NEC 5800/320MA manual Starting PROSet

Configuring Ethernet PCI Adapters

•Troubleshoot Ethernet PCI adapters (see “Using PROSet Utility Diagnostics” on page 2-41).

N O T E S

1.In systems with more than one enclosure, you can physically remove an enclosure without disrupting the network only if the active Ethernet PCI adapters in the enclosure are teamed with adapters in another enclosure. Note that with Adaptive Load Balancing and Link Aggregation teams, your system will experience a drop in throughput while the enclosure is absent.

2.For fault tolerance, configure your Ethernet PCI adapters into teams. Although Express5800/320Ma systems support unteamed Ethernet PCI adapters, an unteamed Ethernet PCI adapter is a single point of failure that can cause the loss of a network connection.

3.After you finish each configuration procedure using PROSet, click Apply or OK in the Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box (see Figure 2-3for an example of the dialog box) to preserve your changes. If you do not click Apply or OK before exiting PROSet, it cannot finish processing the configuration procedure, and you must repeat the procedure.

Starting PROSet

To start the PROSet utility, use one of the following methods:

N O T E

Before starting PROSet, close the Local Area Connection n Properties dialog boxes (Figure 2-13) for all Ethernet PCI adapters; any open Properties dialog box can cause problems for viewing and setting values in PROSet.

•Double-click PROSet in the system tray:

•Double-click PROSet in the Control Panel:

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