Installing Network Drivers

100 Mb/s/Full Duplex

Forces the connection to 100 Mb/s in Full Duplex mode.

THIN

Use this when connecting to the BNC port of a Combo adapter. This is a 10 Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.

THICK

Used for an adapter that uses an AUI port.This is a 10- Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.

Note: Be sure to select the appropriate cable type for your network. Also, be sure that both failover ports have been configured to use the same connection type.

Click Continue.

18Repeat step 17 for each Adaptec adapter installed in your system. Each adapter can be identified by its unique PCI Bus/PCI Slot number.

19If SNMP has not been set up on this computer you will receive the following Setup Message: Install the NT SNMP service and use configure option to configure Server related MIBs. Click OK.

Configuring the Primary and Backup Ports

20Highlight the Adaptec adapter that you want as a primary adapter. Click Properties.

21In the Failover section in the Duralink Setup by Adaptec dialog box, click Configuration.

22In the Available Backup Ports section in the Duralink Failover Manager dialog box, highlight the adapter you want as a backup and click Add.

23The Link Check Timeout value is the number of seconds that elapse between Duralink’s checks for failure of the active link. You can change this value or leave the default at 10.

24Click OK to close the Duralink Failover Manager.

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PCI Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Adapters User’s Guide

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Current Date: 5/5/97

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Adaptec PCI Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Adapters manual Configuring the Primary and Backup Ports