool can be used in custom initialization scripts. Please read your distribution-specific documentation for more information on your distributor’s startup procedures.
  • Page 77 Table 4. Parameter Descriptions (Continued) Parameter type tname vlan_id vname macaddr role device Note You can only execute Baspcfg in Super User mode. Attempting to use baspcfg as a standard user displays the following error message, "Error in communicating to BASP Module. Is it loaded?". When you configure Teaming, one Primary Adapter is required.

  • Page 78: Basp Configuration Scripts For Red Hat Distributions

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System BASP Configuration Scripts for Red Hat Distributions Both team-sample and team-gec are configuration scripts that follow the same syntax. See Table 5 for more information. Table 5. Configuration Scripts Script TEAM_ID: this number uniquely identifies a team TEAM_TYPE: 0 = SLB, 1 = Generic Trunking/GEC/...

  • Page 79: Broadcom Nice Patches

    Broadcom NICE Patches Also included in this release are network device drivers patched with Broadcom NICE support. These drivers are originally taken from the Linux 2.4.16 kernel distribution. To install patched drivers, perform the following procedure. 1. Copy the NICE header file, "nicext.h", to the appropriate Linux kernel include directory, for example: % cp /usr/src/nice-2.4.16/nicext.h /usr/src/linux/ include/linux...

  • Page 80: Uninstalling The Rpm Package

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System Uninstalling the RPM Package To uninstall a RPM package, perform the following procedure. % rpm -e basplnx and to reboot the system, % reboot...

  • Page 81: Removal Of Physical Interface In Generic Trunking And 802.3Ad Mode

    Removal of Physical Interface in Generic Trunking and 802.3ad Mode In Generic Trunking and 802.3ad mode, all the physical and virtual interfaces belonging to a team have the same MAC address. This MAC address is the same address as that of the first physical interface bounded to the team.

  • Page 82: Basp Snmp Agent For Linux

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System BASP SNMP Agent for Linux This SNMP agent is designed to support the configuration and statistics information pertaining to the BASP driver. The BASP SNMP agent is available in two packaging formats: TAR archive and RPM. Both packages include the same script and MIB files.

  • Page 83: Installing The Rpm Package

    7. The snmpget and snmpgetnext commands can be used to receive the BASP snmp objects such as: % snmpget localhost public BASP-Config-MIB::btTeamNumber % snmpgetnext localhost public BASP-Config- MIB::btTeamNumber BASP SNMP objects are provided in the following text files: – – –...

  • Page 84: Uninstalling The Rpm Package (Both Source And Binary)

    Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System Uninstalling the To uninstall RPM package, run: RPM Package (Both Source and and to reboot the system, Binary) Known Problems The 802.3ad team member links disconnect and reconnect continuously when connected to the HP2524 switch. This is a 3rd party issue. It is seen only when configuring an 802.3ad team with more than 2 members on the server and connecting to an HP2524 switch, with LACP enabled as passive or active.

  • Page 85: Chapter 5: Key Protocols And Interfaces

    Chapter 5 Key Protocols and Interfaces This chapter describes the key protocols and interfaces. It contains the following sections: “Adapter Teaming” on page 86 “Failover Teaming” on page 88 “VLANs Overview” on page 89...

  • Page 86: Adapter Teaming

    Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces Adapter Teaming Teaming provides traffic load balancing and redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Allied Telesyn adapters are installed in the same server, they can be grouped into teams. Each team can be configured on the server with up to 8 ports.

  • Page 87: Smart Load Balance Auto-Failback Disable

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Basically, generic link aggregation mode is a "light" version of the 802.3ad link aggregation and is often referred to as 802.3ad static. This approach is much simpler because there is not a formalized link aggregation control protocol.

  • Page 88: Failover Teaming

    Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces Failover Teaming Failover Teaming provides a redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are installed in the same server, they can be paired into teams. Each team must have at least one adapter, but can support up to eight adapters.

  • Page 89: Vlans Overview

    VLANs Overview VLANs allow you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts, to create logical segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies among each logical segment. Each defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network, with its traffic and broadcasts isolated from the others, increasing bandwidth efficiency within each logical group.

  • Page 90: Table 7. Example Vlan Network Topology

    Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces Figure 34 on page 89 shows an example network that uses VLANs. In this example network, the physical LAN consists of a switch, two servers, and five clients. The LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs, each representing a different IP subnet.

  • Page 91: Vlans Support

    Component PC #5 Note VLAN tagging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other switches. It is also required on ports connected to tag-capable end-stations, such as servers or workstations with adapters. VLANs Support Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are commonly used to split up groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains, to create logical segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies...

  • Page 92: 32-Bit Or 64-Bit Pci Bus Master

    Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces 32-bit or 64-bit Compliant with PCI Local Bus Rev 2.2, the PCI interface on the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI buses. As a PCI Bus Master bus master, the adapter requests access to the PCI bus, instead of waiting to be polled.

  • Page 93: Chapter 6: Troubleshooting

    Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This chapter describes troubleshooting procedures and contains the following sections: “Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded” on page 94 “Software Problems and Solutions” on page 96...

  • Page 94: Verifying The Correct Drivers Are Loaded

    Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded The following section describes how to check if the correct drivers are loaded for Windows and Linux. Windows The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, Vital Sign tab allows you to view vital adapter information, network status, and network connectivity. Active adapters are listed on the Vital Sign tab.

  • Page 95: Table 8. Linux Driver Software Information

    Linux To verify that the Linux Driver software is loaded correctly, perform the following procedure. 1. To verify that the bcm5700.o driver is loaded properly, run: lsmod If the driver is loaded, a line similar to the one below appears, where <size>...

  • Page 96: Software Problems And Solutions

    Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Software Problems and Solutions This section describes common software problems and solutions and contains the following subsections: Windows 2000 This section lists known problems and solutions when using Windows 2000. Problem: When uninstalling the BASP software, you are prompted to reboot early.

  • Page 97: Linux-Basp

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Problem: Team configuration is not retained when you edit it. Solution: In configuring BASP team configuration, the actual changes of the configuration are not committed until you click "OK" in the "Network Properties" window. If you do not click "OK" and, instead, return to the BASP team configuration window, all the previous uncommitted changes are lost.

  • Page 98: Broadcom Advanced Server Program (Basp)

    Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Broadcom This section lists known BASP problems and solutions that apply to all operating systems. Advanced Server Program (BASP) Problem: 802.3ad team member links disconnect and reconnect continuously. Solution: This is a 3rd party issue. It is seen only when configuring an 802.3ad team with more than 2 members on the server and connecting an HP2524 switch, with LACP enabled as passive or active.

  • Page 99: Chapter 7: Manageability Features

    Chapter 7 Manageability Features This chapter describes the magageability features and contains the following sections: “CIM” on page 100 “SNMP” on page 101...

  • Page 100: Cim

    Chapter 7: Manageability Features The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Microsoft implements CIM on Windows platforms such as Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 systems. Allied Telesyn supports CIM on the Windows 2000 and the Windows Server 2003 platforms.

  • Page 101: Snmp

    SNMP There are two SNMP agents for manageability: BASP Sub-agent BASP Extensible-agent See the following sections. BASP Sub-agent The BASP sub-agent, baspmgnt.dll, is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 SNMP service. It is required to install the SNMP service before installing BASP subagent.

  • Page 102: Basp Extensible-Agent

    Chapter 7: Manageability Features BASP Extensible- The Broadcom SNMP extensible-agent, bcmif.dll, is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 SNMP service. The software agent requires that a Windows 2000 SNMP service is installed before installing the extensible-agent. The extensible-agent allows the SNMP manager software to actively monitor the configurations of the Interface Card.

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