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Contents
Safety Symbols Used in this Document................................................................................................................................14
Contacting Allied Telesis......................................................................................................................................................15
Chapter 1: Overview ..........................................................................................................................................................17
Physical Description.............................................................................................................................................................18
AT-2911 Series Single Port Adapters...........................................................................................................................18
AT-2911 Series Dual Port Adapters..............................................................................................................................19
SC Fiber Optic Connector.............................................................................................................................................19
LC Fiber Optic Connector..............................................................................................................................................20
Twisted Pair Copper Port..............................................................................................................................................20
SFP Slot........................................................................................................................................................................20
LEDs..............................................................................................................................................................................21
Model Naming Conventions..................................................................................................................................................22
Supported Operating Systems.............................................................................................................................................23
Features...............................................................................................................................................................................24
Broadcom Utilities.................................................................................................................................................................25
Teaming........................................................................................................................................................................25
CIM................................................................................................................................................................................25
SNMP............................................................................................................................................................................25
User Diagnostics...........................................................................................................................................................26
Installing Broadcom Utilities..........................................................................................................................................26
Broadcom Documentation.............................................................................................................................................26
Contents of Your Shipment..................................................................................................................................................27
Warranty Registration...........................................................................................................................................................28
Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware ..................................................................................................................................29
Reviewing Safety Precautions..............................................................................................................................................30
Pre-Installation Checklist......................................................................................................................................................32
Replacing the Bracket ..........................................................................................................................................................33
Installing the AT-2911 Series Adapter Card.........................................................................................................................35
Connecting the Network Cables...........................................................................................................................................39
Fiber Optic Cable..........................................................................................................................................................39
Twisted Pair Copper Cable...........................................................................................................................................40
SFP Transceiver............................................................................................................................................................40
Chapter 3: Modifying Advanced Properties ....................................................................................................................41
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................42
Guidelines.....................................................................................................................................................................42
Twisted pair copper port................................................................................................................................................42
Accessing Advanced Properties...........................................................................................................................................43
802.3az EEE.........................................................................................................................................................................45
ARP Offload..........................................................................................................................................................................47
EEE Control..........................................................................................................................................................................48
Ethernet@WireSpeed...........................................................................................................................................................49
Flow Control.........................................................................................................................................................................51
Interrupt Moderation.............................................................................................................................................................53
IPv4 Checksum Offload........................................................................................................................................................54
Jumbo Mtu............................................................................................................................................................................56
Large Send Offload (IPv4)....................................................................................................................................................57
Large Send Offload v2 (IPv4)...............................................................................................................................................59
Large Send Offload v2 (IPv6)...............................................................................................................................................60