NetExtreme Family Adapters
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Electrical Safety and Emissions Standards
Translated Safety Statements
Contents
Selecting the Advanced Tab in Windows Server
Using the Silent Install Option
Contents
Figures
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Preface
Safety Symbols Used in this Document
Symbol Meaning Description
Where to Find Web-based Guides
Management Software Updates
Contacting Allied Telesis
Allied Telesis FTP serverftp//ftp.alliedtelesis.com
Introducing the AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 Adapters
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Functional Descriptions
AT-2973SX Adapter
AT-2973SX Adapter Physical Description
AT-2973T Adapter
AT-2973T Adapter Physical Description
Port LED LED Appearance Network State
Port LED LED Appearance Network State
AT-2973T/4 Adapter
ATI
AT-2973T/4 Adapter Physical Description
AT-2973T/4 Faceplate
Features
TCP Offload Engine TOE
Wake on LAN WOL Feature
MS-DOS
Introducing the AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 Adapters
Installing the Hardware
Reviewing the Contents of Your Shipment
Reviewing Safety Precautions
Installing the Hardware
Pre-Installation Checklist
Replacing the Bracket
Removing the Low-Profile Bracket
Fastening Screws onto Standard Bracket
Installing a Network Adapter Card
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Installing the Hardware
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Connecting the Network Cables
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Installing the Hardware
Installing Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software
Overview
Uxdiag -mba 0-disable 1-enable -c devnum where
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Configuring the MBA Driver
Enabling the MBA Driver
Setting Up
Bios
Images/pxeboot/vmlinuz Images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Installing Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software
Installing the Monolithic Software Driver
Using the NetXtreme II Monolithic Driver
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Copype.cmd arch destination
For example copype x86 c\VistaPEx86
Imagex /mountrw c\VistaPEx86\winpe.wim 1 c\VistaPEx86\mount
Peimg /prep c\VistaPEx86\mount\windows
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Configuring the Speed and Duplex Settings
Paramsutp Hkr, , reqmedium Paramsfiber
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Installing the Monolithic Software Driver
Installing the NDIS2 Driver Software
Overview
Checking Pre-installation Requirements
Installing the NDIS2 Driver Software on MS-DOS Platforms
Enter the following expand -r ncadmin
Creating a Startup Disk
Example Protocol.ini file for IP
Network.setup Version=0x3110
Modifying the Startup Disk
Example Protocol.ini file for NetBEUI
Change netcard= to netcard=BXND20X.dos
Example system.ini file
Installing
Driver Software
NetBEUI
Bindings = BXND20X BXND20X
DriverName = BXND20X$
Using Keywords for the Drivers
BXND20X
Installing the Linux Drivers
Bnx2 Driver
Linux Driver Description
Bnx2i Driver
Bnx2 Driver Bnx2i iSCSI Driver
Format
Installing Linux Driver Software
Installing Source RPM Package
Rpm -ivh netxtreme2-version.src.rpm
Kernels
Kernels and newer bnx2 driver
Kernels and newer bnx2i driver
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File
Building the bnx2 Driver
Cd bnx2-version/src make
Tar xvzf bnx2-version.tar.gz
Cd $DRVBASE/driver make installusr
Building the bnx2i Driver
Cd bnx2i-version/drivermake
Unloading the Driver from an RPM Installation
Rmmod bnx2i pkill -9 bnx2id
Bnx2id Insmod bnx2i.ko or Modprobe bnx2i
Rmmod bnx2
Unloading the Driver from a TAR Installation
Patching PCI Files Optional
Rpm -e netxtreme2
Network Installations
Setting Values for Optional Properties
Insmod bnx2.ko disablemsi=1 Modprobe bnx2 disablemsi=1
Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2 Driver
Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2i Driver
Errormask1 and errormask2
Sqsize
Entcpdack
Insmod bnx2i.ko entcpdack=0 Modprobe bnx2i entcpdack=0
Rqsize
Checking Bnx2 Driver Defaults
Driver Sign on
Checking Driver Messages
Checking the bnx2 Driver Messages
Cnic Driver Sign on
Link Down Indication
MSI enabled successfully bnx2 only
Link Up and Speed Indication
Checking bnx2i Driver Messages
SCSI-ML initiated host reset session recovery
Cnic detects iSCSI protocol violation Fatal errors
Target cannot be reached on any of the Cnic devices
Driver puts a session through recovery
Cnic detects iSCSI protocol violation non-FATAL, warning
Connerr hostno 3 conn 03fbcd00, iscsicid 2 cid a1800
Reject iSCSI PDU received from the target
Bnx2i conn update MBL 0x800 FBL 0x800MRDSLI 0x800 Mrdslt
Teaming with Channel Bonding Statistics Linux iSCSI Offload
Open-iSCSI daemon handing over session to driver
Installing User Application bnx2id
Installing Open iSCSI User Applications
Binding iSCSI Target to Broadcom NX2 iSCSI Transport Name
Rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/open-iscsi-package- name.i386.rpm
Dmesg grep bnx2i netif
Making Connections to iSCSI Targets
Maximizing Offload iSCSI Connections
Installing the Linux Drivers
Installing the Windows Drivers
Installing the Windows Driver Software
Using the Installer
See on page 90 for the Found New Hardware Wizard
Installing the Windows Drivers
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Installing the Windows Drivers
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Using Silent Installation
InstallShield Wizard Completed
Performing a Silent Upgrade
Performing a Silent Install
Performing a Silent Install and Creating a Log File
Performing a Silent Uninstall
Msiexec /x BDrv5706.msi /qn
Performing a Silent Reinstall
Setup /s /v/qn REINSTALL=ALL
Msiexec /x F0DA8A3F-1457-419E-96F4-235DD3EF41E1 / qn
Removing the Device Drivers
Installing the Windows Drivers
Setting Advanced Properties
Accessing the Advanced Tab
Selecting Advanced Tab Windows Server 2003
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Advanced Tab
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Selecting Advanced Tab Windows Vista
Windows Vista Run Window
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Modifying Advanced Properties
Updating Ethernet@ WireSpeed Property Flow Control
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Enabled Disabled
Updating Interrupt Moderation Property
Updating Checksum Offload Property
Updating Large Send Offload Property
IPv4 Large Send Offload IPv6 Large Send Offload
Updating Jumbo MTU Property
Updating Network Address Property
Updating the RSS Queues Property
Auto, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 for 10 Gbps adapters
Updating Priority & Vlan Property
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Updating Speed & Duplex Mode Property
10 Mb Full 10 Mb Half 100 Mb Full 100 Mb Half Auto
Updating TCP Connection Offload Properties
Updating Transmit Buffers Property
Vlan ID
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Installing CIM and Snmp for Manageability
Installing CIM
Loading the CIM Libraries
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Installing Snmp
Basp Subagent
Basp Extensible- Agent
Loading the Snmp Libraries
Select Snmp Bacs Snmp Option Window is displayed. See Figure
Installing CIM and Snmp for Manageability 130
Installing Management Applications
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Checking .NET Framework Requirements
Using Installer
Using the Silent Install Option
Setup /s /v/qn /L f\ia32\1testlog.txt
Performing a Silent Install from any Folder
Setup /s /v/qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress
Msiexec /x 26E1BFB0-E87E-4696-9F89-B467F01F81E5 / qn
Performing a Silent Install by Feature on IA32 Platforms
Performing a Silent Install from Within a Batch File
Start /wait setup /s /w /v/qn
Modifying Management Applications
Click Broadcom Management Programs and then click Change
Repairing Management Applications
Click Broadcom Management Programs, and then click Change
Removing Management Applications
Click Broadcom Management Programs, and then click Remove
Installing Management Applications 140
Troubleshooting
Checking Hardware Diagnostics
Checking Port LEDs
Consulting the Troubleshooting Checklist
Checking Current Drivers
Windows
Lsmod
Running a Cable Length Test Testing Network Connectivity
Linux
Module Size Used by BCM5709
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Solving Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Issues
Single Network Adapter Teamed Network Adapters
OemPreinstall=Yes OemPnpDriversPath=Drivers\NIC
Removing the Device Drivers
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Solving Miscellaneous Issues
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Troubleshooting 154
User Diagnostics
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System Requirements
Performing Diagnostics
Command Options Description
\uxdiag -c 1 -t b
= PXE
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Diagnostic Test Descriptions
Test Description Number Name Group a Basic Functional Tests
Test Description Number Name
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VPD
Group D Ethernet Traffic Tests
LSO
User Diagnostics 166
Environmental Specifications
Specifications
Physical Specifications
Appendix a
Operating Specifications
Power Specifications
Performance Specifications
10/100/1000Base-T Twisted-Pair Port Connectors
Pin Pair Signal
Appendix a Specifications 170
Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors
Appendix B
Using a Cartridge-Type Cleaner
Rubbing the Ferrule Tip on the Cleaning Surface
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Using a Swab
Cleaning a Recessed Ferrule If desired, repeat step
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Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors 176