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