3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX Manuel utilisateur

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EtherLink

10/100 PCI for

Complete PC Management

Network Interface Cards

User Guide

3C905C-TX and 3C905C-TX-M

EtherLink 10/100 PCI NICs for

Complete PC Management

Part No. 09-1488-000

Published March 1999

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If you are a United States government agency, then this documentation and the software described

herein are provided to you subject to the following:

All technical data and computer software are commercial in nature and developed solely at private

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conjunction with, this User Guide.

Unless otherwise indicated, 3Com registered trademarks are registered in the United States and may

or may not be registered in other countries.

3Com, the 3Com logo, Dynamic

Access

, EtherDisk, EtherLink, and Parallel Tasking are registered

trademarks of 3Com Corporation. Intelligent Auto Install is a trademark of 3Com Corporation.

3Com Facts is a service mark of 3Com Corporation.

Magic Packet is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Wake on LAN is a trademark

of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are

trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Novell and NetWare are trademarks of Novell, Inc. SCO is a

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All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which

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ONTENTS

BOUT

HIS

UIDE

Conventions 9

Year 2000 Compliance 10

NTRODUCTION

3C905C NIC Overview 11

Features 12

Using Remote Wake-Up 12

Remote Wake-Up Requirements 13

Multiple NIC Installations and Remote Wake-Up 13

Using the Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA) Software 13

Using Dynamic

Access

Software 14

Using the Workgroup Keep-Alive Packet 15

Using Remote System Alerts 15

Remote System Alerts Requirements 15

Supported Remote System Alerts 15

Using Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0 16

ETWORK

NTERFACE

ARD

NSTALLATION

Overview 17

Preparing for Installation 18

Running the Preinstallation Program 19

Inserting the NIC 19

Connecting the Remote Wake-Up Cable 22

Connecting SOS or SMBus Cables for Remote System Alerts 24

Connecting to the Network 24

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INDOWS

95/98

AND

INDOWS

RIVER

NSTALLATION

Overview 27

Installing the Driver 27

Windows 95 27

Windows 98 30

Windows NT 4.0 32

Windows NT 3.51 33

Verifying Successful Installation 35

Windows 95 and Windows 98 35

Windows NT 4.0 35

Windows NT 3.51 36

Installing Multiple NICs 36

Windows 95 and Windows 98 36

Windows NT 4.0 37

ARE

LIENT

AND

ERVER

RIVER

NSTALLATION

Installing the NetWare Client Driver 39

About 3Com Intelligent Auto Install Software 39

Intelligent Auto Install Requirements 40

Running the Intelligent Auto Install Program 40

Installing the NetWare Server Driver 41

Obtaining NetWare Loadable Modules 41

NetWare 3.12 41

NetWare 4.10 and 4.11 42

Multiple NICs 42

Verifying the PCI Slot Number 43

NIC C

ONFIGURATION

Conﬁguration Methods 45

Default NIC Settings 46

Changing General NIC Conﬁguration Settings 47

Conﬁguring the Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA) 49

Enabling or Disabling the Boot ROM Setting 49

Booting From the Network 50

BBS BIOS-Compatible PCs 50

Non-BBS BIOS-Compatible PCs 51

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ROUBLESHOOTING

AND

IAGNOSTICS

Troubleshooting the Installation 53

Accessing 3Com Support Databases 54

Accessing the 3Com Knowledgebase 54

Accessing the 3Com NIC Help System 54

Accessing Release Notes and Frequently Asked

Questions 55

Interpreting the LEDs 56

Running the NIC Diagnostics Tests 57

To Run the Network Test 58

To Run the NIC Test 59

To Run the Remote Wake-Up Test 59

Troubleshooting Remote Wake-Up 61

Viewing Network Statistics 62

Using the 3Com Icon in the Windows System Tray 63

Removing NIC Software 64

Windows 95 and Windows 98 64

Windows NT 4.0 64

Windows NT 3.51 65

Frequently Asked Questions 66

PECIFICATIONS

AND

ABLING

EQUIREMENTS

Hardware Speciﬁcations 69

Network Interface 69

Physical Dimensions 69

Environmental Operating Range 69

Power Requirements 69

Standards Conformance 70

Cabling Requirements 70

Twisted-Pair Cable 70

10BASE-T Operation 71

100BASE-TX Operation 72

RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments 72

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YNAMIC

Access

OFTWARE

NSTALLATION

AND

ONFIGURATION

Client PC Requirements 73

Installing Dynamic

Access

Software 74

Verifying Successful Installation 75

Conﬁguring Dynamic

Access

Software 75

Removing Dynamic

Access

Software 76

DMI A

GENT

NSTALLATION

Overview 77

System Requirements 78

Client PC Requirements 78

Network Management Requirements 78

Installing the 3Com DMI Agent 79

ECHNICAL

UPPORT

Support from Your Network Supplier 81

Online Technical Services 81

World Wide Web Site 81

3Com FTP Site 82

3Com Bulletin Board Service 82

Access by Analog Modem 82

Access by Digital Modem 83

3Com Facts Automated Fax Service 83

NDEX

ORPORATION

IMITED

ARRANTY

FCC C

LASS

B S

TATEMENT

FCC D

ECLARATION

ONFORMITY

SER

OFTWARE

ICENSE

GREEMENT

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IGURES

3C905C Network Interface Cards 11

Installing the NIC 21

Connecting the Remote Wake-Up Cable 23

Connecting to the RJ-45 Port 25

Add New Hardware Wizard 30

Network Settings Window 34

Selected NIC Screen 44

General Screen 48

Conﬁguration Screen 48

Support Screen 55

Diagnostics Screen 58

Remote Wake-Up Test Screen 60

Statistics Screen 62

RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments 72

15 DynamicAccess Software Setup Screen — Trafﬁc

Prioritization 76

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TABLES

1Notice Icons 9

2Text Conventions 10

3Installation Overview 17

4Cable Speciﬁcations 24

5NetWare NLMs 41

6NIC Conﬁguration Methods 45

7NIC Conﬁguration Settings 46

8Installation Troubleshooting Tips 53

9LED Interpretations 56

10 Frequently Asked Questions 66

11 Unshielded Twisted-pair Cable Categories 71

12 DynamicAccess Software Minimum Client Requirements 74

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ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide describes how to install, conﬁgure, and

troubleshoot the 3Com®EtherLink®10/100 PCI for Complete

PC Management (3C905C) network interface card (NIC).

This guide is intended for those who install and conﬁgure

Ethernet NICs. Some familiarity with Ethernet networks

and NICs is assumed.

If release notes are shipped with your product and the

information there differs from the information in this

guide, follow the instructions in the release notes.

Most user guides and release notes are available in

Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF)

or HTML on the 3Com World Wide Web site:

http://www.3com.com/

You can download Acrobat Reader from the Adobe

Systems Incorporated Web site:

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Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout

this guide.

Table 1 Notice Icons

Icon Notice Type Description

Information note Information that describes important features

or instructions

Caution Information that alerts you to potential loss of

data or potential damage to an application,

system, or device

Warning Information that alerts you to potential

personal injury

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10 ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Year 2000 Compliance

For information on Year 2000 compliance and 3Com

products, visit the 3Com Year 2000 Web page:

http://www.3com.com/products/yr2000.html

Table 2 Text Conventions

Convention Description

Screen displays This typeface represents information as it appears on

the screen.

Commands The word “command” means that you must enter the

command exactly as shown and then press Return or

Enter. Commands appear in bold. Example:

To launch the DOS diagnostics program, enter the

following command:

a: install

The words “enter”

and “type” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you

must type something, and then press Return or Enter.

Do not press Return or Enter when an instruction simply

says “type.”

Words in italics Italics are used to:

■Emphasize a point.

■Denote a new term at the place where it is defined in

the text.

■Identify menu names, menu commands, and software

button names. Examples:

From the Help menu, select Contents.

Click OK.

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