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  • Page 1: Ethernet Adapter

    ® Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide OPTIONS by IBM 19K4621...
  • Page 3 ® Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide 19K4621...
  • Page 4 Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information under “Appendix B. Product warranties and notices” on page B-1 of the Netfinity Gigabit Adapter Device Drivers and Installation First Edition (August 2000) © COPYRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, 2000.
  • Page 7 User’s guide ............1-1 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...
  • Page 8 Netfinity® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide...
  • Page 9 Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information. Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité. Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen. Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...
  • Page 10 Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet. Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança. Antes de instalar este producto lea la información de seguridad. Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten. viii Netfinity® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide...

  • Page 11: About This Book

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  • Page 13: Product Description

    • Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD with device driver software and documentation. • The IBM Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter in an anti-static bag (used for protecting the adapter when stored or shipped). Keep the adapter in the packaging until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 14: Key Protocols And Interfaces

    Jumbo Frames support When sending Ethernet traffic at Gigabit speeds, considerable bandwidth is consumed by the overhead of handling a multitude of standard 1,500 byte packets. The Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and Alteon WebSystems switches support Ethernet frames of up to 9,000 bytes.

  • Page 15: Adaptive Interrupt Frequency

    LEDs The faceplate of the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter has four LEDs: one for each port speed option (10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1Gbps), to indicate which link is active, and one LED for data transfer status. Until the driver software is properly installed, all four LEDs remain lit when the server is turned on.

  • Page 16: System Requirements

    If all four LEDs remain lit simultaneously, the adapter driver software is either missing or improperly installed. System requirements Before installing the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, be sure your computer meets the following requirements: • Hardware: ®...

  • Page 17: Before You Begin

    Adapter CD for important information not available at the time this manual was created. Note: If you acquired the adapter software on a diskette or from the IBM support Web site, check the appropriate source for the most recent information.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Network Cables

    ISO/IEC 11801:1995 and EIA/TIA-568-A (1995), and tested using procedures defined in TIA/EIA TSB95. 2. Connect one end of the cable to the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 3. Connect the other end of the cable to an RJ-45 Ethernet network port.
  • Page 19 Note: For Windows NT Server Enterprise, be sure to click Add rather than Search. 6. Click Have Disk. 7. When you are prompted to, insert the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. 8. Type the path to the device drivers; then click OK.
  • Page 20 You can only load one intermediate device driver at a time. This means that advanced options, such as Failover Teaming and VLANs, can be configured for either Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters or a standalone LOM, but not both. If you click Yes in the window illustrated above, a LOM can be configured only as a member of a Failover Team.
  • Page 21 • Link negotiation — When checked (default), 802.3-1999 compliant Gigabit Ethernet link negotiation is enabled. All Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters use link negotiation by default. — When unchecked, link negotiation is disabled and only link signal detection is used. Use this setting when connecting to Ethernet equipment that does not support link negotiation, or if there is a problem establishing a link between the adapter and the connecting device.
  • Page 22 This is an information field and cannot be configured directly through this tab. Note: Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters that are members of a Failover Team can be configured to support VLANs. However, VLANs cannot be configured for a stand-alone Intel LAN on motherboard (LOM) or a Failover Team that includes a LOM.
  • Page 23 The bus and slot number of the highlighted adapter is listed in the lower part of the window. 4. Select a Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, LAN on motherboard (LOM), or Failover Team entry; then click Properties. The Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver window opens.
  • Page 24 Intel LAN on motherboard (LOM) or a Failover Team that includes a LOM. 5. In the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver Properties window, click any tab to access its options. If you click the Failover Team Configuration tab but there are no Failover Teams or VLANs currently configured, the following window opens: Click Yes to continue Failover Team configuration.
  • Page 25 Moving the adapter to a different slot To move a Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter to a different slot in the same computer, do the following: 1. Remove the adapter device driver software by doing the following: a.

  • Page 26: Failover Teaming

    When you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. 2. Shut down your computer and remove the adapter card from the PCI slot. 3. Install the adapter card in its new PCI slot (see “Installing the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter” on page 1-5).
  • Page 27 Failover Team, but not as a member of a VLAN. If you click No, the LOM will not be used as part of a Failover Team. 5. In the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver properties window, click the Failover Team Configuration tab.
  • Page 28 (Link Negotiation, Jumbo Frame, and Flow Control settings) are used as the starting point for the new team configuration. Note: Release 2.3 supports grouping Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters with an 82559 Intel LAN on motherboard (LOM) into Failover Teams. However, this release does not support assigning a LOM as a primary adapter (the adapter for which you want to provide failover).
  • Page 29 • If your computer is configured with a LAN on motherboard (LOM) and you have not added that LOM to any team, the following window opens when you try to close the Failover Team Configuration tab: • Click OK. • If you originally chose not to use the LOM as part of your Failover Team (see Step 5 on page 1-15), the above window will not open.
  • Page 30 Note: Adapters that are part of a Failover Team inherit all the basic configuration properties of the team, including VLANs associated with the team. If you delete a Failover Team, any VLANs configured for the adapters that are members of that team are also deleted. 1-18 Netfinity® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide...
  • Page 31 5. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. Your computer will restart, using the new configuration settings. VLANs Your Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be configured to support virtual local area networks (VLANs). This section provides instructions for configuring optional VLANs for an adapter.

  • Page 32: Configuring Vlans

    Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters. Configuring VLANs By default, Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are configured with VLAN support disabled. Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for each adapter on your server, depending on the amount of memory it has available.
  • Page 33 You can load only one intermediate driver at a time. This means that advanced options, such as Failover Teaming and VLANs, can be configured for either Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters or a standalone LOM, but not both. If you click Yes in the above dialog box, a LOM can be configured only as a member of a Failover Team, but not as a member of a VLAN.
  • Page 34 A new VLAN instance is created in the previously selected adapter list. Note: To maintain optimum adapter performance, reserve 64MB of memory for each eight VLANs created per adapter. 8. When you are finished configuring VLANs, click Close to accept the changes. 1-22 Netfinity® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide...
  • Page 35 2. Select the VLAN you want to delete and click Delete VLAN. The selected VLAN is deleted from the screen. 3. When you are finished configuring VLANs, click Close in the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver Properties window to accept the changes.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    3. When you are finished modifying this VLAN, click OK. 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each VLAN you want to modify. 5. When you are finished configuring VLANs, click Close in the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver Properties window to accept the changes.
  • Page 37 3. Click the Adapters tab. 4. Select any Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and click Properties. The Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device Driver properties window opens. 5. If you want to run internal loopback diagnostics on an adapter, select the NIC Status and Configuration tab;...
  • Page 38 (where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive): cd \dosdiags Note: If you acquired the diagnostic software on a diskette or from the IBM support Web site, specify the path to where the files are saved on your computer.

  • Page 39: Checking The Port Leds

    IBM HelpCenter. Checking the port LEDs The faceplate of the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter has four LEDs: one for each port speed option (10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1Gbps), to indicate which link is active; and one LED for data transfer status.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting Checklist

    Troubleshooting checklist The following checklist provides recommended actions to take to resolve problems installing the Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter or running it in your computer. • Inspect all cables and connections. Verify that the cable connections at the adapter and the switch are attached properly. Be sure that the cable length and rating comply with the requirements listed in “Connecting the network cables”...
  • Page 42 Part Number: 19K4621 File Number: Printed in the United States of America on recycled paper containing 10& recovered post-consumer fiber. 19K4621 *0719K4621*...

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