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Allied Telesis AT-2916SX User Manual

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Advanced Control Suite
Gigabit Ethernet Network
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AT-2916SX
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AT-2972SX
AT-2972SX/2
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613-000492 Rev. B

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  • Page 1 Advanced Control Suite Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapters AT-2916SX AT-2931SX AT-2972SX AT-2972SX/2 User’s Guide 613-000492 Rev. B...
  • Page 2 Allied Telesis, Inc. reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior written notice. The information provided herein is subject to change without notice. In no event shall Allied Telesis, Inc. be liable for any incidental, special, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, arising out of or related to this manual or the information contained herein, even if Allied Telesis, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Where to Find Web-based Guides ............................8 Contacting Allied Telesis ................................9 Online Support ................................9 Email and Telephone Support ............................9 Returning Products................................9 Sales or Corporate Information ............................9 Management Software Updates ............................9 Chapter 1: Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview ..................12 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features ....................13 BASP for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP ....................14...
  • Page 4 Contents VLANs Overview...................................67 VLANs Support ................................69 Adaptive Interrupt Frequency ............................69 Dual DMA Channels ..............................69 32-bit or 64-bit PCI Bus Master .............................70 ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor..........................70 Chapter 5: Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded......................72 Windows ..................................72 Software Problems and Solutions............................73 Windows 2000 ................................73 Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) ......................74...
  • Page 5 Figures Figure 1. Advanced Control Suite 2 Menu...........................16 Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab ...............................24 Figure 3. Resources Tab ..............................25 Figure 4. Hardware Tab...............................26 Figure 5. Advanced Tab ..............................27 Figure 6. Network Test Tab ..............................31 Figure 7. Diagnostics Tab..............................31 Figure 8. Statistics Tab ................................33 Figure 9.
  • Page 6 Figures...
  • Page 7 For information about how to install the adapters as well as procedures to install and configure the related software, see the Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapters Installation Guide (part number 613-000049). The Preface contains the following sections: “Where to Find Web-based Guides” on page 8 “Contacting Allied Telesis” on page 9...

  • Page 8: Where To Find Web-Based Guides

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

  • Page 9: Contacting Allied Telesis

    Allied Telesis web site: www.alliedtelesis.com Allied Telesis FTP server: ftp://ftp.alliedtelesis.com If you prefer to download new software from the Allied Telesis FTP server from your workstation’s command prompt, you will need FTP client software and you must log in to the server. Enter “anonymous” for the user...
  • Page 10 Preface...
  • Page 11 Chapter 1 Advanced Server Program Overview This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis Advanced Server Program and contains following sections: “Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview” on page 12 “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features” on page 13 “BASP for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP”...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1: Broadcom Advanced Server Program (Basp) Overview

    This mode is protocol-independent and all traffic should be load- balanced and fault-tolerant. Note Allied Telesis recommends that you disable the spanning tree protocol at the switch when you use BASP. This setting minimizes the downtime due to spanning tree loop determination when failing over.

  • Page 13: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (Bacs 2) Features

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 15 for additional information.) Vital Sign –...

  • Page 14: Basp For Windows 2000, Windows 2003, And Windows Xp

    Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview BASP for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP The following options are supported under Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP. For additional information, see Chapter 3, “Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems” on page 59.
  • Page 15 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 16 “Installing the BACS 2 Application” on page 19 “Managing the BACS Application” on page 21 “Configuring the BACS 2 Application”...

  • Page 16: Chapter 2: 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 17: Information Provided By The Bacs 2 Applications

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 Table 1.
  • Page 18 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications “BASP Statistics Tab” on page 35. Configures the load balance and failover by grouping multiple network adapters.

  • Page 19: Installing The Bacs 2 Application

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 19 Note Before installing the BACS 2 software on a computer running Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Terminal Services, type...
  • Page 20 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 21: Managing The Bacs Application

    Or, click Start, point to Programs, point to Broadcom, and then click Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2. Note You must install the Allied Telesis adapters before you initialize the BACS application. Updating the To update the BACS application on your computer, perform the following procedure.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 2. Click Broadcom Management Programs and click Change/Remove (Windows 2003, 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 23: Configuring The Bacs 2 Application

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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.

  • Page 24: Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab The Vital Sign Tab contains the following fields: MAC Address. This address can either be the permanent MAC address or an address assigned by the Locally Administered Address in the Advanced properties tab.

  • Page 25: Resources Tab

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Resources Tab This section describes the Resources tab, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Resources Tab The Resources tab contains the following fields: Bus Type. For PCI devices, indicates the PCI bus type (PCI or PCI-X). Bridge.

  • Page 26: Hardware Tab

    Vendor ID. A unique vendor ID that is registered by the PCI-SIG organization. Device ID. A unique device ID that is registered by Broadcom. Subsystem Vendor ID. A unique vendor ID that is registered by the PCI-SIG organization. Subsystem ID. A unique ID registered by Allied Telesis, Inc.

  • Page 27: Advanced Tab

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Advanced Tab This section describes the Advanced tab, as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5. Advanced Tab The Advanced tab contains the following fields: 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 traffic.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications property is set to 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. –...
  • Page 29 Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide – Not Present (Default). Uses the factory-assigned node address on the adapter. The appropriate assigned ranges and exceptions for the locally administered address include the following: * The range is 0000 0000 0001 to FFFF FFFF FFFD. * Do not use a multicast address (least significant bit of the high byte = 1).

  • Page 30: Network Test Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Wake Up Capabilities. The Wake Up Capabilities property enables the network adapter to wake up from a low-power mode when it receives a network wake-up frame. Two types of wake-up frames are possible: Magic Packet and Wake Up Frame.

  • Page 31: Diagnostics Tab

    Figure 6. Network Test Tab Diagnostics Tab On the Diagnostics tab you can perform diagnostic tests on Allied Telesis network adapters. You use this function to test the physical components of the adapter, as shown in Figure 7 on page 31.

  • Page 32: Statistics Tab

    Statistics Tab On the Statistics Tab, shown in Figure 8, you can view traffic statistics for both Allied Telesis network devices and network devices made by other vendors. Statistical information and coverage are more comprehensive for the Allied Telesis adapters.

  • Page 33: General Statistics

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Note If an adapter is disabled, team statistics are not displayed. Figure 8. Statistics Tab 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.

  • Page 34: Ieee 802.3 Statistics

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications This does not include frames received with frame-too-long, FCS, length errors, alignment errors, or frames lost due to internal MAC sublayer errors. This counter is incremented as indicated by the Receive OK status.

  • Page 35: Basp Statistics Tab

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Rx Max Coalesce Frames Threshold hit. The number of times the Receive Max Coalesce Frames Threshold was hit. DMA write Queue was full. The number of times the DMA write queue was full. DMA write High Priority Queue was full. The number of times the DMA write high priority queue was full.

  • Page 36: Figure 9. Basp Statistics Tab

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Note To see the BASP Statistics Tab, you must have a team. Figure 9. BASP Statistics Tab The BASP Statistics tab contains the following fields: Tx. Packet. The number of packets transmitted. Tx.

  • Page 37: Configuring Teaming

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 38: Creating A Team Using The Wizard

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications members is restored (fallback), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling the traffic. Link Aggregation. In this type of team, you can dynamically configure the network adapters that have been selected to participate in a given team.

  • Page 39: Figure 11. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 40: Figure 13. Team Type Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 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 41: Figure 14. Assigning Team Members Page

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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 42: Figure 15. Team Member Selection

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 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.

  • Page 43: Figure 17. Standby Member Selection

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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). All load balance members have to fail before the standby member takes over. When one or more of the load balance members is restored (fallback), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling the traffic.

  • Page 44: Figure 18. Configuring Livelink Page

    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 Telesis recommends. 9. Click Next. The Configure VLAN Support page, as shown in Figure 19, allows you to create a VLAN.

  • Page 45: Figure 20. Vlan Naming Page

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide The options are: Yes. Allows you to configure a VLAN. Proceed to step 10. No. Skips the VLAN creation process. Proceed to step 13. 10. Click Next. The VLAN Naming page, as shown in Figure 20, asks for a name for the VLAN.

  • Page 46: Figure 21. Vlan Tagging Page

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 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.

  • Page 47: Figure 22. Additional Vlans Page

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide Figure 22. Additional VLANs Page 13. Click Yes if you want to create more VLANs and you will be repeating 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 48: Creating A Team Using The Expert Mode

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 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 49: Figure 26. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 26. Figure 26. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page 2. Click Expert Mode. The New Team Configuration window opens, as shown in Figure 27. Figure 27.

  • Page 50: Figure 28. New Team Configuration Menu

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 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 51 Members list. There must be at least one device in the Load Balance Members list. Note There must be at least one Allied Telesis Gigabit Ethernet adapter assigned to the team. 6. Click Apply. 7. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the network connection will be temporarily interrupted.

  • Page 52: Modifying A Team

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Modifying a After you have created a team, you can modify the team in the following ways: Team Change the type of team Change the members assigned to the team Add a VLAN Remove a team or a VLAN To modify a team, perform the following procedure.
  • Page 53 You can define up to 64 VLANs per team (63 tagged and 1 untagged). VLANs can only be created when all members are Allied Telesis adapters. If you try to create a VLAN with another type of adapter, an error message appears.

  • Page 54: Figure 30. Add Vlan Dialog Box

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications The Add VLAN dialog box opens, as shown inFigure 30 Figure 30. Add VLAN Dialog Box 3. Type the VLAN ID and VLAN name, then click OK. The Untagged VLAN check box is exclusively used by the VLAN ID field.

  • Page 55: Figure 31. Vlan Name Selected

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide as shown in Figure 31. Figure 31. VLAN Name Selected 2. Click the Vital Sign tab to view the properties of the VLAN adapter. 3. Click the BASP Statistics tab to view the statistics for the VLAN adapter.

  • Page 56: Figure 32. Save As Dialog Box

    Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications Saving and Restoring a Configuration The configuration file is a text file that can be viewed with any text editor. The file contains information about both the adapter and the team configuration.

  • Page 57: Viewing The Team Properties And Statistics

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 2. Click the name of the file to be restored and click Open. Note You may need to navigate to the folder where the file is located. If a configuration is already loaded, a message appears asking if you want to save your current configuration.
  • Page 58 Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications...
  • Page 59 Chapter 3 Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems This chapter provides procedures for installing the BACS application and configuring teaming on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP systems. It contains the following sections: “Installing the BASP” on page 60 “Uninstalling the BASP”...

  • Page 60: Chapter 3: Installing The Basp

    Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems Installing the BASP For BASP installation procedures, refer to Chapter 2, “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications” on page 15.

  • Page 61: Uninstalling The Basp

    Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 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.
  • Page 62 Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems...

  • Page 63: Key Protocols And Interfaces

    Chapter 4 Key Protocols and Interfaces This chapter describes the key protocols and interfaces. It contains the following sections: “Adapter Teaming” on page 64 “Failover Teaming” on page 66 “VLANs Overview” on page 67...

  • Page 64: Chapter 4: Adapter Teaming

    Adapter Teaming Teaming provides traffic load balancing and redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Allied Telesis 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. If traffic is...

  • Page 65: 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 66: Failover Teaming

    Sessions are maintained; consequently, there is no impact to the user. Note Allied Telesis recommends disabling STP when you use the teaming and fault tolerance features.

  • Page 67: Vlans Overview

    Up to 64 VLANs (63 tagged and 1 untagged) can be defined for each Allied Telesis Gigabit Ethernet adapter in your server, depending on the amount of available memory in your system.
  • Page 68 A high-use server that needs to be accessed from all of the VLANs and IP subnets. The Main Server has an Allied Telesis adapter installed. All three IP subnets are accessed via the single physical adapter interface. The server is attached to one of the switch ports, which is configured for VLANs #1, #2, and #3.

  • Page 69: Vlans Support

    Each Team supports up to 64 VLANs. Note that only the Allied Telesis adapters can be part of a team with VLANs. With multiple VLANs on an adapter, a server with a single adapter can have a logical presence on multiple IP subnets.

  • Page 70: 32-Bit Or 64-Bit Pci Bus Master

    Chapter 4: 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 71: Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter describes troubleshooting procedures and contains the following sections: “Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded” on page 72 “Software Problems and Solutions” on page 73...

  • Page 72: Chapter 5: Verifying The Correct Drivers Are Loaded

    1. On the Vital Sign tab, select the adapter you want to test. 2. Press Refresh to display the driver status of the selected adapter. Note The information for other adapters is less comprehensive than the information listed for an Allied Telesis Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Figure 35. Vital Sign Tab for Troubleshooting...

  • Page 73: Software Problems And Solutions

    However, the ICS application allows you to select any available network connection as an "outside" or "inside" connection, regardless of the BASP team configuration. Allied Telesis recommends that you do not select any network connection that is part of the BASP...

  • Page 74: Broadcom Advanced Server Program (Basp)

    Chapter 5: Troubleshooting 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.

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