Published August
3CR990 Family of EtherLink NICs
EtherLink 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card with 3XP processor
User Guide
 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND
3Com Corporation
5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa
Clara, California
 1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN
CONTENTS
3 NIC INSTALLATION
2 3CR990 NICS
 Multiple NICs
4 WINDOWS DRIVERS
5 NETWARE DRIVERS
6 IP SECURITY
 Accessing the 3Com KnowledgeBase
8 CONFIGURATION
9 TROUBLESHOOTING
7 UPGRADING DRIVERS
 B TECHNICAL SUPPORT
E MBA BOOT ROM
A SPECIFICATIONS
D UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE
 Configuring DynamicAccess Technology
F DYNAMICACCESS TECHNOLOGY
INDEX WARRANTY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
DynamicAccess Features
Page
 2 Click Register Product, and then Register Online
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
 Go to Auto Insert Go to Root Subdirectories
 1 Right-click the My Computer icon, and then select Properties
 Minimum System
click NIC Software, Drivers and Diagnostics, NIC Preinstallation
NIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then Done
Go to NIC Installation
 about installation diskettes
DOS-Bootable
Diskette Installation
to install these drivers
 Installations \ Diskette.pdf To make installation diskettes
 NIC Overview
3CR990 NICS
 168-bit 3DES encryption
NIC Features
Encryption chip Remote Wake-Up RWU connector 3XP processor
3CR990 NICs support up to
 NOTE The 3CR990 NICs provide a network connection with or without the
Remote Wake-Up cable installed
Upgrading software Scanning for viruses
 Windows
Offload Features
DynamicAccess Technology, and Install 3Com DMI Agent now
Offline Diagnostics
 2 Click the Local Area Connection icon
NOTE The default hex value is F all offloads enabled
3 Click Configure
 20 CHAPTER 2 3CR990 NICS
 For more information
NIC INSTALLATION
Installing the NIC
your system
 22 CHAPTER 3 NIC INSTALLATION
 Remote Wake-Up Cable
Installing the NIC
 L N K
24 CHAPTER 3 NIC INSTALLATION
DATA
TX ACT
 Go to Multiple NICs
What do you want to do?
Go to Windows Go to Windows Go to Windows NT Go to Windows NT
Go to NetWare Drivers
Page
 5 Click NIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then click Done
Windows 2000 and installed the NIC, go to step 7 in this procedure
3 Click Drivers and Diagnostics
4 Click NIC Preinstallation
 Go to 3Com DOS Configuration Program
 Go to New Hardware Found Go to Update Device Driver Wizard
NOTE You must restart your computer to complete the installation
To verify that the installation was successful
Go to Verifying Successful Installation
 Go to Verifying Successful Installation
 Update Device
Driver Wizard
 Windows NT
Windows NT
PC or server running Windows NT
 4 Click Add Adapter
a Select the Enable Automatic DHCP Configuration check box
6 Click Continue
 Verifying Successful
Installation
34 CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS DRIVERS
 Multiple NICs
5 Click NIC Installation with Windows 2000, and then Done
operating system
 36 CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS DRIVERS
Windows 95 and
 5 Click Have Disk
Page
 NOTE 3CR990 NICs do not support NetWare 3.11 and 4.0x servers
NETWARE DRIVERS
 Go to Verifying the PCI Slot Number
4.11, and
 a Select Reinitialize System
For NetWare
 load c\nwserver\3c99x.lan
Verifying the PCI Slot Number
 Overview Creating a Security Policy
IP SECURITY
 5 Select IP Security Policy Management, and then click Add
7 Clear the Activate the default response rule check box
1 In the left pane, click IP Security Policies on Local Machine
 Creating a Security Policy
Filter Action
 46 CHAPTER 6 IP SECURITY
2 Select Un-assign
 8 Click Have Disk
UPGRADING DRIVERS
 Go to Windows 98 and Windows
Go to Windows 95 Version A Build
 6 Click Close
7 Click Have Disk
Windows NT 4.0
 50 CHAPTER 7 UPGRADING DRIVERS
6 Click Restart Now
 Provides the ability to boot a PC
CONFIGURATION
100BASE-TX 100 Mb/s
 Configuration
If you do not have a DOS-bootable diskette
Go to Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette
3Com DOS
 Go to To Run the Network Test
Diagnostics Program
Diagnostics Program
3Com NIC
 5 Repeat the process for each setting that you want to change
 the Installation
TROUBLESHOOTING
Accessing the
Troubleshooting
 Go to Technical Support
Running Diagnostics
Programs
Go to 10BASE-T Description Go to 100BASE-TX Description
 Configuration Tab
For more information about how to make a DOS-bootable diskette
4 Click 3Com NIC Doctor
General Tab
 Accessing the 3Com
Diagnostics Tests
Diagnostics Tab
Flash Update Tab
 To run the NIC test, Network test, or Remote Wake-Up test
 2 Click Perform NIC Test
 Go to 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program
Accessing 3Com
Support Services
Go to Troubleshooting Remote Wake-Up
 Remote Wake-Up
3Com Tray Icon
connection between the NIC and the network
 Network Connection
Troubleshooting a
NOTE For more information on PCI specifications and Remote Wake-Up
 2 Connect a straight-through cable from the PC to the hub
 Hardware
SPECIFICATIONS
NIC Specifications
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision
 Connection Criteria
Network
Network Cable
 1 TD+ 2 TD 3 RD+ 6 RD
Assignments
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 Pause Frames
Flow Control
Link Negotiation
 Online Technical
Services
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Register this Product
 1 408 727
1 847
day, 7 days a week
 Country
Support from 3Com
Telephone Number
 To obtain an RMA number, call or fax
 NOTE DOS drivers are not supported for 3CR990 NICs. However, they are
over-the-network installations
SUPPORTED DRIVERS
Additional Drivers
Page
 Windows 98 and
UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE
or Windows
 76 APPENDIX D UNINSTALLING NIC SOFTWARE
 MBA Boot ROM
MBA BOOT ROM
the Boot ROM Setting
Booting with the
 Non-BBS
MBA boot ROM, see the documentation that came with MBA on the EtherCD
 Failure to install the patch will result in system failure
DYNAMICACCESS TECHNOLOGY
DynamicAccess
Features
 To install DynamicAccess technology
Installing
Technology
you install the NIC software
 Configuring
NOTE You must restart your PC to complete the installation
management tools for an Ethernet network
 1 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel
Removing
 2 Select the DAPassThru Driver Transport protocol
Page
 Numbers
INDEX
 uninstalling NIC software 76 unshielded twisted pair UTP
 OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE
3Com Corporation Limited Warranty
WARRANTY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
YEAR 2000 WARRANTY
 GOVERNING LAW
Regulatory Compliance Information
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
DISCLAIMER
 STATEMENT
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