3Com 3C996-SX, User Manual

Page 1: ...Gigabit Server Network Interface Cards 3C996B T and 3C996 SX User Guide http www 3com com http support 3com com registration frontpg pl Published November 2001 User guide version 1 0 2 ...

Page 2: ...cumentation 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 expense Software is delivered as Commercial Computer Software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7014 June 1995 or as a commercial item as defined in FAR 2 101 a and as such is provided with only such rights as are pro...

Page 3: ...ecautions 9 Pre Installation Checklist 9 Installing and Connecting the NIC 10 Installing the NIC 10 Connecting the Network Cables 12 Installing and Using the 3Com Connection Assistant 13 System Requirements 13 Installation 13 3 Windows XP Driver Setup Installing the Driver Software 15 Windows XP 32 bit 15 Windows XP 64 bit 16 Driver Installation Without Master Navigator 16 Verifying Successful Ins...

Page 4: ...talling the Microsoft Loopback Adapter Driver 46 Performing a Fresh Installation of Windows NT on a Backup Domain Controller 46 Setting up SERVER 2 47 Stopping the Net Logon Service on SERVER 1 48 Stopping the Net Logon Service on SERVER 2 48 Renaming Domain 2 SERVER 2 to DOMAIN 1 SERVER 2 48 Updating Mini port Core Drivers 49 6 Novell NetWare Driver Setup Pre Installation Requirements 51 Installi...

Page 5: ...Size 76 SCO OpenServer Release 5 Driver 76 Installation Diskette 76 Driver Installation 77 Jumbo Frames and Other Advanced Parameters 77 9 Solaris Driver Setup Driver Installation 79 Uninstalling the Driver 79 Customizing the Driver Configuration 80 ForceSpeedDuplex 80 FlowControl 80 MaxJumboFrameSize 81 TxPacketDescCnt 81 RxStdDescCnt 81 RxJumboDescCnt 81 RxCoalescingTicks 81 RxMaxCoalescedFrames...

Page 6: ... Diagnostics 93 Checking Port LEDs 93 Troubleshooting Checklist 94 Checking if Proper Drivers are Loaded 94 Windows 94 NetWare 95 Linux 95 Running Cable Analysis 95 Length 96 Cable Diagnostics Display 96 Testing Network Connectivity 96 Windows 96 NetWare 96 Linux 97 DOS Diagnostic Failures 97 Wake on Lan 97 Known Problems 97 Windows 2000 97 Linux 98 A Key Protocols and Interfaces CIM 99 DMI 100 SN...

Page 7: ...formance Specifications 107 Physical Characteristics 107 Power Requirements 107 Environmental Specifications 108 D Technical Support Online Technical Services 109 World Wide Web Site 109 3Com KnowledgeBase Services 109 3Com FTP Site 109 Support from Your Network Supplier 110 Support from 3Com 110 Returning Products for Repair 111 Regulatory Information FCC Class A Verification Statement 113 FCC Cl...

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Page 9: ... and Datacenter Server Windows NT Server operating systems Server and Enterprise Server NetWare and Linux The Advanced Server Features provide load balancing failover and VLAN configuration These features are provided by creating teams virtual NICs that consist of multiple NICs A team can consist of one to eight NICs and each NIC can be designated primary or standby All primary NICs in a team will...

Page 10: ...00 The following options are supported under Windows 2000 Server operating systems Server Advanced Server Datacenter Server See Windows 2000 Driver Setup on page 25 for additional information Failover and Load Balance Adapter teaming for failover heterogeneous support for 3Com 10 100 server NICs Alteon AceNIC released Intel 10 100 server NICs released Intel 1000BaseSX server NICs and Intel 82559 L...

Page 11: ...formation Failover and Load Balance Adapter teaming for failover heterogeneous support for 3Com 10 100 server NICs Alteon Tigon2 3 Intel 82559 LAN on Motherboard LOM Intel 10 100 server NICs and Intel 1000BaseSX server NICs Load Balance Generic Link Aggregation GEC FEC open trunk NESL Compliance For optimal fault tolerance and recovery operations BASP LAN relies on the NIC drivers to generate NESL...

Page 12: ...ing systems Server Advanced Server and Datacenter Server See 3Com Management Programs on page 85 for additional information 3Com Management Programs have the following features Vital Sign The Vital Sign screen allows you to view vital NIC information network status and network connectivity Active NICs are listed Diagnostics The Diagnostics screen allows you to view information and utilize function...

Page 13: ...Installation CD in the CD ROM drive Allow your operating system s autorun feature to launch the Master Navigator 2 Click NIC Software 3 Click Installation Utilities 4 Click Create Installation Diskette 5 In the Welcome window of the Diskette Creation Utility click Next 6 Insert a 3 5 disk into floppy drive A default or B Click Next 7 Follow the remaining Diskette Creation Utility commands and inse...

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Page 15: ...I v2 2 33 66 MHz or PCI x v1 0 64 bit 133 MHz 128 MB RAM minimum Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit version Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver software for Windows XP Windows 2000 Pentium based computer that meets Windows 2000 software requirements One open 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot PCI v2 2 33 66 MHz or PCI x v1 0 64 bit 133 MHz 128 MB RAM minimum Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Advanced Server or Datacenter Ser...

Page 16: ... at the netware driver directory Linux Pentium based computer that meets Linux software requirements One open 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot PCI v2 2 33 66 MHz or PCI x v1 0 64 bit 133 MHz 128 MB RAM minimum UNIX Pentium based computer that meets corresponding UNIX software requirements One open 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot PCI v2 2 33 66 MHz or PCI x v1 0 64 bit 133 MHz 128MB RAM minimum Solaris Pentium ...

Page 17: ... applications and at the command prompt type init 0 to halt the machine Once the machine is halted you may have to turn off the power switch manually 5 When system shut down is complete turn the power off and unplug your system 6 Holding the NIC card by the edges remove it from its shipping package and place it on an anti static surface 7 Check the NIC for visible signs of damage particularly on t...

Page 18: ...rnet and fiber NICs see Connecting the Network Cables on page 12 Installing the NIC 1 Review the precautions and pre installation instructions Before installing the NIC ensure the system power is off the system is unplugged from the power outlet and that proper electrical grounding procedures have been followed Refer to the following figure to complete the remaining steps 2 Remove the system cover...

Page 19: ...he system cover and disconnect any personal anti static devices 8 Turn the system power on After the system returns to normal operation the NIC hardware is fully installed The next step is to connect the network cables NOTE For optimal performance select a PCI X slot For second best performance select a 64 bit PCI slot NOTE The connector dock in a 32 bit PCI slot is shorter than in a 64 bit PCI sl...

Page 20: ...ic driver After the NIC hardware and its driver software have been properly installed on your system the LEDs indicate the following NIC states Port Type Connector Media Maximum Distance 10BASE T RJ 45 CAT 3 4 or 5 UTP 100 meters 325 feet 100BASE T RJ 45 CAT 5 UTP two pair 100 meters 325 feet 1000BASE T RJ 45 CAT5 UTP four pair 100 meters 325 feet NOTE 1000BASE T signaling requires four twisted pa...

Page 21: ...om Knowledgebase System Requirements To install and use the 3Com Connection Assistant requires Windows XP Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 Internet Explorer version 4 0 or later or Netscape Navigator version 4 06 or later Microsoft Java Virtual Machine JVM See your PC documentation if you are unsure whether your PC is a Microsoft Java Virtual Machine JVM Installation 1 Insert the 3Com Installation C...

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Page 23: ...Com Installation CD in the CD ROM drive 3 The main menu appears Select NIC Software 4 From the list on the left select NIC Drivers 5 Click Install NIC Drivers 6 Click Install Win XP 32 NIC Drivers 7 The Please Wait screen appears After the installation is complete and Update dialog box appears Click OK 8 The Choose Operating System screen appears Click Windows XP 9 Follow the steps in the Completi...

Page 24: ...through click Done The drivers are installed Driver Installation Without Master Navigator If you cannot use the 3Com Master Navigator on your system use the following procedure to install the updated drivers 1 Start Windows XP The driver will be automatically installed 2 Insert the 3Com Installation CD in the CD ROM drive If the main menu appears click Exit 3 Select Start Control Panel Network Con...

Page 25: ...ties window displays 2 Click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager The Device Manager window displays 3 Scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters Click the plus sign to the left of the icon to display the list of NICs currently configured 4 Double click the Gigabit Ethernet NIC you want to configure The Gigabit Ethernet Properties window displays showing the General tab...

Page 26: ...x TCP IP Checksum Tx Rx TCP IP Checksum Flow Control Auto Disable default Rx PAUSE Rx Tx PAUSE Tx PAUSE Jumbo MTU 1500 default 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 Speed and Duplex 10 Mb Full 10 Mb Half 100 Mb Full 100 Mb Half Auto default Wake Up Capabilities Both default Magic Packet None Wake Up Frame ...

Page 27: ...ools 4 Double click Computer Management 5 The Computer Management window appears In the left hand pane of the window click on the sign next to System Tools and then click on Device Manager 6 Click Network adapters then right click on the 3Com NIC 7 Select Uninstall 8 When the Confirm Device Removal window appears click OK The driver and associated software are removed from your system Installing A...

Page 28: ...ok like a single NIC The benefit of this approach is load balancing By selecting each of the available NICs move each of them over to the Load Balance Members column This team now appears as one NIC Each member in the Load Balance Member list shares the traffic burden of all its members The Standby Member field is used to permit the selection of one team member to handle traffic if all other membe...

Page 29: ...lays the standby NIC selected for failover for a selected team VLAN List This list displays all the VLANs that have been created for the selected team Creating a Team and Assigning NICs A failover team comprises at least one primary NIC a standby NIC is optional Each NIC can belong to only one team To configure a new failover team access the Advanced Server Features Driver Properties window and pe...

Page 30: ... window click OK The team and all its assigned NICs will be removed from the team list The released NICs will reappear in the Unassigned NICs list Configuring VLANs VLAN Configuration is optional Before configuring VLANs see VLANs Overview on page 102 By default Ethernet NICs are configured with VLAN support disabled Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for each team on your server Configuring VLANs cons...

Page 31: ...configure a new VLAN follow these steps 1 From the Advanced Server Features window select the team to which you want to add a VLAN 2 Enter a VLAN Name and VLAN ID and then click Create VLAN 3 When you have finished adding VLANs to this team click OK 4 In the Local Area Connection Properties window click OK A new virtual NIC is created for each VLAN Deleting a VLAN To delete a configured VLAN follo...

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Page 33: ...dows 2000 Found New Hardware wizard detects the new NICs and begins the driver installation 2 Insert the 3Com Installation CD in the CD ROM drive 3 From the main menu select NIC Software 4 From the list on the left click NIC Drivers 5 Click Install NIC Drivers 6 Click Install Win 2000 NIC Drivers 7 The Please Wait screen appears After the installation is completed an Update dialog box appears Clic...

Page 34: ...lick Next 15 The Driver Files Search Results screen appears Verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown c winnt inf oem0 inf and then click Next If you acquired the NIC software on a floppy disk or from the 3Com Web site click where the NIC driver files reside on your system 16 The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears Click Finish After installation of the drive...

Page 35: ...ies window displays 2 Click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager The Device Manager window displays 3 Scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters Click the plus sign to the left of the icon to display the list of NICs currently configured 4 Double click the Gigabit Ethernet NIC you want to configure The Gigabit Ethernet Properties window displays showing the General tab ...

Page 36: ...Tx TCP IP Checksum Tx Rx TCP IP Checksum Flow Control Auto Disable default Rx PAUSE Rx Tx PAUSE Tx PAUSE Jumbo MTU 1500 default 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 Speed and Duplex 10 Mb Full 10 Mb Half 100 Mb Full 100 Mb Half Auto default Wake Up Capabilities Both default Magic Packet None Wake Up Frame ...

Page 37: ... Add remove Hardware Wizard 4 The Add Remove Hardware Wizard window appears Click Next 5 The Choose a Hardware Task window appears Click Uninstall Unplug a device recommended and then click Next Choose this option to uninstall a device or to prepare your computer for unplugging a device 6 The Choose a Removal Task window appears Click Uninstall a device recommended and then click Next Choose this ...

Page 38: ...ns 3 Right click any NIC and select Properties 4 Click Broadcom Advanced Server Features program driver and then click Uninstall 5 A Warning screen appears Click Yes to continue 6 At the prompt click Yes to restart Configuring Advanced Server Features The Advanced Server Features provides load balancing failover and VLAN configuration by creating teams virtual NICs that consist of multiple NICs Co...

Page 39: ...ns right click 3Com Virtual NIC and then select Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver The Advanced Server Features window appears Interface components of the Advanced Server Features driver properties window are described below Select or enter a team name This entry field is used to select or enter a team name Unassigned NICs This list displays all of the Ethernet NICs that are available to be a...

Page 40: ...e Local Area Connection Properties window click OK The NIC will be removed from the team list and will reappear in the Unassigned NICs list Deleting a Team 1 To delete a configured failover team and release its assigned NICs select any NIC in the team list and then click Delete Team Click OK 2 In the Local Area Connection Properties window click OK The team and all its assigned NICs will be remove...

Page 41: ...ique identifier number and name that will appear only in this window Interface components of the VLAN Configuration window are described in detail below VLAN List This list displays all VLANs that have been configured Control Buttons There are two control buttons Create VLAN and Delete VLAN These buttons are used for creating and deleting VLANs Adding a VLAN You can define up to 64 VLANs per team ...

Page 42: ...hoose Properties 2 Open the properties for the virtual NIC 3 Open the Internet Protocol TCP IP properties 4 Write down the IP address information and then click Cancel 5 Right click the local area connection you wish to update and then select Properties 6 Click Configure 7 Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver Click Next 8 Click Display a list of the known drivers for the device so tha...

Page 43: ...Restore 22 Type the filename you used during the save Click OK 23 Click OK twice to make the changes 24 The virtual NIC appears in the Network and Dialup Connections window Open the properties for the virtual NIC 25 Reset the IP address for the virtual NIC and then click OK twice to bring up the team ...

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Page 45: ...s window opens Perform any necessary TCP IP configuration and click OK when finished For help configuring TCP IP protocol consult your Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 documentation 8 An update window appears Click OK 9 The Choose Operating System screen appears Click Windows NT 10 Read the steps in the Completing NIC installation with Windows NT screen Click Done NOTE Make sure that the correct BIOS and ...

Page 46: ...onfigurable Basic properties Flow Control Speed and Duplex and Jumbo MTU Optional properties Failover Team Configuration and VLAN Configuration NICs configured as part of a failover share basic configuration properties Changing the configuration of one NIC in a specific team changes the properties of all the NICs in that team To access the NIC properties 1 Open the Control Panel and double click t...

Page 47: ...500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 4 When NIC parameter configuration is complete click OK to accept the settings 5 When prompted to restart your computer click Yes The system restarts using the new configuration settings 6 When the system returns to proper operation verify that the adapter port LEDs operate as described in the table in Installing and Connecting the NI...

Page 48: ... To uninstall the driver software do the following 1 Start your Windows NT system and log in You must have Network Administrator privileges to install the driver software 2 Click the Start menu and then select Setting Control Panel 3 The Control Panel screen opens Double click the Network icon 4 The Network window appears Select the Adapters tab 5 Click the NIC you want to uninstall and then click...

Page 49: ... a Team and Assigning NICs on page 42 or click OK to complete installation 11 In the Network window click Close 12 When prompted to restart your computer click Yes After the system restarts Advanced Server Features should be installed Uninstalling Advanced Server Features 1 Start your Windows NT system and log in You must have Network Administrator privileges to install the driver software 2 Click...

Page 50: ...atures window are described below Select or enter a team name The entry field is used to select or enter a team name Unassigned NICs This list displays all of the Ethernet NICs that are available to be added to a team Because each adapter can be added to only one team the NIC is removed from this list after it has been assigned to a team Team Type Load Balance and Failover Load balancing FEC GEC A...

Page 51: ... will be removed from the team list and will reappear in the Unassigned NICs list Deleting a Team 1 To delete a configured failover team and release its assigned NICs select the NIC in the team list and then click Delete Team Click OK 2 In the Network window click Close 3 When prompted to restart the system click Yes The team and all its assigned NICs will be removed from the team list The release...

Page 52: ...stalled NICs and the VLANs configured for each team if any Each VLAN is identified with a unique identifier number and name that will appear only in this window Interface components of the VLAN Configuration window are described in detail below VLAN List This list displays all VLANs that have been configured Control Buttons There are two control buttons Create VLAN and Delete VLAN These are used f...

Page 53: ...eting VLANs click OK to accept the changes 3 In the Network window click Close 4 When prompted to restart the system click Yes Advanced Server Control Suite If you have installed the Broadcom Advanced Server Control Suite all Load Balancing and VLAN configuration is done from the Advanced Server Control Suite window You can access the Advanced Server Control Suite by installing 3Com Management Pro...

Page 54: ...rt the computer 8 Install the service pack 9 When prompted click Yes to restart the computer 10 Install the 3Com Gigabit Ethernet NIC its driver and Advanced Server Features 11 Bind protocols TCP IP NetBEUI or IPX SPX to the 3Com Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver 12 When prompted click Yes to restart the computer Performing a Fresh Installation of Windows NT on a Backup Domain Controller A fresh install...

Page 55: ...lect Windows NT Backup Domain Controller as the computer type 11 In the Computer Name field enter the domain and server name For example DOMAIN 2 SERVER 2 12 Click Add 13 Click Close Setting up SERVER 2 1 Start Server Manager on DOMAIN 2 SERVER 2 From the Start menu select Programs Administrative Tools Common Server Manager 2 From the Computer menu select Add to Domain 3 Select Windows NT Backup D...

Page 56: ...the Network dialog box click the Identification tab 4 Click Change 5 In the Domain Name field replace the name DOMAIN 2 with the name DOMAIN 1 and click OK This process takes a few moments 6 Click Yes to the Warning prompt 7 In the Welcome to DOMAIN 1 domain dialog box click OK 8 Close the Network dialog box 9 Click No at the prompt to restart the computer 10 Establishing the Backup Domain Control...

Page 57: ... controller Updating Mini port Core Drivers If you plan to update your network drivers and you are using an Advanced Server Feature team use the following procedures 1 Right click Network Neighborhood and choose Properties 2 Select the Protocols tab 3 Open the TCP IP Protocol properties 4 Write down the IP address information for the virtual NIC and then click Cancel 5 Click the Adapters tab 6 Hig...

Page 58: ... Features driver properties 16 Click Restore 17 Type the filename you used during the save and then click OK 18 Click OK again to make the changes 19 Click Close to reset the IP address on the virtual NIC 20 When the machine prompts you to restart click Yes ...

Page 59: ...following entries SET MAXIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS 10000 SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS 2000 4 When prompted for the network boards select Insert to choose an unlisted driver 5 Press Enter if the drivers are contained on a floppy disk or press F3 and enter a different path 6 Press Enter to select the network adapter 7 Select Modify Driver Properties to configure the NIC s options or select S...

Page 60: ...ff ff 0 mount all Configure the driver parameters referring to the parameter descriptions found in the table below NOTE You may want to change the autoexec ncf file to add or delete keywords The startup ncf and autoexec ncf files can be edited by invoking NWCONFIG from the NetWare 5 x server console and by invoking LOAD INSTALL from the NetWare 4 x server console Parameter Options Description Chec...

Page 61: ...allow the adapter to negotiate a specific or forced line speed with a switch that is not forced but instead setup for auto negotiation It is best to allow for auto negotiation of the card and switch by not setting this keyword or the speed keyword Only use this keyword if the speed keyword is set to something other than AUTO RxTicks Default is 75 Min 0 disabled Max 5000000 5 seconds Units in micro...

Page 62: ...ontinue Installation 9 Restart the server for the new configuration to take effect Verifying or Modifying NIC Parameters When a NIC configuration is saved the NetWare install program adds load and bind statements to the autoexec ncf file By accessing this file you can verify the parameters configured for each NIC modify them or enter additional parameters The parameters that can be defined in the ...

Page 63: ...1 1 MASK ff ff ff 0 mount all SEARCH ADD SYS JAVA BIN SEARCH ADD SYS JAVA NWGFX Removing Drivers from Autoexec ncf To remove the drivers from the autoexec ncf file locate the Load and Bind command lines associated with the Broadcom driver and remark them out by inserting the symbol at the beginning of each command line Example LOAD B57 SLOT 2 FRAME Ethernet_802 2 NAME B57_1_E82 BIND IPX B57_1_E82 ...

Page 64: ... BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_1_EII BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_2_EII Note that if there are multiple frame types loaded on the virtual and the physical NICs it is necessary to bind only one frame type on the virtual NIC to the same frame type on the physical NIC The other frame types will be bound automatically 5 Bind protocols to BASP LAN Example BIND IP BASP_1_EII ADDR x x x x MASK x x x x Uninstallin...

Page 65: ...Use the keyword STANDBY in the BASP BIND command to indicate binding a NIC as a hot standby Example BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_1_EII BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_2_EII STANDBY In the above example B57_1_EII and B57_2_EII are bound as primary and hot standby NICs respectively Note that standby is valid only for load balance mode Configuring VLANs To add VLANs to a team do the following 1 Load BASP LAN wi...

Page 66: ...94 VLAN 0 indicates the VLAN is untagged and is the default Use decimal numbers to specify the VLAN ID The following are examples of multiple VLAN configurations LOAD BASP FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_V100_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 100 LOAD BASP FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_V200_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 200 LOAD BASP FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_V300_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 300 LOAD B57 FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EI...

Page 67: ...ical NICs for GVRP to take effect This is necessary because GVRP uses untagged 802 2 frames to advertise VLAN memberships Use VLAN 0 FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 in the LOAD command to specify untagged 802 2 frame type Example LOAD BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_V2_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 2 GVRP LOAD BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 NAME BASP_1_V2_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 0 Editing the AUTOEXEC NCF File When a NIC ...

Page 68: ... types and VLAN ID s specified LOAD BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_V2_EII VSLOT 1 VLAN 2 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_V2_EII SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_2_V2_EII SLOT 2 Bind BASP LAN to the NIC adapters in the team for each protocol BASP BIND BASP_1_V2_EII B57_1_V2_EII BASP BIND BASP_1_V2_EII B57_2_V2_EII Bind protocols to BASP LAN BIND IP BASP_1_V2_EII ADDR...

Page 69: ...BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 NAME BASP_1_E82 VSLOT 1 LOAD BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 NAME BASP_2_E82 VSLOT 2 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EII SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_2_EII SLOT 2 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_3_EII SLOT 3 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_4_EII SLOT 4 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 NAME B57_1_E82 SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ...

Page 70: ...1 MODE TRUNK LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EII SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EII SLOT 2 BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_1_EII BASP BIND BASP_1_EII B57_2_EII BIND IP BASP_1_EII ADDR 172 16 210 1 MASK 255 255 0 0 Example of GVRP with BASP LOAD BASP LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BASP_1_EII VSLOT 1 MODE GVRP LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EII SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME E...

Page 71: ...work drivers for the NIC that will be part of the team The frame types loaded should be the same for all NICs in the team Do not bind protocols directly to these NICs Example LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_1_EII SLOT 1 LOAD B57 LAN FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME B57_2_EII SLOT 3 3 Bind BASP LAN to the NIC in the team by using a custom BASP BIND command at the console or in autoexec inf Example BA...

Page 72: ...xFlow control Slot n Identifies the slot number for the specific BCM5700 NIC currently being configured This parameter is not necessary if only a single NIC is installed Speed n Default is Auto Note that 1000 FD is only auto detected at this time AUTO 10FD 10HD 100FD 100HD If link negotiation has been disabled you can select port speed to be either Auto 10HD or 10FD 100HD or 100FD Link Default is ...

Page 73: ...t for different Linux distributions 3 To install the newly built package type rpm i RPMS i386 bcm5700 version i386 rpm The driver will be installed as lib modules kernel_version net bcm5700 o 4 To load the driver type insmod bcm5700 A newly installed Redhat 7 s Enterprise kernel needs to be recompiled to regenerate versioned symbols before any newly compiled driver can load Building the Driver Fro...

Page 74: ...ments to the insmod command Commonly these options are specified in a module configuration file etc modules conf or etc conf modules These parameters take the form parameter value value where the multiple values for the same parameter are for multiple NICs installed in the system All the parameters are listed below line_speed Selects the line speed of the link This parameter is used together with ...

Page 75: ...event that all primary NICs have lost their links VLANs can be added to a team to allow multiple VLANs with different VLAN IDs and a virtual device is created for each VLAN added Advanced Server Features program supports load balance and generic trunking In load balance mode all the NIC drivers must support NIC Extension NICE In this distribution only 3Com NICs are supported Load balance mode work...

Page 76: ...ect module for different kernel favors e g symbol versioning and SMP support There is NO need to define DMODVERSIONS in the Makefile 3 To create device file and to copy files type make install 4 To update the module reference type depmod a 5 To load the driver type insmod basp 6 See Configuring Teams on page 69 to set up the teams Installing the RPM Package 1 To install RPM source package run rpm ...

Page 77: ...nterface Makefile makefile baspcfg precompiled configuration utility bcmtype h commonly use type header file blf c Advanced Server Features module entry points blf h ioctl interface blfcore h core interface blfcore o precompiled core object blfopt h automatically generated header file from Make blfver h version header file nicext h NICE header file pal c platform abstraction implementation pal h h...

Page 78: ...interface VLAN for each team refer to the respective description section in the sample files addteam tid type tname create a team delteam tid delete a team addva tid vlan_id vname macaddr add a virtual adapter to a team delva tid vlan_id del a virtual adapter from a team bind bind tid role device bind a physical adapter to a team unbind unbind tid device unbind a physical adapter from a team show ...

Page 79: ...ig should be run against to set up the IP address No VLAN is enabled in the script This script and team gec are intended to be customized Refer to the configuration scripts section for details This script should be copied to etc basp directory and retain the team prefix 4 team gec This configuration script creates a GEC team with 3 network interfaces eth0 eth1 and eth2 The team name is TeamGEC All...

Page 80: ...cext h user src linux include linux where usr src is the temp directory you created when you installed the Advanced Server Features on page 67 2 Rename the original network device driver under the Linux kernel source tree usr src linux drivers net mv usr src linux drivers net 3c59x c usr src linux drivers net 3c9x orig 3 Copy the patched drivers to the Linux kernel network driver source directory ...

Page 81: ...Advanced Server Features 73 Removing the Driver and Team Configuration To remove the RPM package type rpm e basplnx version 386 rpm To reboot the system type reboot ...

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Page 83: ... where the TAR file was untarred in step 2 4 Directly install the package on the same system using pkgadd d path where path is the directory where the TAR file was untarred in step 2 Driver Installation To install the driver 1 Install the bcme package created in step 3 of Package Creation using pkgadd d diskette1 2 Add the new network adapter using either netcfg or scoadmin 3 When prompted select ...

Page 84: ...n be copied directly to the target machine or from an installation diskette Installation Diskette To create an installation diskette 1 Copy the file VOL 000 000 to an SCO system 2 Create a diskette using dd if VOL 000 000 of dev rfd0135ds18 FullDuplex1000 Flow Control Off default AutoNegotiate Symmetric Pause advertised RxPause TxPause RxPause TxPause Autonegotiation of Flow Control is only valid ...

Page 85: ...p 3 of Driver Installation on page 75 Jumbo Frames and Other Advanced Parameters Jumbo MTU sizes and other advanced tunable parameters for the BCM5700 controller are located in the file space c in the directory etc conf pack d bcme A description for each parameter is contained in space c Modify the desired parameter in space c rebuild the kernel and reboot the system Note that the MTU sizes can be...

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Page 87: ...uncompress BRCMbcme tar pkgadd d tmp 3 Execute prtconf to determine the instance number of the NIC 4 ifconfig bcme instance_number plumb 5 ifconfig bcme instance_number ip_address netmask To make these changes permanent 1 Using a text editor create a file named hostname bcme instance_number in the etc directory 2 Add the IP address of the interface of this file then save and exit 3 Add a proper su...

Page 88: ... disable both Tx and Rx flow control 0 As a result the default instance settings are FlowControl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 These settings are based on the following values Value Description 0 AutoNegotiate 1 10 Mbps speed and Half Duplex mode 2 10 Mbps speed and Full Duplex mode 3 100 Mbps speed and Half Duplex mode 4 100 Mbps speed and Full Duplex mode Value Description 0 Both Tx and Rx flo...

Page 89: ...rces will be used for a larger number of Rx Packet descriptors The default value is 500 RxStdDescCnt 500 RxJumboDescCnt RxJumboDescCnt configures the number of Rx Jumbo packet descriptors The valid range of values is 32 to 256 More system memory resources will be used for a larger number of Rx Jumbo packet descriptors This parameter is only used if the Jumbo Frame feature is enabled The default va...

Page 90: ...scedFramesDuringInt RxMaxCoalescedFramesDuringInt configures the number of Rx Maximum Coalesced Frames parameters during interrupt handling This determines the upper boundary of the maximum number of Rx buffer descriptors that the device processes before it will generate an interrupt during interrupt handling The default value is 4 RxMaxCoalescedFramesDuringInt 4 TxMaxCoalescedFramesDuringInt TxMa...

Page 91: ...scedFrames read and write TxCoalescingTicks read and write TxMaxCoalescedFrames read and write RxCoalescingTicksDuringInt read and write RxMaxCoalescedFramesDuringInt read and write TxCoalescingTicksDuringInt read and write TxMaxCoalescedFramesDuringInt read and write StatsCoalescingTicks read and write DoubleCopyTxBufferSize read and write Configuring a NIC To configure a particular NIC the param...

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Page 93: ...se 3Com Management Programs or the Advanced Server Features Using Advanced Server Features is the preferred method during installation using the 3Com Management Programs is more suitable for use after installation Installing the Management Programs To install the 3Com Management Programs software do the following 1 Insert the 3Com Installation CD into your CD ROM drive 2 From the Main menu click N...

Page 94: ...ddress that is assigned to the selected NIC by the NIC s vendor This parameter will never be all zeros Driver Status Indicates the status of the driver that is associated with the selected NIC The possible values for this parameter are Driver Loaded normal operating mode The driver associated with the selected NIC was loaded by the Windows operating system and is functioning Driver Not Loaded The ...

Page 95: ...ork NIC may not work properly MII Register Test Verifies the read and write capabilities of the physical layer chip registers The physical layer chip is used to control the electrical signals on the wire and for configuring network speed such as 1000 Mbps EEPROM Test Verifies the content of the EEPROM by reading a portion of the EEPROM and computing the checksum The test fails if the computed chec...

Page 96: ...ges in this status field as well as the inability to detect cable condition message resulted from the algorithms Length Allows you to verify cable length and determine whether your configuration has the appropriate cable calculated by cable loss and return loss algorithms This utility allows you to determine whether the problem is with the NIC or in the cable plant Interface components of the Cabl...

Page 97: ...rties dialog box you can change the team name and or change the team type 4 For the adapter node the menu items are Unassign and Properties You can select Unassign to remove the selected adapter from the team or select Properties to display the adapter Properties All display in adapter Properties are read only 5 For the VLAN node the menu items are Delete and Properties You can either select Delet...

Page 98: ...ity of load balancing for the Load Balance Members and you can employ a failover NIC You can define as many as 64 VLANs per team VLANs can be created only when all members are 3Com NICs If you try to create a VLAN with a non 3Com NIC an error message displays To configure a new VLAN follow these steps 1 From the Load Balance Virtual LAN window select the team to which you want to add a VLAN 2 Ente...

Page 99: ... is more comprehensive for some NICs than for others General Interface components of the Statistics General window are described below Frames Tx OK Count of frames that are successfully transmitted This counter is incremented when the TransmitStatus is reported as transmitOK Frame Rx OK Count of frames that are successfully received receiveOK This does not include frames received with frame too lo...

Page 100: ...first attempt because the medium was busy Frames involved in any collision are not counted Custom Tab Descriptions of interface components of 3Com s Management Programs Custom tab window are described below Number of Interrupts generated by this adapter Number of interrupts generated by NIC Number of Interrupts avoided by this adapter Number of interrupts avoided by NIC Tx Max Coalesce Frames Thre...

Page 101: ...e connected to the network see Installing and Connecting the NIC on page 7 and the network drivers for your particular operating system must be installed 1 Verify that the NIC driver software has been installed and that the NIC is connected to a network 2 Check to see that the NIC status LEDs operate as described in the following table LED State Description 1000 On Good Gigabit Ethernet link Off N...

Page 102: ...ystem may be defective Replace the failed NIC with one that is known to work properly If the second NIC works in the slot where the first one failed the failed NIC is probably defective Install the NIC in another functioning system and run the tests again If the NIC passed the tests in the new system the system may be defective Remove all other NICs from the system and run the tests again If the N...

Page 103: ...and n is the number of adapters configured using ifconfig Running Cable Analysis The following section describes how to run the cable diagnostics from the 3Com Management Programs See 3Com Management Programs on page 85 for setups and initialization From the Cable Analysis screen the user can monitor conditions of an Ethernet CAT5 cable connection within a cable plant in an Ethernet network NOTE T...

Page 104: ...Hz Cable Diagnostics Display The combination of the cable length and the cable status reveal the state of the cable connection between the local adapter and the far end node hub switch routers The cable status will display possible problems associated with the cable if the cable is not in working order If the cable is not in working order displayed cable length is meaningless since the correct cab...

Page 105: ...es will create additional adapter icons and rename the icons The naming convention is to allow end users to quickly identify the adapter with corresponding team and VLAN The names of the icons created by Advanced Server Features therefore are not recommended to be changed Uninstalling the Advanced Server Features software and user is prompted to reboot early After configuring Advanced Server Featu...

Page 106: ...rk as expected When the flow control is enabled on the switch and enabled on the network adapter it seems to function correctly But when the Flow control is enabled on the network adapter and disabled on the switch it does not function correctly The Linux driver can not be installed on Red Hat version 7 0 This problem happens in Red Hat 7 where the kernel symbols driver code does not match the one...

Page 107: ... team information and information of physical network adapters in the team Advanced Server Features provides events through event logs Users can use the Event Viewer provided by Windows 2000 or use CIM to inspect or monitor these events 3Com CIM provider will also provide event information through CIM s generic event model These events are __InstanceCreationEvent __InstanceDeletionEvent and __Inst...

Page 108: ...ware implementation You are limited to add or replace a NIC with a 3Com NIC of identical hardware configuration SNMP The Advanced Server Features sub agent baspmgnt dll is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windows NT SNMP Service It is required to install the SNMP service before installing Advanced Server Features sub agent The Advanced Server Features sub agent allows an SNMP manager to actively ...

Page 109: ...d specification Configuration software allows you to statically configure which NICs are to participate in a given team Because this mode supports LACP a valid link aggregation group should be negotiated with the link partner The negotiated group must satisfy the terms established by the configuration SW physical NICs are not able to move dynamically from one team to another team If the link partn...

Page 110: ...r port or per interface basis allowing flexible network configurations VLAN 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 among logical segments Each Team supports up to 64 VLANs Note that only 3Com NICs and Alteon AceNIC NICs can be part...

Page 111: ...d ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor The core control for the Gigabit Ethernet NIC resides in a tightly integrated high performance ASIC The ASIC includes dual RISC processors This provides the flexibility to add new features to the card and adapt it to future network requirements via software download This also enables the NIC drivers to exploit the built in host off load functions on the NIC as h...

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Page 113: ... if you do not know which type of PC you have BBS BIOS Compatible PCs To enable a BBS BIOS compatible PC to boot from the network using the MBA boot ROM 1 Make sure that the NIC boot ROM setting is Enabled See on page 106 for instructions 2 Set the MBA manually as the first boot device in the PC BIOS Refer to your PC documentation for instructions on accessing and configuring the PC BIOS 3 Reboot ...

Page 114: ... Boot ROM Setting To enable the boot ROM setting on the NIC 1 Run b57util exe from the dos utility directory in the 3Com Installation CD 2 Enter run b57util pxee devnum where devnum represents the NIC device number entering all affects all supported NICs on the network To view all command options for this utility enter run b57util help To disable the boot ROM setting on the NIC 1 Run b57util exe f...

Page 115: ...ecified in ISO IEC 11801 1995 and ANSI EIA TIA 568 A 1995 and tested for additional performance using testing procedures defined in TIA EIA TSB95 Feature Specification PC X clock 133 MHz max PCI clock 66 MHz max PCI Data Address 32 bit and 64 bit PCI data burst transfer rate 132 Mbps 32 bit bus 264 Mbps 64 bit bus 528 Mbps 64 bit bus at 66 MHz PCI modes Master slave 10 100 1000BASE T 10 100 1000 M...

Page 116: ...dity 5 to 85 non condensing 40 C 16 hour dwells at extremes 5 to 95 non condensing 10 C hour Altitude Up to 10 000 ft Up to 35 000 ft Shock 10g 1 2 sine wave 11 msec 60g 1 2 sine wave 11 msec Vibration peak to peak displacement 0 005 in max 5 to 32 Hz 0 1 in max 5 to 17 Hz Vibration peak acceleration 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min ...

Page 117: ... technical education to maintenance and professional services 3Com KnowledgeBase Services The 3Com KnowledgeBase is a database of technical information designed to help you diagnose and solve any problems you may be having with the installation upgrade and configuration of 3Com products The KnowledgeBase is updated daily with technical information discovered by 3Com technical support engineers Thi...

Page 118: ...ier 3Com offers technical telephone support services To find out more about your support options please call the 3Com technical telephone support phone number at the location nearest you When you contact 3Com for assistance have the following information ready Product model name part number and serial number A list of system hardware and software including revision levels Diagnostic error messages...

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Page 121: ...ent of Communications Equipment Standards entitled Digital Apparatus ICES 003 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there ...

Page 122: ...s are in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents ANSI C63 4 1992 Methods of Measurement Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 15 subpart B 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza P O Box 58145 Santa Clara CA 95052 8145 Model Description 3C996B T Gigabit Server NIC Ethernet 3C996 SX Gigabit Server NIC Fiber ...

Page 123: ...IM 99 connectivity testing 96 Control Register Test 87 D Device Number 86 Diagnostic program DOS 97 diagnostic tests DOS 97 hardware 93 dimensions 107 Directed Frames Rx 91 Tx 91 Distributed Management Task Force DMTF 99 DMA channels dual 102 DMA Read High Priority Queue was full 92 DMA Read Queue was full 92 DMA write High Priority Queue was full 92 DMA write Queue was full 92 DMI Hotplug service...

Page 124: ...work connectivity testing 96 Network Status 87 network supplier support 110 NIC Ethernet 10 12 fiber 10 13 teaming 101 NIC Extension 72 NIC Extension NICE 67 NIC ran out of the Recv Buffer 92 NICE See NIC Extension NOSCREEN 59 Novell NetWare 1 8 9 51 to 64 configuration parameters 64 parameter descriptions 52 support pack 51 54 Number of Interrupts 92 O ODI LAN drivers 51 offload checksum 17 18 27...

Page 125: ...sDuringInt 82 TxPacketDescCnt 81 U UNIX 1 8 75 to 76 UnixWare 7 driver 75 V vibration 108 virtual LAN 89 NIC 1 20 30 VLAN configuration 1 20 22 23 30 32 34 38 44 45 57 85 VLANs 102 W wake up capabilities 17 18 27 28 Wake on LAN WOL disabling 97 fiber not supported 2 width 107 Windows 2000 1 4 7 9 13 25 to 35 85 97 NT 1 7 9 13 37 to 50 85 Enterprise Server 41 Server 41 service packs 37 XP 1 13 15 t...

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