Adaptec DURALAN ANA-62022, User Manual

Page 1: ...R DuraLAN FastEthernetNICs withDuralink64 Software ANA 62000 64000 Family User s Guide ...

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Page 12: ...ilover 1 9 Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1 9 FEC Fast EtherChannel 1 10 Network Configuration Examples 1 11 Traditional Network Configurations 1 11 Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1 13 Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection 1 14 Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment with Failover 1 14 Dual Hubs 1 15 Failover Protection with Dual Hubs and Ethernet Switch 1 16 Dual Hubs with Rou...

Page 13: ... Ports 4 2 Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports 4 2 General Port Configuration in Windows OSs 4 2 Configuring Ports in Windows 2000 and Windows XP 4 3 Configuring the Ports in Windows NT 4 0 4 4 Configuring the Ports in Windows 98 Me 4 5 Configuring the Ports for Duralink64 Failover 4 6 Configuring the Ports in Windows 2000 XP 4 6 Configuring the Ports in Windows NT 4 0 4 7 Creating the Failove...

Page 14: ...tem Status in Windows NT 4 0 4 27 Understanding the Status Tab in Windows NT 4 0 4 28 Windows NT 2000 XP Performance Monitor 4 29 5 Duralink64 Drivers for NetWare Notes on NetWare 5 2 Before You Begin 5 2 Installing the Duralink64 Driver 5 3 HotPlug and NetWare 5 x 6 0 5 3 Installing the Duralink64 Driver during NetWare 6 0 5 x OS Installation 5 5 Installing the Duralink64 Driver during NetWare 4 ...

Page 15: ...ng Clients to the NetWare Server 6 3 Connecting Clients to the NetWare SA FO PA or FEC Server 6 4 7 Duralink64 Standalone Driver for UnixWare Before You Begin 7 1 Special Notes for UnixWare 7 2 Installing the Standalone Driver on UnixWare 7 x 7 2 Assigning the Protocols 7 3 Viewing the Configuration 7 3 Restarting the Server 7 4 Removing Drivers 7 4 A Cables and LEDs Connection Types A 2 Full Dupl...

Page 16: ...tware Questions B 6 Duralink64 v5 x Port Aggregation Software Questions B 7 Duralink64 v5 x Windows NT General Questions B 9 Duralink64 v5 x Windows 98 General Questions B 10 Duralink64 v5 x NetWare General Questions B 10 C Duralink64 SNMP Agents Monitoring the NICs by SNMP C 1 SNMP Support C 2 D The Diagnostics Utility Running the Diagnostics D 1 From the Hard Disk Drive D 1 From the CD ROM Drive...

Page 17: ...w the system requirements outlined in this chapter see System Requirements on page 1 3 before you begin OSs supported by Adaptec Duralink64 drivers described in this document include all current OSs for Microsoft Windows Novell and Unix s UnixWare 7 0 General Information 1 1 System Requirements 1 3 Hardware Overview 1 4 Link Configurations 1 7 Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs 1 8 Dur...

Page 18: ...tworks Reference Sources To use Duralink64 drivers with the Linux OS or to download Linux drivers refer to Adaptec s web site at http www adaptec com For information about NetWare visit Novell s Web site at http www novell com Advisory To avoid injury to people or damage to equipment and data be sure to follow the cautions and warnings in this document Adaptec does not claim to have included in th...

Page 19: ...ements are as follows Windows Windows NT 4 0 Workstation or Server Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 includes Windows 2000 Professional Server Advanced Server and Data Center Windows Me Millennium Edition or Windows XP Experienced Professional Home Edition and Professional System Component Requirements All NICs single two and four ports require Available bus mastering PCI slot Most recent ...

Page 20: ...thernet NIC models Note All NICs are 64 bits All NICs support 3 3V and 5V Adaptec DuraLAN 64 bit NICs can also be used in a 32 bit PCI slot provided the NIC fits in the slot If the DuraLAN NIC does not fit the slot return it to your place of purchase for a replacement Performance The more peripherals and NICs in your system the more loaded it becomes At this point a 64 bit PCI is a significant ben...

Page 21: ...s at more efficient rates with the DuraLAN 64 bit NICs 128 bytes are transferred in 16 PCI cycles Physical Views Following are illustrations and brief descriptions of features available for each of the NICs in this document Depending on the NIC model the following features are available Selection of single two and four port NICs Autosensing Full Duplex Mode support Ports can run at independent spe...

Page 22: ...NA 64044LV ANA 64044 and 62044 ANA 64022LV and ANA 62022 ANA 62011LV and ANA 62011 TX Single64 RJ 45 Port 1 RJ 45 Port 2 RJ 45 Port 3 RJ 45 Port 4 64 bit PCI 2 1 bus 64 bit PCI 2 1 bus RJ 45 Port 1 RJ 45 Port 2 64 bit PCI 2 1 bus RJ 45 Port Single ...

Page 23: ...er Driver Type Supporting OS DuraLAN Standalone Driver Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4 01 Windows 2000 Windows XP NetWare 4 2 5 x 6 0 and Novell Client32 UnixWare 7 x Linux Kernel 2 42 1 When installing the Duralink64 driver on Windows NT you need to specify the features you want to include 2 In Linux Kernel 2 4 and later third party drivers are embedded These drivers are not supported by Adapt...

Page 24: ...t independently You will find references to standard and standalone These terms are used somewhat interchangeably The software GUI including online menus tables and text use Standalone and Standard In most cases the meaning is the same Note The Windows 98 Windows Me UnixWare and Linux drivers support the Standalone port configuration only Duralink64 Failover driver The Duralink64 Failover driver g...

Page 25: ...ny of the following conditions exist An Ethernet link loss A watchdog timer expires An abnormal hardware interrupt occurs Abnormal send receive counters such as too many collisions or errors occur on the segment Failover ports can be connected to a hub or switch Duralink64 Failover supports NICs with servers running under Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP and Novell NetWare 4 2 5 x and 6 0 Du...

Page 26: ... to scalable bandwidth the technology also provides fault tolerance and resiliency protecting the network from outages due to failed links FEC allows grouping of DuraLAN ports or NICs allowing full utilization of available bandwidth up to 800 Megabits sec Up to four single port NICs two 2 port NICs or one 4 port NIC can be grouped This technology also provides load balancing and management of each...

Page 27: ...ver initialized at 100 Megabits sec with Full Duplex Ethernet FDE The segmented server in this example is limited to 200 Megabits sec If the connection to the server fails clients can still communicate with one another via the Ethernet switch but server accessibility will of course be impossible without the link The next figure shows how fault tolerance is achieved by doubling the hardware and add...

Page 28: ...ervers via an MSL The figure below illustrates a configuration with Windows NT server clustering Microsoft s Wolfpack Primary Server Ethernet Switch Central switching area with lines to workgroups Secondary Server MSL Clients Link Storage Primary Server Ethernet Switch Secondary Server Ethernet Central switching area with lines to workgroups Devices Clients ...

Page 29: ... is excluded from the group The remaining ports distribute the existing load The following figure shows a 12 port server using three Adaptec DuraLAN 4 port NICs In this configuration the server has a cumulative bandwidth of 1 2 Gigabits sec on a single virtual segment Further the network is fault tolerant data transmission is uninterrupted if any port fails Server 3x ANA 64044 6 Ports 6 Ports Clie...

Page 30: ...il the primary port fails The following figure shows one NIC connected to a hub or switch on an Ethernet segment If the NIC fails all network traffic is stopped Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment with Failover This figure shows two Adaptec DuraLAN NICs connected to a hub or switch on an Ethernet segment Duralink64 Failover provides failover capability if one NIC fails Server Ethernet Swit...

Page 31: ... DuraLAN NIC connected to a separate hub to provide redundancy If the hub port being used by the primary NIC fails the backup NIC becomes active and all network traffic is immediately directed through it Ethernet Hub Clients Clients Ethernet Hub Primary Backup Server NICs ...

Page 32: ... Ethernet switches provide network traffic segmentation Dual Hubs with Routers The following figure shows how to set up Duralink64 Failover in a network configuration using routers Routers provide WAN and LAN connectivity and allow physical network protocol redundancy Primary Backup Ethernet Hub Clients Clients Ethernet Hub Ethernet Switch Server NICs Primary Backup Ethernet Hub Ethernet Hub Serve...

Page 33: ...hows failover protection using an Adaptec DuraLAN 4 port NIC Ports 1 and 3 are used as the primary ports to each Ethernet hub Ports 2 and 4 are backup ports connected to each hub Primary Backup Ethernet Hub Clients Clients Ethernet Hub Server Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 NIC ...

Page 34: ...2 1 2 DuraLAN NIC Installation In This Chapter Installing the DuraLAN NIC 2 2 Connecting the Network Cable 2 4 ...

Page 35: ...expansion slot 32 bit PCI expansion slots may also be used Some noncompliant 32 bit PCI expansion slots do not support 64 bit NICs This is because the slot s outside notch is not deep enough to allow the bus contacts to fit around the slot If the 64 bit DuraLAN NIC does not fit in the slot please return it to your place of purchase for a compatible board 4 Unscrew the bracket screw and remove the ...

Page 36: ...e seated in place The NIC should be level within the slot 9 Replace the screw removed in Step 4 as shown in the figure below securing the NIC in position 10 Replace the computer cover Continue with Connecting the Network Cable on page 2 4 64 bit PCI expansion slots 32 bit PCI expansion slots Notch ISA expansion slot ...

Page 37: ...See Appendix A Cables and LEDs on page A 1 for detailed information on cabling To connect the network cable follow these steps 1 Determine the appropriate cabling for your network 2 Connect the cable to the NIC connector For multiport NICs connect a cable to each port 3 Connect the other end of the cable to your hub switch or client 4 Install the desired NIC driver compatible with your OS ...

Page 38: ...memory and NIC requirements are met See System Requirements on page 1 3 Verify that the new Adaptec DuraLAN NIC is installed properly in the server See Chapter 2 DuraLAN NIC Installation on page 2 1 Check your system for installed DuraLAN NIC drivers Before You Begin 3 1 Installing the Duralink64 Driver 3 2 Installation Tips 3 10 Removing Previously Installed Drivers 3 10 ...

Page 39: ...c port names such as Adptsf1 Adptsf2 Adptsf3 and so on Port names are assigned to ports in the order that the system scans these ports at boot time Consequently whenever you physically rearrange the network cards the port names change as well Installing the Duralink64 Driver In the following sections aspects relating to driver installation are discussed Note All NICs must be updated with the same ...

Page 40: ...ystem will continue running and will reconfigure the remaining NICs To Install the NIC 1 Insert the NIC into an empty slot 2 Clip into place different server brands have different clipping and locking systems The computer will automatically sense the addition of the NIC and reconfigure itself to add the port s to the system Windows 2000 and Windows XP with GUI Windows 2000 and Windows XP include a...

Page 41: ...ese steps 1 Start Windows 2000 2 From the Start menu point to Settings and click Control Panel 3 In the Control Panel double click the System icon 4 In the System Properties window select the Hardware tab and click Device Manager 5 Double click Network adapters 6 Double click the appropriate Adaptec DuraLAN NIC 7 Click the Driver tab ...

Page 42: ...ext 13 In the Driver Files Search Results window select Install one of the other drivers and click Next 14 In the Driver Files Found window scroll to the driver list to the right to view the Location field select the netana inf file located on the CD and click Next 15 In the final Upgrade Device Driver window click Finish to close the wizard 16 In the Port Properties window click Close 17 Repeat S...

Page 43: ...ol Panel 3 In the Control Panel click Switch to Classic View 4 Double click on System 5 In the System Properties window select the Hardware tab and click Device Manager 6 Double click Network adapters 7 Double click the appropriate Adaptec DuraLAN NIC 8 Click the Driver tab 9 Click Update Driver 10 The Hardware Update Wizard window appears Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced a...

Page 44: ...ect Network Adapter window click Have CD 7 When the Insert CD window appears insert the Duralink64 for Windows CD and click OK 8 In the Select OEM Option window click the DuraLAN NIC model that is installed and click OK 9 In the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC Driver Installation window select the driver and click OK For basic installations select Standard 10 If you want to install other configurations refer ...

Page 45: ...ate a driver for this device If you do not want to install a driver now click Next To search again click Back 7 The system indicates that the driver file was found Click Next If prompted insert the CD you used to install Windows 98 and click Next Note You may receive the following Version Conflict message A file being copied is older than the file currently on your computer It is recommended that ...

Page 46: ...e Media Floppy CD ROM and Specify a location Also in the text box under Specify a location enter the driver path for example d me The CD ROM drive letter may vary 5 Be sure the CD with the Duralink64 drivers is in the CD ROM The default automatically selected is for Removable Media Floppy CD ROM Click Browse 6 In the New Browse Folder search for the correct directory Select the directory where the...

Page 47: ...d New Hardware Windows Clients Using Novell Client32 Connecting clients to the NetWare Duralink64 server requires an NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification driver Do not use an ODI Open Data Link Interface driver See Chapter 6 Installing Duralink64 Novell Client on page 6 1 Removing Previously Installed Drivers This section provides instructions for removing the previously installed DuraLAN S...

Page 48: ...s list click the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC you want to remove and click Remove 6 When asked if you wish to continue click Yes 7 Repeat Step 5 until all Adaptec DuraLAN drivers are removed 8 When you are done click Close 9 Click Close to close the Network window 10 Click Yes to restart your computer Note When you restart Windows NT a message may indicate that at least one service failed to start This mes...

Page 49: ...operties window select the Device Manager tab and double click Network adapters 4 Select the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC you want to remove and click Remove 5 Confirm the device removal by clicking OK 6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each existing DuraLAN NIC 7 Restart the system ...

Page 50: ...6 Creating the Failover Pair 4 8 Monitoring Failover Pairs in Windows NT 4 0 4 10 Configuring Ports for Duralink64 Port Aggregation and FEC 4 11 Creating Port Aggregation and FEC Groups 4 13 Assigning the TCP IP Address 4 16 Modifying Groups 4 21 Checking System Status in Windows 2000 XP 4 24 Checking System Status in Windows NT 4 0 4 27 Windows NT 2000 XP Performance Monitor 4 29 ...

Page 51: ...ystem reboot Windows XP makes use of the same GUI used for Windows 2000 with enhanceents included for Windows XP For each group of NICs configure the property values Connection Types Transmit Checksum Offload Receive Buffers Receive Checksum Offload and Scatter Gather to be the same For example within a group do not set up one NIC with the connection type as Autodetect and the other NIC s connecti...

Page 52: ...er ports in Windows 2000 XP and select the connection type for your Adaptec DuraLAN NIC follow these steps 1 Open the Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel double click the Adaptec Duralink icon 3 In the Duralink64 window select the Configuration tab and select the port to be configured from the Available Adaptec Ports list ...

Page 53: ...guring the Ports in Windows NT 4 0 In the Adaptec New Hardware Found window each port is assigned to Autodetect the default connection type that will always detect port connection and negotiate a compatible speed and transmission mode To configure the Standalone driver ports in Windows NT 4 0 and select the connection type for your Adaptec DuraLAN NIC follow these steps Note If you are required to...

Page 54: ...Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each existing port 5 Remove the CD and click OK 6 When you are done click Close in the Network window See Assigning the TCP IP Address on page 4 16 7 At the Network Settings Change information box click Yes to restart your system Configuring the Ports in Windows 98 Me To configure ports in Windows 98 Me follow these steps 1 From the Start menu point to Settings and click C...

Page 55: ...ck OK 8 In the Configuration tab click OK 9 Click the Start button and select Shut Down 10 Restart the system Configuring the Ports for Duralink64 Failover Configuring the Ports in Windows 2000 XP There is no need to configure the ports unless you want to change a specific property value for example connection type receive buffers and so forth See Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports on page 4 2 to configure...

Page 56: ...the motherboard For example PCI Bus 1 or above is an ANA 6x022 or ANA 6x044 NIC The PCI Slot represents the port on the NIC starting from the top The top port starts at PCI Slot 4 2 In the New Adaptec NIC Ports Available window available Adaptec ports are listed Select the appropriate port and click Apply 3 From the Connection Types drop down list select and click the connection type for your netw...

Page 57: ...rt menu go to Settings and click Control Panel 3 In the Control Panel double click the Adaptec Duralink icon for the Duralink64 window 4 In the Group s field click Create New Group and type the name of the Failover group Note The group name may be up to 20 characters If you skip this step the system assigns a default group name GroupX 5 In the Link Aggregation Type field select Adaptec s Failover ...

Page 58: ... NT 4 0 follow these steps 1 From the Available Adaptec Ports list select the port to be designated as the primary port and click Add The port is added under Primary Port field in the Pair Port list 2 To assign a backup to the primary port select the appropriate port from the Available Adaptec Ports list and click Add The port is added in the Backup Port list 3 Click Apply 4 OPTIONAL Create anothe...

Page 59: ...elow Ignore the message and click OK 9 Enter the protocol information Consult your Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 documentation for help configuring the protocol such as entering values for TCP IP 10 Remove the CD from the CD ROM drive 11 Restart the system Note If you were required to insert the Windows NT CD you must reinstall the latest version of Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack then restart the sy...

Page 60: ...nfigure property value otherwise leave everything as default Wih Cisco s FEC you can configure a minimum of two and a maximum of four ports a Cisco limitation A three port configuration is not available your options are either two or four ports Configuring the Ports in Windows NT 4 0 In the Adaptec New Hardware Found window each port is assigned to Autodetect the default connection type that alway...

Page 61: ...Adaptec NIC Ports Available list select the appropriate port 3 In this same field under the Connection Types heading click the connection type for your network or use Autodetect Default Connection For descriptions see Connection Types on page A 2 4 From the Connection Types drop down list select and click the connection type for your network or select Autodetect Default Connection The connection t...

Page 62: ...ion type for each port is automatically configured to 100 Megabits sec TX Full Duplex You must also configure the ports on the switch used by the FEC group to either Auto Negotiation or 100 Megabits sec Full Duplex Mode Keep in mind that with FEC you can configure a minimum of two and a maximum of four ports a Cisco limitation A three port configuration is not available Creating Port Aggregation o...

Page 63: ...st EtherChannel on page 1 10 5 From the Available Adaptec Ports box select the available port you want to add to the group and click Add 6 Repeat Step 5 for each additional port Note We recommend that all ports in the same group be assigned the same Properties and Values that is Connection Type Receive Buffers and so on 7 OPTIONAL To remove a port from the group select the appropriate port from th...

Page 64: ...21 To create Port Aggregation or FEC groups in Windows NT 4 0 follow these steps 1 In the Group s field click Create New Group and type the new group name Note The group name can be up to 20 characters If you skip this step the system assigns a default group name GroupX 2 In the Link Aggregation Type field click the appropriate link type For a brief description of Adaptec s Port Aggregation see Du...

Page 65: ... s list box b Type the new name c Click Apply 9 When you are finished configuring all groups click OK 10 If SNMP is not set up on the computer you will receive the Setup Message below Ignore the message and click OK 11 In the Network window click Close To assign TCP IP addresses to your ports refer to Assigning the TCP IP Address on page 4 16 Assigning the TCP IP Address Assigning TCP IP Address f...

Page 66: ...it To identify the primary Local Area Connection port look under Port Name all network settings will be taken from this port 6 Click on Start 7 From the Start menu point to Settings and click Control Panel 8 In the Control Panel double click the Network and Dial up Connections icon 9 Right click on the appropriate Local Area Connection icon obtained from step 5 and select Properties Note If a red ...

Page 67: ...AN Fast Ethernet NICs User s Guide 10 The Local Area Connection 2 Properties screen appears 11 Check the box for Internet Protocol TCP IP 12 Click Properties The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties screen appears ...

Page 68: ... Enter DNS server preferred and alternate addresses 14 To assign an IP address to the next Adaptec NIC port repeat Steps 3 through 8 15 Click OK This takes you back to the Local Area Connection Properties screen Assigning TCP IP Address in Windows NT 4 0 Once you have configured Duralink64 Port Aggregation Windows NT prompts you to configure the protocol IP addresses to groups and standalone ports...

Page 69: ... the subnet mask number You will be prompted to assign a different IP address for each port or group of ports After all ports have been assigned an IP address click OK 5 Repeat Steps 1 through 4 for any other port or group 6 When you are finished configuring all groups click OK 7 When prompted to restart your computer click Yes Once Duralink64 Port Aggregation is installed you can update group and...

Page 70: ...ing groups Renaming Groups in Windows 2000 XP To rename a group in Windows 2000 XP follow these steps 1 In the Duralink64 window click the Configuration tab 2 From the Group s field select the appropriate group and type the new name 3 Click Apply Renaming Groups in Windows NT 4 0 To rename a group in Windows NT 4 0 follow these steps 1 In the Duralink64 Port Aggregation window click the Configurat...

Page 71: ...e port from the Available Adaptec Ports box and click Add To remove ports from the group select the appropriate port from the Group Ports box and click Remove 3 Repeat Step 2 for each appropriate port 4 To save changes click Apply 5 When you are finished click OK Adding or Removing Ports in Windows NT 4 0 Note If you add or remove a port to or from a group any existing group or port IP address is ...

Page 72: ...hed click OK 6 If SNMP is not set up on the computer you will receive the Setup Message below Ignore the message and click OK 7 When adding or removing a group or port you will receive a message such as the ones shown below Click OK This message appears when you add ports with IP addresses to a new group This message appears when you add ports with IP addresses to Group2 with an existing IP addres...

Page 73: ...See Field Descriptions on page 4 25 for details 1 From the Start menu point to Settings and click Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel double click Adaptec Duralink icon 3 Click the Status tab to view the group and independent port information as shown in the figure below 4 The primary port for each Group will have a P next to it 5 Click OK to exit ...

Page 74: ... as a percentage of bytes transmitted by the port over bytes transmitted by the group during the last screen refresh interval e Status If the link is up and has transmitted data within the last screen refresh interval ACTIVE is displayed If the link is up but the port has not transmitted any data within the time interval IDLE is displayed If the link is down DOWN is displayed f Speed Speed is eith...

Page 75: ...ps list in two ways Clicking a plus sign next to port group will display the individual ports within a specific group Clicking a minus sign next to port group will hide the individual ports within a specific group Disabled ports are marked with a red X such as ADPTSF5 shown below or FEC ...

Page 76: ...menu point to Settings and click Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel double click Network 3 In the Network window click the Adapters tab 4 In the Adapters tab select and double click Adaptec DuraLAN NIC The Duralink64 Port Aggregation window appears 5 Click the Status tab to view the group and independent port information as shown in the figure below 6 Click OK to exit 7 Click OK to close the Net...

Page 77: ...ted as a percentage of bytes transmitted by the port over bytes transmitted by the group during the last screen refresh interval e Status If the link is up and has transmitted data within the last screen refresh interval ACTIVE is displayed If the link is up but the port has not transmitted any data within the time interval IDLE is displayed If the link is down DOWN is displayed f Speed Speed is e...

Page 78: ...red X such as ADPTSF5 shown below Windows NT 2000 XP Performance Monitor You can view system traffic for selected groups and standalone ports in the Performance Monitor as shown in the following figure In this window each line represents the performance of the group or port listed at the bottom of the screen When a group port s activity drops its line drops To select ports and groups you wish to v...

Page 79: ...tton indicated in the Performance Monitor window shown in Step 1 to open the Add to Chart window The Add to Chart example is for Windows NT 4 0 only Windows 2000 and Windows XP are similar Note In Windows 2000 and Windows XP the Failover Port Aggregation and FEC groups of ports will appear as a single port 3 From the Object list box select ADPTSF Add Counter ...

Page 80: ...arameters Color is preset by the program for each selected group or port You can set a specific color from the Color list box Scale can be adjusted You can set the scale of the plot for better viewing Width allows you to set the width of the plot line Style allows you to set the type of line that will be plotted for the selected group 6 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each appropriate port or group 7 Whe...

Page 81: ...4 x OS Installation Not supported 5 6 Installing the NetWare Driver after OS Installation 5 6 Installing the NetWare Port Aggregation and Failover Drivers 5 7 Configuring the Ports 5 7 Creating the Failover Pair Port Aggregation or FEC Groups 5 9 Assigning the Protocols 5 10 Saving the Configuration 5 12 Viewing System Status 5 12 Verifying Configuration 5 14 Modifying Driver Configurations 5 15 R...

Page 82: ...ring whatever process you are currently involved and Help will appear to assist you After you install Duralink64 LAN driver software use configsf to reconfigure the drivers for Standalone SA Failover FO Port Aggregation PA or FEC Fast EtherChannel See Modifying Driver Configurations on page 5 15 Before You Begin Verify that all system memory and NIC requirements are met see System Requirements on ...

Page 83: ...tPlugging or HotReplacing a NIC that is in an FO PA or FEC group the entire group must be unloaded before HotPlug or HotReplacement can be performed therefore adptsf lan must be unloaded first before running ncmcon nlm The Duralink64 driver supports HotPlug HotReplacement functionality in NetWare 5 x and 6 0 Two sets of modules are required for this function to work The first set is the HotPlug mo...

Page 84: ...k nlm If the configsf GUI is running exit the GUI 2 At the server prompt initiate unload adptsf which will unload all drivers and groups for the mode you ve selected 3 Launch the ncmcon nlm HotPlug support module 4 Select the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC to HotPlug or HotReplace and follow the onscreen GUI instructions 5 Insert the new Adaptec DuraLAN NIC in the same PCI slot as the one being swapped out a...

Page 85: ...oppy disk before installing the drivers onto the server Do not attempt to install Novell drivers from the CD during the OS installation a On a separate Windows PC insert the Duralink64 driver CD into the CD ROM drive and a blank DOS formatted floppy disk into the floppy disk drive b Open the CD in Windows Explorer and double click the nwserver directory in the root of the CD c Select the entire co...

Page 86: ...ted Do not install the Duralink64 drivers until after the NetWare 4 x OS has been installed Once this is accomplished begin with the next section Installing the NetWare Driver after OS Installation Installing the NetWare Driver after OS Installation To install drivers for NetWare follow these steps 1 Insert the Duralink64 NetWare LAN driver CD into the CD ROM 2 Mount the CD ROM and refer to NetWar...

Page 87: ...nstall the Failover or Port Aggregation driver for NetWare follow these steps 1 Insert the Duralink64 NetWare CD into the CD ROM 2 Mount the CD ROM refer to NetWare documentation as per your specific OS To display the CD volume name type the volume at the console prompt 3 To run the config program type the name of the CD volume followed by nwserver configsf For example type load duralink64v52 nwse...

Page 88: ...evice the port is connected to and negotiates the port speed and transmission mode accordingly The Autodetected connection type is recommended however to change connection type s a Select the port and press Enter b In the Type of Connection menu select the type and press Enter Connection Types on page A 2 provides descriptions c Repeat steps 3a and 3b until all ports have been configured 4 OPTIONA...

Page 89: ...Type and press Enter The Set Group Type menu appears 5 In the Set Group Type menu select Standalone Failover Port Aggregation or Fast EtherChannel and press Enter 6 In the Group Configuration menu select Add Remove Ports and press Enter The Existing Ports box appears 7 In the Existing Ports box the message No Ports Present appears the first time you add a new group Press Ins 8 In the Available Por...

Page 90: ...me time To assign a protocol follow these steps 1 In the Main Menu select Link Aggregation Type then select Configure Protocols Press Enter 2 In the Existing Ports box select a group and press Enter 3 In the List of Protocols box select the protocol for the selected Group and press Enter If you selected IPX continue with Step 4 If you selected IP skip to Step 5 4 To assign an IPX protocol follow t...

Page 91: ...nter d In the IP Parameters box select Enter Subnet Mask and press Enter e In the Subnet Mask box type the corresponding subnet mask and press Enter f Press Esc g Repeat Steps a through f for each appropriate port or pair h Press Esc until you return to the List of Ports Failover Pairs box 6 Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for any other Groups you wish to configure 7 Press Esc until you return to the Mai...

Page 92: ...rver follow these steps 1 In the Main Menu select Exit and press Enter 2 In the Save Configuration box select Save and Quit to save the configuration The following line sys etc configsf ncf will be added to the autoexec net file If you do not want to save the changes select Quit without Saving and press Enter If you wish to return to the Main Menu select Return to Main Menu and press Enter 3 Resta...

Page 93: ...tage of transmit load carried by each port in a load balancing group The percentage for a standalone port is always 100 percent The percentage for a group is calculated as a percentage of bytes transmitted by the port over bytes transmitted by the group for a fixed period of time Use F8 to adjust time intervals The present status of all ports and groups DOWN is displayed when a link is down ACTIVE...

Page 94: ...ct Link Aggregation Type then select View Configuration Press Enter The View Configuration screen appears In this example the screen indicates that five standalone ports without configurations and one group named Marcom are currently enabled 1 Marcom is made up of three ports Adptsf1 Adaptsf2 and Adapts3 The IPX protocol is assigned to Marcom using ETHERNET_802 2 as the frame type and 121212121 as...

Page 95: ...nd press Enter 2 Once you have opened configsf refer to Configuring the Ports on page 5 7 for more instructions Removing or Uninstalling Drivers If a new driver must be installed to replace an existing driver follow these steps 1 At the system prompt type load configsf and press Enter 2 At the Main Menu select Uninstall Software and press Enter 3 Select Yes The computer will begin to remove files ...

Page 96: ...e Novell Web site www novell com 2 Start DOS 3 Insert your Novell NetWare Client32 package 4 Type install then press Enter 5 Follow the instructions on your screen Refer to Selecting Options on page 6 2 if you are not sure which option to select When you are done you may confirm settings in startnet bat Note This installation setup assigns settings to only one port To assign settings to multiple p...

Page 97: ...ot number To assign multiple frame types repeat this step changing the frame type setting 4 Repeat Step 3 for each additional port Screen Name Message Option Client Installation Select either NetWare Client32 for DOS and Windows 3 1x or IntraNetWare DOS Windows for DOS Windows Driver Type Select 32 Bit 32 Bit Network Board Drivers Select User Specified 32 Bit Driver Do not choose Adaptec PCI Ether...

Page 98: ...r with Client32 Do not use an ODI driver 1 If you are using Windows NT 4 0 install the latest Microsoft service packs that are available for the Windows OS Then restart the system 2 Install the DuraLAN Standalone driver Instructions are provided in Installing the Duralink64 Driver during NetWare 6 0 5 x OS Installation on page 5 5 3 Install the Client32 software see your Novell documentation for i...

Page 99: ...te NetWare Clients and type 255 under the IPX retry count in the IPX 32 bit Protocol tab For Windows NT Clients using Novell Client32 Follow these steps to set the IPX retry count in the registry in NetWare Workstation Parameters a From the DOS prompt type regedit to enter the Registry Editor b Double click hkey_local_machine c Double click System d Double click CurrentControlSet e Double click Se...

Page 100: ...r see Chapter 2 DuraLAN NIC Installation on page 2 1 Check your system for installed Adaptec DuraLAN NIC drivers If a Duralink64 Standalone Standard driver exists it must be removed For information about driver removal see Removing Drivers on page 7 4 Before You Begin 7 1 Special Notes for UnixWare 7 2 Installing the Standalone Driver on UnixWare 7 x 7 2 Assigning the Protocols 7 3 Viewing the Con...

Page 101: ... CD ROM by typing the following command after the prompt mount F cdfs r dev cdrom cdrom1 mnt Then press Enter 5 Again at the prompt type pkgadd d mnt uw7x duralan pkg and press Enter to add the package driver 6 Run netcfg to open the Network Configuration Manager window 7 Go to the Hardware menu 8 Select Add new LAN adapter 9 Select Ethernet Adaptec DuraLAN NIC Driver then select Continue 10 Selec...

Page 102: ...PX requires a system reboot 1 Select Add Protocol from the Network Configuration Manager menu 2 From the Protocol menu select IPX SPX or TCP IP 3 Click Add 4 Enter the network configuration and click OK Repeat Steps 1 through 3 for each additional protocol Viewing the Configuration It is important to verify the current port configurations before saving them to the server To verify the current port...

Page 103: ...e new driver can be installed the older driver must be removed To install a new driver that replaces an existing driver follow these steps 1 Login as root Open a console prompt and type pkgrm DuraLAN Note this entry is case sensitive and press Enter 2 The system asks you Do you want to remove this package Yes No quit At the prompt type y for yes or n for no and press Enter 3 The system removes the...

Page 104: ...tion on cabling suitable for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs The following table outlines the two cable specifications of IEEE 802 3u 100BaseTX and 100BaseFX 100BaseTX 100BaseFX Cable supported CAT 5 UTP 62 5 125 multimode fiber Number of cable pairs 2 1 Node to repeater cabling distance 100 meters 137 meters Node to switch to full duplex 100 meters 2000 meters ...

Page 105: ...egabits sec in Half Duplex Mode 10 Megabits sec UTP Full Duplex Forces the connection to 10 Megabits sec in Full Duplex Mode 100 Megabits sec TX Full Duplex Forces the connection to 100 Megabits sec in Full Duplex Mode Full Duplex Support To implement Full Duplex on your network you need both an NIC and a switch that supports Full Duplex Full Duplex support allows an NIC to send and receive data a...

Page 106: ...sted pair cables that are wired straight through This means that each pin of the modular plug connector is wired to the same pin on the opposite end of the cable pin 1 is wired to pin 1 Straight through cables connect workstations and servers to repeaters and switches Cables for 100BaseTX use two pairs pins 1 2 3 and 6 NIC Connector 10 Megabits sec 100 Megabits sec Cable Pins Used TX Adapters RJ 4...

Page 107: ... are used for diagnostics external and autonegotiation tests Refer to Diagnostic Tests on page D 2 for more information regarding diagnostic tests Straight through Cable 10BaseT or 100BaseTX Pin Colors Both Ends 1 Orange White 2 Orange 3 Green White 4 Blue 5 Blue White 6 Green 7 Brown White 8 Brown 1 34 5678 2 Loop back cable ...

Page 108: ...r ANA 6x011 and ANA 6x022 Speed100 The Speed100 LED is green When on it indicates that a valid 100 Megabits sec link has been made Speed10 The Speed10 LED is green When on it indicates that a valid 10 Megabits sec link has been made When off no 10 Megabits sec link has been made Speed100 act Speed10 ls p1 ls p2 Speed100 p1 act p1 Speed10 p1 Speed100 p2 act p2 Speed10 p2 ls p3 ls p4 act p1 act p2 a...

Page 109: ...outgoing traffic For ANA 6x044 ls When on and green it indicates that a valid 100 Megabits sec link has been made When on and amber it indicates that a valid 10 Megabits sec link has been made When off no valid link has been made act The act LED is amber The act LED lights up to signal the presence of incoming or outgoing traffic ...

Page 110: ...DuraLAN NIC Installation on page 2 1 Verify that your network is properly cabled and the NIC is properly connected see Connecting the Network Cable on page 2 4 and Appendix A Cables and LEDs on page A 1 Verify that the DuraLAN driver is installed correctly see Chapter 2 DuraLAN NIC Installation on page 2 1 Verify that you are using the latest BIOS for your computer and the latest DuraLAN driver Ve...

Page 111: ... Symptom Solution Adaptec NIC is conflicting with an installed PCI SCSI Adapter Configure the NIC and SCSI adapters to use different interrupts via BIOS System Configuration Utility SCU or EISA Configuration Utility ECU provided by the system vendor Workstations cannot connect to the NetWare server Make sure the workstation and server are using the same frame type Add the following two lines to th...

Page 112: ...le IRQ 15 or change the Adaptec DuraLAN NIC to another interrupt Please refer to your Novell documentation System hangs at boot up Make sure the DuraLAN NIC is seated properly in the PCI slot Check with your system vendor for the latest BIOS LED does not light when running autonegotiation in the Diagnostics utility Use a loop back cable see Diagnostics Loop back Cable on page A 4 Option Setting PC...

Page 113: ...dwidth of 2 to 12 Fast Ethernet ports into one virtual network interface for up to 1 2 Gigabits sec of total throughput per workgroup Duralink64 Failover Software offers FDDI like port resiliency for optimum availability and safe fault tolerant Fast Ethernet networks How do the standard drivers Port Aggregation and Failover differ The Duralink64 standard driver is the minimum software required for...

Page 114: ...T and Windows 2000 that support routing What is the difference between the Duralink64 v4 2 or 5 0 and Duralink v3 0 software Duralink64 v4 2 and v5 0 are the software drivers written for Adaptec s DuraLAN ASIC used on the ANA 6x011 TX ANA 6x022 and ANA 6x044 Duralink v3 0 is the software written for Adaptec s legacy NICs based on the DEC Intel ASICs used on the ANA 6911A XX ANA 6922A XX and ANA 69...

Page 115: ...p alive mechanism an abnormal hardware interrupt occurs the port becomes unable to transmit for a specified time or abnormal send and receive counters occur such as too many collisions or errors on the segment Which protocols work with Duralink64 Failover TCP IP and NetBEUI under Windows NT and Windows 2000 and TCP IP and IPX SPX under NetWare Is Duralink64 software interoperable compatible with o...

Page 116: ...egation technology builds upon standards based Fast Ethernet to provide network managers a reliable high speed solution for the network backbone Duralink64 Port Aggregation software groups up to 12 Fast Ethernet ports onto a single aggregated connection operating up to 1 2 Gigabits sec per workgroup See the Port Aggregation white paper on the Adaptec Web site http www adaptec com What are the key ...

Page 117: ...he network is able to tolerate a failure Fault tolerance is a built in feature of the Duralink64 Port Aggregation product since there are at least two contributing members of each Port Aggregation group It is highly improbable that the server connection will fail in this context If one port fails the duties associated with the failed port are redistributed to other members of the Port Aggregation ...

Page 118: ... FEC module can be configured to FEC Mode or Fast Ethernet Mode FEC Mode allows you to group up to four ports from one FEC module to another FEC module in different Cisco switches Does Duralink64 Port Aggregation support Cisco s FEC Yes Where can I learn more about Duralink64 Port Aggregation Go to the Adaptec Web site at http www adaptec com Duralink64 v5 x Windows NT General Questions Which serv...

Page 119: ... v5 x NetWare General Questions I used Load Install to try to load my NIC and it s not working What should I do For Standard Failover or Port Aggregation drivers use configsf from the Duralink64 v5 x NetWare CD What version of the service pack do I need for Duralink64 v5 x software Use SP6 and ODI 3 31 patches for NetWare 4 11 for all DuraLAN drivers The DuraLAN drivers will not work unless you ap...

Page 120: ...at the Failover software is loaded each time you boot the server How do I install Duralink64 v5 x Failover or Port Aggregation if I currently have the Duralink64 v5 x Standard drivers installed The setupsf file is used only when installing and uninstalling Duralink64 v5 x Failover or Port Aggregation software The configsf file is also used after installation for changing the failover configuration...

Page 121: ...r groups and multiple port load balancing groups Port statistics table listing all ports grouped by interface and providing characteristics and statistics for each individual port Port 1 in any multiple group is always the port that is available to be bound to protocol stacks Card information table describing each Adaptec network card on the system Card port information table sorted by network car...

Page 122: ...nt to provide management information to the SNMP management station The agent supports both the DuraLAN and older EMPCI NICs However if you install your EMPCI drivers after the DuraLAN installation management information is restricted to the EMPCI configuration The mib file used for your SNMP management console is located in the following directory a snmpmibs duralink mib After compiling this file...

Page 123: ...teps 1 Make sure himem sys and emm386 exe are currently in config sys and that files 30 is present If they are not add these lines to the top of the config sys file device c dos himem sys device c dos emm386 exe noems files 30 Type the path to the DOS programs if it is not found in c dos 2 Create a directory for the diagnostics on your hard disk drive 3 Copy all files in this directory to the new ...

Page 124: ...an be run on the Adaptec DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NIC s The diagnostics commands are case sensitive and must be typed exactly as they appear in the table Command Test selftest Verifies a variety of card functions You should run this test first to isolate common errors port X Specifies the port you want to test If more than one DuraLAN NIC is installed remove all cards then test one card at a time dis...

Page 125: ...external_10 This test requires a loop back cable It tests the loop back from the cable at 10 Megabits sec external_100 This test requires a loop back cable It tests the loop back from the cable at 100 Megabits sec autonegotiate speed speed is one of five options Tests the speed the card negotiates This test has five options 0 Tests for full autonegotiation highest speed 10 Forces test at 10 Megabi...

Page 126: ...two commands work in tandem The echoer system displays the number of packets received then exits The sender system displays a summary of packets transmitted and received corrupted packets number of collisions and lost packets pause Tests the flow controller features of the chip mem default Slave access set to Memory Mode io Slave access set to I O Mode timer Tests the interrupt delay time feature ...

Page 127: ...egation 4 11 Fast EtherChannel FEC 4 11 general configuration 5 7 verification 5 14 Windows 2000 4 3 4 21 Windows 98 4 5 Windows NT 4 0 4 4 4 11 4 21 Windows NT with Duralink64 4 4 Windows XP 4 3 configuring protocols BIOS Setup B 3 configuring the Failover pair Windows 2000 XP 4 8 Windows NT 4 0 4 9 connecting clients to server 6 3 connection types A 2 copying the configuration 5 12 creating grou...

Page 128: ...1 17 Windows 2000 XP 4 6 Windows NT 4 0 4 7 Duralink64 general compatibility B 5 Duralink64 GUI Windows NT 4 0 4 4 Duralink64 Port Aggregation benefits B 7 configuring ports Windows NT 4 0 4 11 configuring ports in Windows 2000 XP 4 11 description 1 9 B 7 environments B 7 Failover function B 8 function B 8 network switches B 8 NIC support B 8 software B 4 Duralink64 software installation compatibi...

Page 129: ...ring NetWare 5 x OS installation 5 5 5 6 HotPlug NetWare 5 x 6 0 5 3 HotPlug Windows 3 2 NetWare standard driver 5 6 5 7 Novell 32 bit client for DOS 6 1 Novell 32 bit client for Windows 6 3 ports 3 2 tips 3 10 IP IPX Internet Packet EXchange protocols 5 10 7 3 IPX compatible protocol B 5 B 6 IRQ Interrupt Request 1 3 L LEDs See diagnostic LEDs legacy Adaptec DEC based NIC compatibility B 5 Linux ...

Page 130: ...t 1 5 transfer rates 1 5 performance monitor Windows 2000 4 29 Windows NT 4 29 Port Aggregation comparisons B 4 creating groups for Windows 2000 4 13 creating groups for Windows NT 4 0 4 15 with FEC groups 4 13 Port Aggregation and FEC description 4 13 port configuration reconfiguration B 11 ports adding removing 4 22 configuring 4 2 5 7 B 6 failure backup B 8 identification 3 2 protocols assignin...

Page 131: ...g in Windows 2000 4 16 setting in Windows NT 4 0 4 19 Technical Support Identification TSID number 1 v tests diagnostics D 2 time intervals 5 14 troubleshooting isolating faulty hardware B 2 solutions B 2 tips B 1 troubling conditions abnormal hardware interrupts 1 9 abnormal send receive counters 1 9 Ethernet link loss 1 9 segment collisions 1 9 segment errors 1 9 timer expiration 1 9 TSID Number...

Page 132: ...Index 6 DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User s Guide 8 Windows NT performance monitor 4 29 server clustering 1 12 Windows NT 4 0 Duralink64 driver installation 3 7 Windows XP 3 6 ...

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