DOS Diagnostic Failures
Linux
To verify that the Ethernet interface is up and running, run ifconfig to check the status of the Ethernet interface. To check the statistics on the Ethernet interface, you can also use netstat
DOS Diagnostic Failures
Running the DOS diagnostic B57DIAG.exe can result in false failures under the following circumstances:
■The DOS diagnostic B57DIAG.exe will fail if EMM386.exe is loaded in low memory. Do not use EMM386.exe when running the DOS diagnostic program.
■When using the DOS diagnostic B57DIAG.exe for the fiber NIC
b57diag -npol
Omiting the
Wake-on-Lan
The fiber version of the Gigabit Server NIC will not operate with
Known Problems
This section provides a list of known software problems and solutions for Windows 2000 and Linux.
Windows 2000
Problem | Solution |
Able to create LAC connections icons having same name under network properties menu.
Each network adapter installed properly will have an icon in Network Properties window. The name of the icon is usually in the form of “Local Area Connection ##” and where ## is a number starting from 1. The names of icon can be changed by right clicking the icon and selecting rename. The name of the icon is only meaningful to the Network Properties window. Sometimes the system administrators will rename these icons to easily differentiate the network connections. When Advanced Server Features is configured, Advanced Server Features 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 | After configuring Advanced Server Features team, the system may sometimes prompt user to |
Features software and user is | reboot. This is because Plug and Play may fail to commit any change in the network protocol |
prompted to reboot early. | binding. Users can choose not to reboot and continue configuring intermediate driver without |
| having any side effect. When user has finished all the configuration, it is required to reboot. |
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Cannot enable VLAN after it is | Advanced Server Features program creates additional network connections in “Network |
disabled. | Connection and |
| connections can be disabled via the context menu. However, if these virtual connections are re- |
| enabled, the system will report error as “connection failed!”. This is known problem with |
| Windows 2000. When this happens, rebooting the system enables the virtual connection again. |
Able to configure Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) when there aren't any unassigned adapters.
Windows 2000 networking is shipped with the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), which is designed to allow multiple computers to access the Internet through a Windows 2000 system. To configure ICS, a user would need to select a network connection as “outside” connection, and another network connection as “inside” connection. 3Com has observed that ICS allows any available network connection to be “outside” and “inside,” regardless of the Advanced Server Features team configuration. 3Com recommends that the user not select any network connection that is part of the Advanced Server Features team to be “outside” and “inside.”
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