3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX Manuel utilisateur

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Gigabit EtherLink

Server NIC User Guide

3C985B-SX 1000 PCI server NIC with

Dynamic

Access

technology

Part No. 09-1151-003

Published June 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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licensed program or documentation contained in, or delivered to you in conjunction with, this User Guide.

3Com, the 3Com logo, Dynamic

Access

, EtherLink, and Parallel Tasking are registered trademarks of

3Com Corporation.

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows

and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NetWare and Novell are

registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. SCO and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks

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

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Guide written by Pauline Garzelli. Edited by Mike Brosius. Illustrated by Mary Inden. Produced by

Georgi Felix.

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ONTENTS

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HIS

UIDE

Conventions 9

Year 2000 Compliance 10

NTRODUCTION

Hardware Features 12

Software Features 13

NSTALLING

THE

ARDWARE

Safety Precautions 15

Installation Requirements 15

Installation Instructions 16

NSTALLING

AND

ONFIGURING

THE

INDOWS

NT D

RIVER

Software Installation Requirements 19

Installation and Conﬁguration Scenario 19

Getting Help 20

Installing the Software 20

Creating a Load Balancing/RSL and VLAN Conﬁguration 22

Planning the Conﬁguration 22

Starting Dynamic

Access

Software 23

Creating a Load Balancing/RSL Group 24

Adding NICs to a Group 26

Creating a VLAN 27

Specifying Trafﬁc Priorities 29

Saving the Conﬁguration 30

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Other Procedures 30

Disabling Load Balancing for a Group 30

Changing the Primary NIC 31

Removing a NIC from a Group 32

Deleting or Editing a VLAN 32

Displaying NIC Properties 33

Displaying Group Properties 34

Specifying Failover to Fast EtherLink 35

About Flow Control 35

Pause Frames 35

Link Negotiation 36

NSTALLING

AND

ONFIGURING

THE

ARE

RIVER

Software Installation Requirements 37

Planning NIC Groups 38

Obtaining Slot Numbers 39

Installation and Conﬁguration Scenario 40

Installing and Conﬁguring the Software 40

Loading the 3Com EtherLink Server CD 41

NetWare 4.11 41

NetWare 5.0 41

Copying the Driver 41

Specifying the Slot Number 42

Loading the Driver 42

Setting Up Another NIC 42

Installing Load Balancing/RSL Software 43

Conﬁguring Load Balancing/RSL Groups 43

Verifying the Load Balancing/RSL Conﬁguration 45

Verifying the Installation and Conﬁguration 45

Maintaining a Load Balancing/RSL Conﬁguration 46

Adding a Secondary NIC to a Load Balancing/RSL Group 46

Adding a Load Balancing/RSL Group 47

Changing Driver Conﬁguration Parameters 49

Load Balancing/RSL Commands 51

bind 51

display status 52

help 52

link tmo 52

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load sharing 53

namebind 53

receive tmo 54

retry count 54

send tmo 55

set probe interval 55

unbind 55

wait tmo 56

IAGNOSTICS

AND

ROUBLESHOOTING

LED Operation 57

Using the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program 58

Starting the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program 58

Accessing the 3Com Help System 59

Using the General Window 59

Displaying the General Window 59

Selecting a NIC 59

Viewing NIC Details 60

Using the Diagnostics Window 60

Running the NIC Self-Test 61

Running the Packet Tests 62

Running the Internal Loopback Test 63

Running the External Loopback Test 64

Running the Transmit/Receive Test 65

Running the Echo Test 67

Using the Support Window 70

Accessing Support Services 70

Generating a Problem Report 71

Using the 3Com DOS Diagnostics Program 72

Copying the Program 73

Starting the Program 74

Navigating Within the Program 74

Running the Group 1 Tests 75

Running the Group 2 Tests 76

Running the Group 3 Tests 77

Running the Transmit/Receive Test 77

Running the Echo Server Test 78

Viewing Test Results and NIC Information 80

Exiting the Program 80

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Uninstalling 3Com Software 80

Windows NT Software Removal 80

NetWare Software Removal 81

Dynamic

Access

Software for Servers Removal 81

Troubleshooting Tips 82

Constructing Loopback Plugs 83

YNAMIC

Access

ECHNOLOGY

ERVER

EATURES

About Load Balancing 85

About Resilient Server Links 85

About Failover 86

Specifying a Dedicated IP Address 87

Changing an IP Address 87

Changing the Other Device's IP Address 87

Changing the Group's Dedicated IP Address 88

Troubleshooting a Load Balancing Conﬁguration 88

About VLANs 89

NSTALLING

OFTWARE

URING

ARE

NSTALLATION

Software Installation Requirements 91

Installation Instructions 91

PECIFICATIONS

ECHNICAL

UPPORT

Online Technical Services 95

World Wide Web Site 95

3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 96

3Com FTP Site 96

3Com Bulletin Board Service 96

Access by Analog Modem 96

Access by Digital Modem 97

3Com Facts Automated Fax Service 97

Support from Your Network Supplier 97

Support from 3Com 98

Returning Products for Repair 99

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NDEX

ORPORATION

IMITED

ARRANTY

FCC C

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B S

TATEMENT

FCC D

ECLARATION

ONFORMITY

SER

OFTWARE

ICENSE

GREEMENT

RODUCT

EGISTRATION

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BOUT

HIS

UIDE

This guide describes the installation and conﬁguration

of the 3Com

Gigabit EtherLink

1000 PCI server

network interface card (3C985B-SX server NIC).

This guide is intended for the network administrator,

network operator, or network hardware installer.

Knowledge of Gigabit Ethernet and the server network

operating system is required.

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/

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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