Contents

103Com Management Programs

Overview 85

 

 

 

Installing the Management Programs

85

Removing the Management Programs

86

Initializing the Management Programs

86

Vital Sign

86

 

 

Diagnostics

87

 

 

Cable Analysis 88

 

 

Load Balance/Virtual LANs

89

 

Saving the Configuration

91

 

Restoring the Configuration 91

 

Load Balance/Virtual LAN Statistics

91

11Troubleshooting

Hardware 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

 

 

 

AKey Protocols and Interfaces

CIM 99 DMI 100 SNMP 100

NIC Teaming 101

Load Balancing

101

Link Aggregation (802.3ad) 101

Generic Link Aggregation (Trunking) 101

Failover Teaming

102

VLANs Overview

102

VLAN Support

102

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