Contents
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Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System ..............................................................................................................67
BASP Driver for Linux...........................................................................................................................................................68
Packaging.............................................................................................................................................................................69
Installing BASP.....................................................................................................................................................................70
Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux...........................................................................71
Installing the BASP TAR Archive..........................................................................................................................................72
BASP Files............................................................................................................................................................................73
BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions..........................................................................................74
BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions.............................................................................................76
BASP Configuration Scripts for Red Hat Distributions..........................................................................................................78
Broadcom NICE Patches......................................................................................................................................................79
Uninstalling the RPM Package.............................................................................................................................................80
Removal of Physical Interface in Generic Trunking and 802.3ad Mode...............................................................................81
BASP SNMP Agent for Linux................................................................................................................................................82
Installing the TAR Archive.............................................................................................................................................82
Installing the RPM Package ..........................................................................................................................................83
SNMP Files....................................................................................................................................................................83
Uninstalling the RPM Package (Both Source and Binary).............................................................................................84
Known Problems...................................................................................................................................................................84
Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces .........................................................................................................................85
Adapter Teaming..................................................................................................................................................................86
Smart Load Balancing (SLB)™......................................................................................................................................86
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)...........................................................................................................................................86
Generic Link Aggregation (Trunking).............................................................................................................................86
Smart Load Balance Auto-Failback Disable..................................................................................................................87
Failover Teaming..................................................................................................................................................................88
VLANs Overview...................................................................................................................................................................89
VLANs Support..............................................................................................................................................................91
Adaptive Interrupt Frequency........................................................................................................................................91
Dual DMA Channels......................................................................................................................................................91
32-bit or 64-bit PCI Bus Master.....................................................................................................................................92
ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor..........................................................................................................................92
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................................................93
Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded..............................................................................................................................94
Windows........................................................................................................................................................................94
Software Problems and Solutions.........................................................................................................................................96
Windows 2000...............................................................................................................................................................96
Linux-BASP...................................................................................................................................................................97
Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP)..............................................................................................................98
Chapter 7: Manageability Features ..................................................................................................................................99
CIM.....................................................................................................................................................................................100
SNMP.................................................................................................................................................................................101
BASP Sub-agent.........................................................................................................................................................101
BASP Extensible-agent...............................................................................................................................................102